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the distal end or alteniatingly scr>ttered from the base, very 

 short and thick pedicel led, subtended by caducous bracts; 

 bracts densely hairy on the back, glabrous on the inner side, 

 truncately oblong, 1 cm. long naore or less, calyx yellowish 

 green, forming a deep cup; segments 4, ovately rotund, very 

 thick and rigid, 1 cm. long, 7.5 mm. wide, imbricate, smooth 

 and glabrous on the inner side, their expo-^ed bracts densely 

 covered Avith appressed grayish brown hairs; corolla cremeus, 

 1.5 cm. long, also the basal one half united and forming 

 a thick tube; the imbricate segments conically contracted, ul- 

 timately spreading, oblongish and with rounded points, the 

 left margins rather trongly curved upon the inner glabrous 

 surface, thickly coriaceous, densely canescent on the dorsal 

 surface, either brown or gray; dwarfed or sterile stamens 

 slender, one half as long as the corolla tube, glabrous, in- 

 serted upon the base of the corolla; ovary ovoidly globose, 

 densely grayish brown hairy; styles 4, in 2 pairs, 3 mm. 

 long, rigid, angular, coming to a whitish point, subglobose, 

 neaidy 2 cm. across, densely isabellinus hairy. 



Type specimen number 12895, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 



This magnificent tree was collected in moist fertile dense- 

 ly forested flat at 250 feet altitude. It is quite commotuy 

 scattered throughout the Dipterocarp forests of the reservation 

 and is the species commonly cut down by the Iwahig colonists 

 for the black hearthwood in the manufacture of canes and 

 other fine articles made of hard shining black ebony wood. 

 Dedicated to Mr. E. D. Merrill who, besides Mr. Curran, 

 Dr. Foxworthy, and myself, has just recently completed the 

 fourth botanical exploration trip to Palawan. 



ERYTHROXYLACEAE 

 Erythroxylum iwahigfense Elm, n. sp. 



Burly small tree or only shrub-like; stems few from 

 the same base, 1.5 dm. thick, 7 m. high, its first branches 

 from below the middle; main branches widely spreading over 

 the river bed, ultimately numerously and laxly rebranched; 

 twigs comparatively short, suberect, glabrous, the green portion 



