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tended by 2 or 3 obscure bracts; only staminate and gall 
flowers, a few hermaphrodite; staminate ones scattered 
beneath the umbilical scales, pedicellate, 4 mm. long; perianth 
unequal, brown, of 3 to 4 segments which envelope the 
single stamen; filament 1 mm. long, brownish; anther caudate, 
broad and dorsally recurved, 1 mm. in length; gall flowers 
also pedicellate, similarly surrounded by 4 perianth segments; 
ovary globose or obovoid, bearing a rather short lateral 
style which terminates into a subclavate stigma. 
This specimen number 8019 was collected in thickets 
upon limestone outcroppings some few miles north of Baguio 
in the vicinity of La Trinidad. It is usually a small tree 
and its red fruits make a pretty contrast below the shin- 
ing green leaves. It is nearest related to F. elmeri Merr. Govt. 
Lab. Publ. 29; 9, 1905, but can at once be recognized from it by 
the glabrous charaeter of its leaves and younger twigs, and 
by the different arrangement of its cross veins. In this 
species as also in the preceding I have found a few 
staminate flowers with undeveloped pistils, which character 
shows a relation to the section Palaeomorphe. 
V. COVELLIA. 
Flowers unisexual; male flowers in the same receptacles 
as the gall flowers, monandrous, the perianth of 3 or 4 distinct 
pieces; female flowers in separate receptacles from tbe males 
and galls, peduneulate or sessile; the perianth gamophyllous, 
much shorter than the ovary, or wanting, rarely consisting of 
4 or 5 pieces; the receptacles on long subaphyllous branches 
issuing from near the base of the stem, often subhypogaeal; 
or on shortened branchlets or tubercles from the stem and 
larger branches; or axillary; shrubs or trees, never epiphytes 
or climbers. 
21. F. minahassae Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 
3; 231, 1836-9. This showy tree and most characteristic 
species of the genus has a general range from the Celebes, its 
original place of discovery, northward throughout the Philip- 
pines. It is never found in abundance, and is chiefly con- 
fined to gently sloping ravines and along water courses of 
the foot hills. The large green hispid leaves cast a solid 
