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lenticelled when old, yellowish on the inner side; branches 

 spreading, freely rebranched; the twigs green or yellowish 

 green, brown when dry, the young portion rusty tomentose. 

 Leaves coriaceous or subchartaceous, shining and darker green 

 above, curing deep brown though lighter brown beneath, 

 copious, alternate, ascending or horizontal, glabrous above, 

 finely pubescent beneath, entire, base broadly obtuse or 

 rounded, apex abruptly acute to acuminate or merely obtuse 

 and recurved, elliptic or elliptically elongated, quite variable 

 in size, averaging 1 dm long by 4.5 cm wide at or a trifle 

 below the middle; midrib prominent and reddish brown 

 tomentose beneath, sunken along the upper side; lateral 

 nerves about 5 pairs, ascending and slightly curved, also. 

 prominent and similarly tomentose beneath, tips reticulately 

 united, the few cross bars relatively conspicuous, the re- 

 ticulations much more obscure; petiole subterete, 5 to 8 mm 

 long, tomentose. Flowers not seen. Infrutescence terminal 

 or from the uppermost leaf axils, ascending or erect, 1 dm 

 long or less, the larger ones paniculately few branched from 

 below the middle, frequently appearing spicate or nearly 

 so, the stalks yellowish green, in the dry state covered with 

 a reddish brown tomentum; fruits upon short hairy pedicels 

 or subsessile, short ellipsoid, shining dark green, 1.25 cm 

 long, nearly 1 cm thick across the middle, at the base 

 provided with a pubescent rim, exocarp thin, with a large 

 single seed. 



Type specimen number 13269, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

 baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, July, 

 1912. 



In compact red ground of a forested ridge at 1000 feet 

 above ocean level. "Biaon" is the Manobo native name. 



Cryptocarya laurifolia (Blco.) Merr. or Cryptocnrya luzo- 

 nensia Vid. but our leaves are broader and more pubescent 

 beneath and with very distinct cross bars. 



Litsea bicelor Elm. n. sp. 



Only a small upright tree; stem crooked but terete, 15 

 cm thick, 8 m high, branched at the top; wood rather soft, 

 slightly bitter, odorless, yellowish; bark testaceus except the 



