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opposed, one, rarely two pedicels from the same tubercle or minute branch- 

 let, the pedicels slender, 2.5 to 3 cm. long, pubescent. Flowers salmon 

 pink, odorless or nearly so. Calyx lobes sparingly pubescent. 3 to 3.5 mm. 

 long, ovate, strongly acuminate. Petals sparingly pubescent, the outer 

 ones similar in shape to the sepals but twice as large, the inner ones 

 oblong, acute, 10 to 14 mm. long, about 4 mm. wide. Stamens many, 

 about 1.5 mm. long, glabrous, the broad truncate connectives concealing 

 the anther cells. Ovaries about 1.5 mm long, pubescent, about 5, each 

 with 2 ovules; stigmas ovoid, pubescent. Ripe carples subglobose, bright 

 red, sparingly pubescent, 2-seeded, 1 cm. or less in diameter. 



Type specimen: Baco River, Mindoro (4050 Merrill), March 14, 1905. 

 A small shrub common in the humid river forests, apparently most closely 

 related to Phaeanthus malabaricus Bedd. 



Polyalthia flava, sp. nov. § Monoon. 



A small tree, about 12 m. high, with nearly glabrous, coriaceous oblong, 

 acimiinate leaves, and solitary axillary flowers about 5 cm. in diameter. 

 Branches striate, dark gray, the branchlets densely ferruginous pubescent. 

 Leaves 7 to 12 cm. long, 3 to 4.5 cm. wide, glabrous and shining above, 

 beneath with very few scattered hairs on the lamina, the midrib spar- 

 ingly pubescent, the apex rather sharp acuminate, the base rounded 

 or subacute, somewhat inequilateral; nerves numerous, the primary ones 

 scarcely more prominent than the secondary and reticulations; petioles 

 ferruginous pubescent, 5 mm. long. Flowers solitary, bright yellow, odor- 

 less, the peduncles about 2 cm. long, ferruginous pubescent, with 2 or 3 

 small bracts near the base. Calyx lobes broadly ovate, ferruginous pubes- 

 cent, acute, 4 mm. long. Petals, 6, in two series, subequal, elliptical ovate 

 to elliptical obovate. obtuse, 2.5 cm. long, 1.5 to 1.8 cm. wide, glabrous 

 except for the pubescent base and few scattered hairs on the outside. 

 Stamens many, 1.8 mm. long or less, the connectives truncate. Ovaries 

 many, pubescent, 1.3 mm. long, with a solitary basal ovule. 



Type specimen: Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon (2135 Ahern's col- 

 lector), December, 1904; also Lamao River, Province of Bataan, Luzon 

 (3052 Borden), October, 1904. A small tree in the hill forests at 200 m. 

 above the sea. 



Sageraea glabra, sp. nov. 



A small tree about 15 m. high, with subcoriaceous, glabrous, elliptical 

 oblong, acuminate leaves, and small hermaphrodite flowers in axillary 

 fascicles. Branches black and grayish, glabrous, striate. Leaves 11 to 

 15 cm. long, 4 to 5 cm. ^vide, short acuminate, the base acute, shining on 

 both surfaces, the margins slightly revolute; nerves obscure, about 8 on 

 each side of the midrib, loosely anastomosing; petioles stout, rugose, chan- 

 neled above, 5 to 6 mm. long. Fascicles axillary, rarely extra-axillary, 

 about 3-flowered, the pedicels 1 cm. long or less, each with 3 or 4 small 

 distichous bracts at the base. Flowers white, nearly odorless, about 1 cm. 

 in diameter. Calyx lobes orbicular-ovate, subacute, 2 mm. long, the 

 margins somewhat ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Petals glabrous, except the 



