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narrowed below to the abruptly rounded-obtuse base, the basal portion 

 4 to 7 cm. wide below; nerves prominent, 16 to 18 on each side of the 

 midrib, spreading-ascending, straight, often forked above, not anastomosing, 

 the reticulations rather lax, somewhat prominent on the lower surface; 

 petioles about 8 cm. long, 1 cm. thick, stout, striate, more or less ferru- 

 ginous hirsute, deeply sulcate and wing margined on the upper side, the 

 wings coriaceous, about 6 mm. wide. Cymes axillary, congested, the inflores- 

 cence 5 to 7 cm. long, the primary branches 2 to 3 cm. long, the flowers 

 crowded in dense subglobose heads about 2 to 3 cm. in diameter. Flowers 

 greenish white, their pedicels 3 to 4 mm. long. Calyx green, glabrous, 

 membranous, punctate, about 4 mm. long, the four teeth about 1 mm. long, 

 broadly triangular, acute. Corolla 7 mm. long, glabrous, 4-lobed, the lobes 

 white, their tips somewhat lavender, reflexed, oblong ovate, acute, glabrous, 

 4 to 4.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. Staminal tube 4-lobed, the four anthers 

 connate with and included in the tube. Ovary subglobose, 4-celled, glabrous, 

 the style about 2 mm. long. Fruit subglobose, somewhat flattened, 3-celled, 

 each cell 1-seeded, more or less sulcate between the cells wlien dry, glabrous, 

 about 1.2 cm. wide. 



Baco River, Mindoro (187 McGregor), April, 1905 (flower), suberect, 

 suflfrutescent, about 2 m. high, in very humid forests; (644 Whitford), 

 Atimonan, Tayabas Province, Luzon, August, 1904 (fruit). A large vine 

 along the beds of dry streams in forests, the stem more or less prostrate, 

 rooting at the nodes when in contact with the ground, the branches erect. 



ELAEOCARPACE^. 



Elaeocarpus macranthus, sp. nov. 



A large tree with oblong, acuminate, entire or somewhat crenate leaves, 

 crowded with the inflorescence at the apices of the usualy thickened 

 branches, the racemes about equaling the leaves, the flowers 1.5 cm. long, 

 5-merous, the stamens indefinite, one cell of the anther short awned, the 

 ovary 4 to 5 celled, cells many ovuled. Branches light gray, glabrous, the 

 younger parts densely pubescent. Leaves 12 to 15 cm. long, 4 to 4.5 cm. wide, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous and shining above, sparingly pubescent beneath, the 

 base somewhat rounded or abruptly acute; nerves about 10 on each side 

 of the midrib; petioles 4 to 5 cm. long, the rhachis, pedicels, and calyces 

 densely uniformly brownish pubescent. Flowers yellowish, their pedicels 

 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Sepals broadly lanceolate, 14 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, 

 tapering to the acute apex, glabrous within. Petals slightly exceeding the 

 sepals, densely appressed silky pubescent outside, 3-lobed at the apex, the 

 lobes laciniate fringed. Stamens indefinite, the filaments 2 mm. long or less, 

 the anthers 4 to 5 mm. long, minutely pvibescent, one cell with a short 

 apical awn 1 mm. long or less. Ovary pubescent ; style glabrous, at least 

 above, 3 to 4 mm. long. Drupe globose to ellipsoid-globose, pubescent, 

 becoming nearly glabrous, 2 to 2.5 cm. in diameter, the stone vertically 

 10-grooved, 5-celled, ususally but one cell with seed. 



Specimens examined, all from the Province of Rizal, Luzon: (2688 and 



