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Arbor 18 ped. alta, trimco 6 poll, crasso, ligiio albo 

 duriusculo. Rami 8 mm. crassi. Folia petiolo 5 — 7 cm. longo 

 adjecto ad 20 cm. longa; foliola intermedia petiolulis 5 mm. 

 longis inclusis 13 — 15 cm. longa, 5 — 6 cm. lata, lateralia 

 paulo minora. Panicula (una tantum soppetebat) cum pe- 

 dunculo 5 cm. longo 14 cm. longa. Fructus cocci 6 mm. 

 longi, 5 mm. crassi, aurantiaci ( t. Elmer). 



In Philippinarura insula Mindanao: A. D. E. Elmer, 

 No. 11827, (Distr. Davao, Todaya, Mount Apo, altit. 2750 

 ped., m. Sept. 1909, fr. ; comm. Elmer). 



5. Lepisanthes ? palawanica Radlk. 



Arbor parva; rami teretes, rugoso-striati, glabrati, lenticel- 

 lo30-punctati, rubro-subfusci, innovationibus gemmis paniculis- 

 que pilis brevibus pachydermicis supra basin lateraliter affixis vel 

 plane dibrachiatis flavide tomentellis; folia abrupte pinnata, 

 1 — 2-jaga, longiug petiolata, petiolo teretiusculo striate flavido; 

 foliola magna, elliptico-lanceolata, obtuse subacuminata, in 

 petiolulos conspicuos basi incrassatos supra sulco lato exaratoa 

 subtus convexo3 attenuata, integerrima, membranaceo-coriacea, 

 nervig lateralibus remotiusculis arcuato-adscendentibus nervoque 

 mediano subtus magis quam supra prominentibus flavidis, 

 reti venarum sat arcto utrinque prominulo notata, subopaca, 

 subflavide viridia, glabra, nee nisi glandulis microscopicis 

 raris stipitatis (quorum stipites tantum visi inter epidermidis 

 cellulas immissi) subtus adspersa, diachymatis vix lacunosi 

 cellulis superioribus interiores latitudine aequantibus longitu- 

 dine subduplo superantibus sat crebre crystalla singula bacil- 

 liformia gerentibua, epidermide hie illic quoque crystalla si- 

 milia utrinque fovente non mucigera; paniculae in ramulis 

 defoliatis terminales, pauciramosae, ramis patentibus dichasia 

 sessilia 3-flora gerentibus, pedicellis nullis relictis, bracteis 

 bracteolisque parvis linguiformibus flavide tomentellis; flores 

 non visi; fructus e germine 2-( — 3?)-loculari enascens abortu 

 l-locularis, inaequaliter globosus, loculo abortivo breviore 

 lateraliter annexe gibbosus, supra loculum abortivum in api- 

 culum laterale terminatus, disco annulari hirtello suffultus, 

 firme carnosus (siccus induratus,) indehiscens, glabriusculua 

 nee nisi pilis paucis pachydermicis supra basin ± saccatam 



