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2 cm. long. 12 to 15 nun. wide, subequal, llio outside densely fenuginous 

 stellate-lepidote pubescent, the inside sparingly pubescent with scattered 

 short liairs. .Stamens indefinite, the anthers sessile, 3 mm. long, the 

 connective somewhat produced, the apex truncate, somewhat oblique, less 

 than 1 mm. in diameter. Ovaries nniny, 4 mm. long, ferruginous stellate 

 pubescent, each with 8 to 10 ovules. 



Type specimen No. G322 (A. D. E. Elmer), Twin Peaks, Province of 

 Benguet, Luzon, 'Sla.y, 1904. A species growing in the forests along 

 streams, the flowers with the odor of ripe apples. It is apparently most 

 closely related to Uvaria ovaUfoUa Blume, but is especially characterized 

 by the peculiar stellate-lepidote pubescence of the petals. 



MONEMIACE.l^. 



Klbara grandifoiia sp. nov. 



A tree al^out 5 m. high, with subcoriacoous, broadly ovate leaves 20 to 

 28 cm. long. Branches yellowish, glabrous. Leaves 11 to 18 cm. wide, 

 the base broadly rounded, the apex obscurely acviminate or subacute, the 

 margins entire below, above more or less coarsely, shallowly toothed or 

 merely undulate, the upper surface smooth and shining, except along the 

 midrib and main nerves, which are more or less pubescent, the lower 

 surface uniformly pubescent with scattered, straight, short liairs; main 

 nerves about 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent, freely anasto- 

 mosing, the reticulations lax; petioles stout, about 1.5 cm. long, pubescent. 

 Infloresence axillary, about 8 cm. long, the axis and branches densely 

 pubescent. Flowers not known. Drupes broadly ellipsoid, obtuse, glabrous, 

 sessile. 1.5 cm. long, about 12 mm. thick, the peduncles of tlic tliickened. 

 pubescent receptacles 3 to 4 cm. long. 



Type specimen No. 1158 (Forestry Bureau), collected by Ahern's collec- 

 tor, mountains near Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon, June, 1004. 



laurace.t:. 



Beilschmiedia glomerata sp. nov. 



A tree about 30 m. high, witli alternate, broadly ovate, or ovate-elliptical, 

 obtuse, glabrous leaves, and axillary, densely flowered almost spikelik;' 

 panicles, 2 to 4 cm. long. Branches glabrous, scaly, gray, the tips brownish, 

 the leaf scars numerous, rather prominent. Leaves 11 to 15 cm. long, 

 5 to 9 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, the base acute or rounded, equal or nearly 

 so, the apex rounded, the upper surface smooth and shining, the lower 

 surface brownish when dry, especially the nerves, which are not prominent, 

 about 9 pairs, the reticulations rather lax; petioles 1.5 to 2 em. long. 

 Panicles densely ])ul)escent, glomerate, the peduncle nearly obsolete, sub- 

 tended by nnnv imbricated, sul)()rl)icular l)raets. the bracts, rhachis, and 

 branches densely pubescent; bracts 5 to mm. in diameter; branohlets 

 0.5 cm. long. Flowers greenish yellow, slightly fragrant. 5 to C. nnii. 

 in diameter, the pedicles 2 mm. long, pubescent. Calyx O-lobed. densely 

 pubescent outside, minutely ])ubescent inside, cleft nearly to the base, 



