378 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II. Art. 17 
the ends of short lateral branchlets, ascending; pedicels rather 
evenly scattered but more numerous towards the ends, div- 
aricate or recurved in anthesis, puberulent or glabrous, buds 
short ovoid, 4 mm. long, subglabrous: bracts minute, cad- 
ucous, thick, short yellowish tomentulose on the outside, 
acute; involucral bracts 4, ultimately spreading, elliptic, 6 
mm. in length, the edges strongly folding over the ventral 
side, glabrous or only puberulous, coriaceous; calyx cup tur- 
binate, 3.5 mm. long, short stipitate, finely pubescent: with 
olivaceous hairs; segments punctate, 1.5 mm. long, oblong 
to obovate, mostly 6; stamens 9; the outer 6 filaments with- 
out glands, about 2 mm. long, glabrous, more or less flat- 
tened above the middle; the inner whorl of 3 very short 
and provided with a pair of large glands or excrescences; 
pistil 4 mm. long, thick,"gradually tapering from the base; 
the true style 1 mm. long, usually curved, bearing a large 
flattened irregularly lobed or subentire stigma; fruit not seen. 
Type specimen 9921, A. D. E. Elmer, Dumaguete, Cuer- 
nos Mountains, Province of Negros Oriental, Negros, April, 
1908. 
Discovered near a small waterfall along the Bonyao 
River bank at 2500 feet. The natives call it Bacan-ihalas. 
It is intermediate between L. perrottetii (Blm.) F. Vil. and 
L. obtusa Vid. but suffieiently distinct from either. 
Litsea quercoides Elm. n. sp. 
Erect tree, 10 m. high, with stems 3 dm. thick; bark 
smooth, brown, mottled; branches chiefly towards the top, cro- 
oked, the slenderer twigs rigid; wood easily cutting, yellowish 
throughout, odorless, Leaves very rigid, glabrous, dull 
green above, glaucescent beneath, variable in size, entire, 
lanceolate to. oblanceolate or oblongish, the average ones 16 
em. long, 5 cm. wide across the middle, acuminately tapering 
at both ends, flat; petiole 1.5 cm. long, at first puberulent 
along the lower side and smooth, thickened gray and checked 
when old. Inflorescence not exceeding the petiole, axillary 
or arranged along the twigs; stalks stout, less than 1 cm. 
long or sometimes very short, 3 mm. thick, usually short 
cinnamon brown tomentose; pedicels occasionally as long as 
5 mm., thick, similarly tomentose; bract deciduous, 2 mm, 
