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6, miliusioid, about 1 mm long. Carpels about 6, inequilaterally 
ovoid, about 1.2 mm long, densely pubescent, crowded, the 
ovules 4. 
SAMAR, Cauayan Valley, Phil. Pl. 1673 Ramos, April, 1914, in forests near 
small streams. 
There are several Philippine species from which this one is not strongly 
differentiated. It is apparently most closely allied to Orophea bracteolata 
Merr., from which it differs in its very much smaller bracteoles, fewer 
nerved leaves, fewer stamens, and much fewer carpels. 
OROPHEA TARROSAE sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 6 m alta, subtus foliis ad nervos petiolis 
ramulis inflorescentiisque plus minusve pubescentibus; foliis ob- 
longis, chartaceis, in siccitate pallidis, usque ad 16 cm longis, 
brevissime obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis vel subrotundatis, 
nervis utrinque 10, subtus prominentibus; racemis brevibus, 
extra-axillaribus; floribus 2 vel 38, petalis exterioribus 6 mm 
longis; staminibus 6. 
A small tree, about 6 m high, the branches slender, terete, 
black or nearly so when dry, glabrous, the branchlets distinctly 
ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves oblong, chartaceous, rather pale 
when dry, of about the same color on both surfaces, shining, 
10 to 16 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, the apex very shortly and 
bluntly acuminate, base acute or somewhat rounded, the upper 
surface glabrous, the lower sparingly pubescent on the midrib 
and nerves; lateral nerves 10 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent, distinctly looped-anastomosing; petioles very short, 3 
mm long, pubescent. Racemes extra-axillary, short, pubescent, 
solitary, few-flowered, their rachises 1.5 cm long or less, usually 
producing two flowers at a time. Pedicels slender, 8 to 10 mm 
long, pubescent, with an ovate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, 
pubescent bracteole at about the middle or below. Sepals ovate, 
pubescent, acuminate, 3 mm long. Outer 3 petals ovate, obtuse, 
about 6 mm long, 4.5 mm wide, pubescent on both surfaces, 
distinctly nerved. Inner three petals arcuate, 8 mm long, the 
claw glabrous, 4 mm long, the limb thick, somewhat triangular, 
acute, pubescent on the back, glabrous within, about 5 mm wide. 
Stamens 12, 2-seriate. Carpels 6, narrowly ovoid, pubescent, 
somewhat curved, 2 mm long, each containing 5 ovules arranged 
in a single row. 
MINDANAO, District of Cotabato, For. Bur. 14927 Tarrosa & Almagro, 
April 20, 1912, in dipterocarp forests, altitude about 40 meters. The flowers 
are said to be yellow and fragrant. 
A species characterized among the Philippine forms by its comparatively 
large leaves which are very shortly and bluntly acuminate. 
