July 19, 1913] 



New Anonaceab 1749 



ments over 2 cm. long from the peduncle, one half as broad 

 at the base, obtuse or acute at apex; peduncle terete, stout, 

 about as long as the calyx, similarly pubescent; petals 6, 

 cardinal red, subequal, oblong, 3 cm. long, 1.5 cm. broad, 

 obtuse at apex, thick and broad at base, rigid, stellately pu- 

 berulent on the exposed back, glabrate on the upper sur- 

 face; torus large, the peripheral portion hairless, the flat 

 central mass finely hairy along the interstices; anther nu- 

 merous, contiguous, much compressed, 7 mm. long by 2 mm. 

 wide, linear, the connective toward the apex blackish in the 

 dry state and prominent, obliquely terminating; the pollen 

 sacs laterally dehiscent along the entire length; pistils also 

 numerous, contiguous, angularly terete, as long as the stamens, 

 densely brown hairy except the thickened more or less an- 

 gular or lobulate otherwise truncate stigmas. 



Type specimen number 7317, A. D. E. Elmer, Sorsogon, 

 Province of Sorsogon, Luzon, November, 1905. 



Of the two closely related species of U. ovalifolia Elm, 

 and U. littoralis Blm. it approaches more closely the latter, 

 whose flowers are not known and as I remember the fruits 

 on our specimens were quite different from that figured in 

 Blum^^i plate. 



XYLOPIA Linn. 

 Xylopia densifolia Elm. n. sp. 



Tree; stem 3 dm. thick, 10 m. high, with its main 

 branches arising from the middle and widely spreading; sap- 

 wood white, dingy or yellowish so in the center, barely odorous, 

 tasteless, moderately hard; bark dull gray or brown, check- 

 ed on the stem, smooth on the branches; branchlets nu- 

 merous, the glabrous twigs comparatively short and usually 

 recurved. Leaves copious, alternatingly scattered, the entire 

 margins slightly recurved when dry, glabrous, lucid above 

 and dull green while the under side is much paler and fu- 

 mosus in the dry state, gradually tapering into the sharp 

 acuminate point, base broadly obtuse, ovately oblong or 

 broadly lanceolate, the larger blades are 5 cm. long by 2 

 cm. wide at or below the middle; midvein relatively promi- 

 nent beneath; the 7 to 9 lateral pairs very obscure and 



