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4. S. ovatus n. sp. Tree, 6 m. high; branchlets rigid 
the younger ones glabrous and dark brown. Leaves glabrous, 
coriaceous, opposite, 3 to 4 em. apart, quite variable in size, 
the largest ones 9 em. wide, 18 em. long including the glabrous 
2.5 em. long petiole, ovate or somewhat elliptic, apex obtuse 
or rounded, base acute, its midnerve and 5 to 7 lateral 
pairs very prominent beneath, dark brown when cured; stipule 
subeoriaceous, entire, obtuse, 5 mm. long, pulverulent on its 
outer surface. Inflorescence capitate, upon 2 em. long pe- 
duncles which are articulate at about the middle, 2.5 to 4 
em. in diameter; calyx with slender clavate pubescent and 
deciduous appendages; corolla reddish, 10 mm. long, glabrous 
without, subglabrous or finely pubescent within the tube, 
gradually expanding from the base; its 4 segments glabrous, 2 
mm. long, rather broad, truncately rounded at apex; stamens 
4, included, sessily inserted upon the corolla tube 1 mm. 
below the rim; anthers introrse, 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, 
oblong or elliptic, apex rounded, base subauriculate; style 
slender, glabrous, much exceeding the corolla; stigma large, 
clavate or fusiform. 
Type specimen 3150, Forestry Bureau, collected by Ahern's 
collector, Bosobosa, Province of Rizal, Luzon, May to June. 
1905. 
STLYOCORYNE CAV, 
* Leaves 10 to 12-nerved, 14 to 18 em. long. 
+ Inflorescence and lower surface of leaves subglabrous. 
1. S. macrophylla Bartl. 
+ -— Inflorescence and lower surface of leaves ferruginous pub- 
escent. 
2. S, pubescent Bartl. 
* * Leaves only 5 to 8-nerved, less than 14 em. long. 
-— Apex of leaf obtuse or rounded; berries numerous, 7 mm. in 
diameter. 
3. S. webera Wall. 
+ + Apex of leaf acute; berries few, 10 mm. in diameter. 
4. S. incerta (K. et V.) Elm. ULLAM a, meila Ku y 
