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11. P. banahaensis n. sp. Shrub, i to 2 m. high. 
Leaves subcoriaceous, glabrous, 9 to 1l-nerved, elliptic or 
broadly oblanceolate, acute at apex, cuneate or obtuse at 
base, larger ones 9 cm. wide, 25 em. long including the 
very thick and glabrous 3 cm. long petiole; stipule brown, 
glabrous, 1.5 cm. long, caducous. Infrutescence paniculate, 
terminal, rigid, glabrous; branches angular or flattened; 
drupe glabrous, broadly obovoid, yellowish red, 8 mm. in 
diameter at the apex, upon 4 mm. long pedicels, 1 cm. 
long, 2-celled; pyrene single in each cell, base obtuse or 
rounded, apex concave, ventral side flat, the dorsal convex 
surface with 3 middle wing like ridges, the lateral ones 
broadly expanded around the base. 
Type specimen 983, H. N. Whitford, Mount Banahao, 
Province of Tayabas, Luzon, October, 1904. 
en c Drupe 5 mm. in diameter; lateral nerves of pyrenes not 
expanded. 
12. P. pinnatinervia n. sp. Shrub, 5 to 7 m. high, with 
light gray bark on the branches. Leaves opposite, soon 
falling, membranous, lanceolate, larger ones 7 cm. wide, 22 
em. long including the stout 3 cm. long petiole, cuneate 
at the base, acuminate at the apex, glabrous on both sur- 
faces, lateral nerves 13 to 16 pairs and very prominent be- 
neath; stipules caducous. Infrutescence paniculate, terminal, 
usually 3-branched from the base, glabrous; drupes 2-celled, upon 
distichous branchlets, obovoid, glabrous, not exceeding 5 mm. 
at the top, 6 mm. long, upon 2 to 3 mm. long pedicels, 
its pericarp rather thin; pyrene solitary in each cell, round- 
ed at apex, acute at base, dorsal convex face conspicuously 
5-ridged, ventral side plane, attached near the base. 
Type specimen 932, H. N. Whitford, Mount Banahao, 
Province of Tayabas, Luzon, October, 1904. 
PAVETTA LINN. 
* Leaves linear, 8 mm. wide, 10 em. long. 
1. P. manillensis Walp. 
* * Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate. 
+ Foliage less than 3 cm. long. 
