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at least on one side of the lamina, the apex long slender acuminate; nerves 

 8 to 10 pairs, rather prominent beneath; petioles 5 to 8 mm. long, rugose, 

 glabrous. Inllorcsceiico grayish stellate pubescent, the panicles 5 to G cm. 

 long or less, the spicate branches 1.5 cm. long or less. Calyx rusty- 

 pubescent, the sepals 5, imbricate, the outer two slightly larger than the 

 inner. Petals slightly pubescent on the outside, falcate, 4 mm. long, 1.8 

 mm. wide, obtuse. Stamens 10; .filaments thick; anthers 0.4 mm. long, 

 the single appendage slender, equaling the anther in length. Ovary 

 glabrous, 3-celled, each cell 2-ovuled ; style short; stylopodium 0. Fruit 

 glabrous, the two wings oblong, about 2 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, the apex 

 rounded. 



Specimens examined all from Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, Province 

 of Bataan, Luzon: No. 786 (Forestry Bureau), collected by Borden, May, 

 1904 (flower); No. 335 (Whitford), May, 1904 (flower); No. 3864 

 (Merrill), and No. 1592 (Forestry Bureau), Borden, August, 1904 (fruit) ; 

 Nos. 825, 1175, and 1245 (Forestry Bureau), Borden, May-June, 1904 

 (sterile) . 



A tall tree, with a slender, straight trunk, growing in tiie hill forests 

 from an altitude of 100 to about 800 m. above the sea. T., Dalindingun. 



THYMELEACEJE. 



Wikstroemia lanceolata, sp. nov. % Emoikstroemia. 



An underslirub, 1 m. high or less, witli glabrous or nearly glabrous, mem- 

 branous, lanceolate leaves, the branchlets and flowers pubescent. Branches 

 slender, dark brown, glabrous, the branchlets rather densely grayish- 

 pubescent. Leaves 3 to 5 cm. long, 8 to 15 mm. wide, often with very few 

 scattered hairs beneath, becoming entirely glabrous, gradually narrowed 

 above to the slightly acuminate apex, the base obtuse; nerves not prom- 

 inent; petioles pubescent, 1 to 2 mm. long. Flowers in terminal, subsessile, 

 3 to ^ flowered fascicles, green or yellowish-green. Perianth tubular, 0.5 

 to 7 mm. long, appressed-pubescent outside throughout; lobes 4, 1 mm. 

 long, rounded. Anthers yellow, 0.7 mm. long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 

 except the slightly pubescent ape.x, 1-celled, 1-ovuled; style very short; 

 stigma yellow, .subglobosc. Fruit ovoid, bright red, 8 nun. long, glabrous, 

 except the slightly pubescent apex, the pericarp fleshy; seed mm. long, 

 shaped like the fruit, but slightlj' acuminate. 



Type specimen No. 3931 Merrill, Blount Arayat, Province of Pampauga, 

 Luzon, October 23, 1904. A branched, slender underslirub, common on 

 forested slopes at an elevation of from 000 to 750 m. above the sea. 



MELASTOMATACE.E. 



Astronia glauca, sp. nov. 



A sliruh 2 to 4 m. high, willi elliptical-lanceolate, glabrous. ;u'\iininate, 

 3 to 5 nerved leaves, which are glaucous beneath, and terminal panicles 

 shorter than the leaves. The flowers 5-merous. Branches liglit gray, 

 "labrous, striate. Leaves subeoriaceous. lit to !.") em. l<)ng, 3 to 5.5 cm. 



