JcLY 19, 1913] New Anonaceae 1737 



and duller upon the subglabrous lower sides, drying une- 

 qually brown, the young ones densely umbrinus tomentose 

 beneath, varying from 1.5 to 2.5 dm. long, 5 to 8 cm. 

 wide in the middle region, apex recurved, base rounded 

 or broadly obtuse; midrib very stout beneath, yellowish 

 brown pubarulent on both side of the blade; lateral nerves 

 pinnate also prominent and only sparsely strigose beneath, 

 tips much ascending and united, 14 to 18 pairs, cross retic- 

 ulations quite conspicuous but not so from the upper side; 

 petiole 1 cm. long, olivaceus tomentose, nearly 4 mm. 

 thick, fluted along the upper fiat side. Flowers and young 

 fruits in small clusters from the stem only, arising from 

 gnarly woody tubercles, soft avellaneus tomentose throughout; 

 peduncle 2 cm. long, terete, 3 mm. thick, slightly thick- 

 ened toward the distal ends, densely umbrinus tomentose, 

 straight or curved, subtended at the base by a whorl of 

 rigid rather acutely pointed externally pubescent and unequal 

 bracts; receptacle nearly 1 cm. across, avellaneus pubescent; 

 calyx whitish, rigidly coriaceous, the 3 broadly ovate seg- 

 ments united toward the base, abruptly acute to acuminate, 

 1 cm. long bv 1 cm. wide across the base, subglabrous on 

 the inner side; the 6 petals similar, deep cremeus, very 

 thick; inner 3 more archingly curved toward the apex, 

 elongated, 5 cm. long, 1 cm. wide except at the slightly 

 narrowed middle portion, the outer exposed side umbrinus 

 puberulent; the outer 3 segments as long but twice as wide, 

 all broad at the base and shallowly notched, apex obtuse 

 or obtusely rounded, umbrinus pubescent on the exterior 

 only; receptacle flatly conical, 1 cm. wide, densely umbrinus 

 hairy; stamens numerous, caducous, imbricate, 4 mm. long; 

 connective stipitate and I mm. long, extending clear through 

 upon the dorsal side, disk-like and expanded at the distal 

 end which usually is puberulent; anthers laterally dehiscent, 

 0.75 mm. wide; pistils less numerous, 3 mm. long, crowd- 

 ed in a circular terminal mass, elongated or linear, ciliate- 

 ly hairy. Young fruit avellaneus pubescent, ellipsoid, 1.5 

 cm, long, pointed, the stipitate basal portion about as long. 



Type specimen number 13611, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

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

 ust, 1912. 



