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3 to 5 mm. long. Flowers hermaphrodite, odorless, on short extra-axillary 

 peduncles, solitary, or at least only one flower developing at a time, greenish 

 brown or yellowish, 3 to 4 cm. in diameter, the pedicel densely ferruginous 

 pubescent, 5 mm. long, and with three small, ovate, pubescent bracts at 

 about the middle. Sepals very broadly triangular ovate, acute, 3 mm. long, 

 3.5 mm. wide, densely ferruginous pubescent on the outside. Petals creamy 

 white, greenish at the base, the three outer ones spreading, narrowly ovate 

 or somewhat obovate, 2 cm. long, 8 mm. wide above, the apex abruptly but 

 bluntly acuminate, densely ferruginous pubescent on the outside, glabrous 

 on the inside except for few scattered hairs near the base, the 3 inner petals 

 about 1.5 cm. long, vaulted, connivent above, and with long slender claws, 

 more or less ferruginous pubescent on the outside. Stamens numerous, 

 yellow, slightly exceeding 1 mm. in length, the anther cells concealed by the 

 overlapping connectives. Ovaries few, pubescent, 1 mm. long, 8-ovuled. 

 Carpels ovoid to subglobose, densely ferruginous pubescent, 1.5 to 2 cm. 

 long. 



Nos. 773 and 1588 Cuming, and apparently also Nos. 1079 and 1135 Cum- 

 ing, of which fragments Avith immature flowers exist in Herb. Govt. Labo- 

 ratory. Also the following specimens, all from the Lamao River region. 

 Province of Bataan, Luzon, where the species is common in the hill 

 forests. (610, 763, 2364, and 2924 Borden) (2230 and 3016 Meyer) (1033 

 and 1250 Whitford) (1447 Ahern's collector) (6087 Leiberg). Flowering 

 March to May. 



While there will always be some doubt as to the exact identity of Blanco's 

 Uvaria lanotan, still his description applies with sufficient closeness to the 

 present species, and his name has been adopted rather than to describe the 

 latter under an entirely new one. The native name, Lanotan, is very 

 loosely applied to many arborescent species of Anonaccce, and accordingly 

 does not aid in the identification of Blanco's species. Blanco's description 

 applies very closely to the above species, the time of flowering agrees, and 

 the tree is common in the regions from which Blanco received most of his 

 material. This species was included by the author in Mitrephora furruginca 

 as noted above, but is sufficiently distinct from that species, being distin- 

 guished by its usually smaller much less pubescent, fewer nerved leaves the 

 pubescence not at all stellate, and much smaller fruits. 



CAPPAKIDACE.^^. 



Stixls philippinensis (Turcz.) (Roydsia philippinensis Turcz. Bull. Soc. 



Nat. Mosc. 27=:229. 1854; Vidal, Sinopsis, Atlas, /. 6. f. B. 1883; 



Phan. Cuming. Philip. 94. 1885; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 48. 1886; 



Ceron, Cat. PI. Herb. 16. 1892. K. floribunda Planch, ex Mast, in 



Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 :409. 1874. Stixis floribunda Pierre, Bull. 



Soc. Linn. Paris, 1:655. 1887.) 

 Roydsia 'philippinensis Turcz., and R. fiorihunda Planch., were both based 

 on the same number of Cuming's Philippine collection (No. 541), and the 

 former name being the earlier should be retained. Turczaninow's diagnosis 

 is very complete, while that of Planchon is very incomplete, the species 

 being mentioned by Masters in a note only. 



