x;¢, 4 Merrill: Studies on Philippine Anonaceae, I 241 
while King describes the flowers of his specimens as about three-fourths of 
an inch in length; Blume describes the carpels as from 3 to 5 in each flower, 
while King states that he never found more than two. 
The Philippine form, which was determined by Rolfe as Unona virgata 
Blume, I consider to be specifically distinct, and its description follows: 
MEIOGYNE PAUCINERVIA sp. nov. 
Unona virgata Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 210; Vid. Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 92, Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 41, non Blume. 
Species M. virgatae affinis et similis, differt floribus minoribus 
petalis angustioribus foliisque minoribus, nervis utrinque cir- 
citer 6. 
A small tree, 19 m high fide Ramos, the branches slender, 
terete, glabrous, light gray, the branchlets sparingly appressed- 
_hirsute. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, usually pale when 
dry, shining on both surfaces, chartaceous, 6 to 12 cm long, 2 
to 3.5 em wide, the base acute, the apex slenderly and sharply 
acuminate, the upper surface quite glabrous, the lower sparingly 
appressed-hirsute along the midrib and the lateral nerves; lateral 
nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 
surface, somewhat curved-ascending; petioles slightly pubescent, 
5 to8 mm long. Flowers greenish-yellow, usually solitary, axil- 
lary, their pedicels very short, pubescent. Sepals densely pubes- 
cent, broadly ovate, obtuse, about 4 mm long. Petals densely 
pubescent on both surfaces, the outer three narrowly lanceolate, 
about 2 cm long, 3.5 mm wide at the base, gradually narrowed 
upward to the long-acuminate but blunt apex; inner petals about 
1.5 em long, long subcaudate-acuminate from an oblong-ovate 
base which is 5 to 6 cm long and 4 to 4.5 mm wide, concave, the 
margins touching but not conniving, the tips of the inner petals 
free and more or less divergent. Anthers numerous, obovoid, 
~ about 1.5 mm long, the connectives broad, truncate, concealing 
the anthers. Carpels about 5, oblong-ovate, somewhat flattened, 
2 mm long, pubescent; ovules about 20, in two rows. Fruit 2 
to 4 on each peduncle, ellipsoid, about 6 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm 
in diameter, hard and woody, externally more or less brown- 
pubescent. 
LeyTE, in forests near Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15381 Ramos (type), August 
28, 1912, the flowers said to be very fragrant; Cuming 1738 (localized from 
Cuming’s own list of localities), Wenzel 645. SAMAR, Philip. Pl. 1640 
Ramos. 
MEIOGYNE LUCIDA Elm. Leafi. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1715. 
MINDANAO, Province of Agusan, Elmer 13984; For. Bur. 21657 Sherfesee, 
Cenabre, & Ponce. 
