298 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
A tree about 20 m high, the younger parts and the leaves on 
the lower surface densely ferruginous-furfuraceous. Branches 
terete, dark-colored when dry, glabrous, sparingly lenticellate, 
the younger ones densely ferruginous-furfuraceous. Leaves al- 
ternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 7 to 12 
cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute 
base and to the slender subcaudate-acuminate apex, the acumen 
usually about 1 cm long, blunt, the upper surface furfuraceous 
in very young leaves, soon becoming quite glabrous, brownish- 
olivaceous when dry, shining, the lower surface paler than the 
upper, in extreme age glabrous or nearly so; lateral nerves 
about 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 
surface; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Male spikes up to 14 em long, 
the flowers scattered below, rather crowded above. Glands 
broadly ovoid or conic-ovoid, glabrous, about 1.3 em long and 
wide, apiculate. Cup thick, ferruginous-pubescent, broadly 
saucer-shaped, truncate, base thickened, about 8 mm high and 
1.6 cm in diameter, the lamine numerous, indistinct, below scat- 
tered, above approximate, the teeth numerous, distinct, less than 
1 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, Bur. Sci. 17911 Brown 
(type), May, 1913, Bur. Sci. 17148 Robinson, December, 1912, in forests, 
altitude about 700 meters. Possibly referable here are Loher 6963, from 
Rizal Province (specimens with male flowers), and Bur. Sci. 9462 Robinson, 
from Infanta, Province of Tayabas, Luzon (glands pubescent). 
The alliance of this species seems to be with Quercus caudatifolia Merr., 
from which it is at once distinguished by its differently shaped gland which 
is as wide as long. Among the extra-Philippine species it approaches Quer- 
cus sundaica Blume, but has much smaller fruits than our Philippine mate- 
rial so referred. 
URTICACEAE 
LAPORTEA Gaudichaud 
LAPORTEA BRUNNEA sp. nov. 
Frutex, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis in siccitate utrin- 
que brunneis, nitidis, oblongis, usque ad 22 cm longis, subcoriaceis 
vel chartaceis, acute acuminatis, basi acutis, leviter 3- vel obscure 
5-plinerviis, longe petiolatis, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 
15; inflorescentiis pilis paucis urentibus instructis, axillaribus, 
usque ad 5 cm longis, floribus ¢ flabellatim dispositis. 
A shrub 1 to 2 m high, glabrous except the slightly hairy in- 
florescence. Branches light gray, terete, wrinkled when dry. 
Leaves uniformly brown, of the same color on both surfaces and 
slightly shining when dry, the upper surface minutely verrucu- 
lose, the lower smooth, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, brittle, ob- 
long, 12 to 22 cm long, 4 to 7.5 em wide, subequally narrowed to 
