Robinson: Alabastka i'iiiiii'imnensia 



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of both rows closely archiiif^ over the stamens and carpels ; apex 

 of the hood white-toniciitose within ; hooded portion of outer 

 petals about 5 nun. wide, uj^per portion of outer jK-tals 2.5 tnin. 

 wide at the base, 3-3.5 mm. wide in the middle, tajK'ring to an 

 obtuse apex ; inner petals subsimilar but narrower, the hood 3.5 

 mm. wide, base of upper portion 1.5 mm. wide, middle of upper 

 portion 1.5-2 mm. wide : stamens about 40, 1-1.5 mm. long, the 

 anther-cells concealed above by the connectives : carpels about 10, 

 at anthesis i mm. long, yellowish-tomentose ; mature carpels red, 

 in all 1.5-2.5 cm. long, borne on stipes 4-7 mm. long, the body 

 of the carpel 1-1.2 cm. wide; carpels with 1-3 transverse con- 

 strictions without, corresponding to as many divisions within, each 

 I -seeded ; seeds therefore 2-4, obovate-orbicular in outline, i cm. 

 long, 8 mm. wide, testa chestnut-brown, shining. 



A small tree, about 7.5 m. high, and 7.5 cm. in diameter, with 

 gray to blackish, striate bark, ferruginous-tomentose to glabrate : 

 leaves borne on petioles 1-2 cm. long, chartaceous, elliptic or 

 oblong, acute or somewhat rounded at the base, acuminate at the 

 ape.x, in all 14-23 cm. long, 5-7.5 cm. wide, with pubescent 

 petioles, midribs, and veins ; primary veins usually 10 on each side 

 of the midrib. 



Type collected at Sax River, Province of Zamboanga, Mindanao, 

 at an elevation of above 75 m., by R. S. Williams, /w. 21^^, in 

 flower and fruit, February 8, 1905. Closely allied to C. biovidatus 

 Boerl., from Borneo. 



Mitrephora Merrillii nom. nov. 



M. ferntginea Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 : 16. 1904, in part. 

 ^o\. M. ferruginca Boerl.; Koord. Meded. 's Lands Plantentuin 

 19: 335. 1898. 



As already pointed out by Merrill this species was originally 

 confused by him with the very similar J/ Lanotaii {V>\2.x\co) Merr., 

 from which it is distinguishable by having leaves more numerously 

 veined, elliptic or narrowly elliptic instead of linear-oblong, and 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent carpels 3.5—4 cm. long. 



All specimens seen of this species are from Lamao River and 

 Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Central Luzon : Williams 

 III ; Merrill 372S ; Merrill, Decades Philipp. Forest Flora (coll. 

 Borden) 166 ; Elmer 6jj^, jooo ; Forestry Bureau 61 , j6j, j ij 

 (coll. Barnes), 20^§ (coll. Borden), 282^ (coll. Meyer). 



