July 19, 1913] New Akonackae 1723 



the former from Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 

 1911; the latter from Brooks Point (Addison Peak), Palawan, 

 February, 1911. 



The first number was discovered in good humus covered 

 soil of densely forested slopes along the Balsahan river at 

 500 feet altitude; the latter in black more or less sand 

 mixed soil in dense woods bordering a low somewhat swampy 

 region at sea level. 



If Orophea^ nearest to 0. bractmta Mcrr. 



Orophea submaculata Elm. n. sp. 



A slender erect tree; stem terete, 1 dm. thick, 8 m. 

 high, the main branches from the middle; wood quite hard, 

 odorless and tasteless, whitish on the outside, cremeus other- 

 wise; bark dirty brown mottled when old, avellaneus ex- 

 cept the smooth epidermis; branches few, scattered, slender, 

 divaricate, only sparingly rebranched; twigs very slender, lax, 

 usually drooping or subpendant, the young portion olivaceus 

 hairy. Leaves alternate, scattering along the branchlets, hor- 

 izontal, submembranous, the entire margins finely involute 

 in the. dry state at least, apex acute or bluntly acuminate, 

 broadly obtuse or rounded at the base, oblong, quite variable 

 in size, the 2 sides drying unequally brown, glabrous ex- 

 cept the nerves beneath in the dry state, the larger ones 1 

 by 2 dm. although frequently much narrower; midrib bold 

 olivaceus puberulent, sunken and glabrous along the upper 

 side; lateral pairs 9 to 11, much ascending and curved, tips 

 anastomosing, the cross bars and reticulations relatively fine* 

 petiole very thick, at least 5 mm. long, shallowly grooved 

 along the upper side, olivaceus canescent but becoming gla- 

 brous when old. Flowers axillary, slightly fragrant, 1 to 3- 

 clustered, descending; peduncle 5 mm. long, strict, provided 

 with fuligineously hairy bracts, bearing flowers at it« distal 

 end; pedicels about as long, similarly pubescent and brac- 

 teate especially at the base; calyx ovately oblong, thick 

 spreading, olivaceus hairy on both sides, 3, subequal, more 

 or less united at the base, 3 mm. long; petals easily fall- 

 ing, of very unequal eeries; the outer 8 sepal-like, 6 mm 

 long, only one half as wide across the middle or just be- 



