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I he 4 p3tald valvate, cretneus, 1.5 cm. long, ligulate, very 

 coriaceous, 2.25 mm. wide, pubescent on the inner side 

 except at the very ba^e; stumens 4, alternating with the 

 petals; filaments 6 mm. long, thic^k and compressed, pu- 

 bescent, 1 mtn. wide; anther a trifle less in length, about 

 MS wide, outwardly curved toward the apex, irreguhirly 

 tnuicate at apex; style relatively thick, thinnest below the 

 Tniddle, the upper portion longitudinally strewn with rather 

 large glands; stigma large, rugose. Fruit hard, green, 

 ovoidly ellipsoid or oblong in shape, rugosely angled toward 

 the blackish brown apical point which in the dry state 

 is grayish and surrounded by the 5 apiculate calyx 

 teeth, 2 cm. long, nearly l.o cm. thick below the middle, 

 upon 5 to 7 mm. long pedicels. 



Type specimen number 13793, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

 baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Sep- 

 tember, 1912. 



Only one tree Wiis discovered in a cold moss covered 

 wooded depression near a wind swept summit ridge at 62o() 

 feet eb^vation of Masay peak or as mount Urdaneta is call- 

 ed by the natives. The Manobo name for this plant is 

 "Yangitosan. " 



