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wln'cli arc moi-c numerous bcneatli. especially on the midrib and nerves, 

 the niaruins suhentii'C or bristly toothed al)ove ; nerves 7 to 8 on each side 

 of tlie midrib, ratlier prominent beneath; petioles about 1 cm. long, 

 densely bristly. Inllorescence axillary, peduncled, cymose, few flowered, 

 4 to S cm. long, densely bristly througliout. the bracts lanceolate, acum- 

 inate, 8 to 9 mm. long, about 3 mm. wide;. Sepals ."), imbricate, ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, about 8 mm. long, the exposed outer surfaces thickly 

 beset with sul)ulate darlv ])ur])le bristles al)out ."> mm. long, the outer 

 three sepals coriaceous, the inner two meml)ranous. Corolla about 10 

 mm. long, the lobes obovate, rounded, strongly irregularly refuse. 

 Stamens 20; anthers 3 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled; styles 3, 

 6 mm. long, united for the lower 1 mm. 



MiXDAXAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Koithlpy (.37 Mrs. CIcniois) .lanuavv, 1900. 

 Saurauia longistyla .Merrill sp. nov. 



A tree about 10 m. higli, nearly glabrous throughout, with oblong 

 leaves and fasciculate or solitary flowers on the branches below the 

 leaves, the ovary 3-celled. the styles 3, united below. Branches light 

 gray, glabrous, striate, the tips with few ap]U'cssed. pale, triangular 

 to narrowly ovate scales. Leaves 20 to 28 cm. long, 6 to 9 cm. wide, 

 glabrous above, paler and quite glabrous beneath or with few scattered 

 appressed scales, firm, shining, narrowed ))elow to the acute base, the 

 apex short acuminate, the margins above serrate or spinulose-serrate. 

 entire below; nerves about 14 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 Ix'neath, scarcely anastomosing, the reticulations subparallel, distinct; 

 petioles 1 to 2.5 cm. long, with few appressed scales, becoming glabrous 

 or nearly so. Flowers solitary or two or three in a fascicle in the axils 

 of fallen leaves, white or pink, about 2 cm. in diameter, the pedicels 

 0.5 to 2 cm. long, with few appressed scales, the bracts about 8 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. wide, acute or obtuse, oblong, glabrous. Sepals 5, glabrous. 

 concave, elliptical to ol)Ovate, 8 to 10 mm. long, 6 to 8 mm. wide, rounded 

 at the apex, subequal. Corolla lobes oblong-obovate. 10 mm. long, H 

 mm. wide, glabrous, irregularly refuse at the apex. Stamens about 30, 

 inserted on the base of the corolla; filaments al)out 4 mm. long, anthers 

 2 mm. long, 1.5 mm. thick. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled; styles 3, united 

 for the loM'cr 2 to 3 mm., the free portions 7 to 8 mm. long. 



Palawan (Paragua), San Antonio Bay (835 Mcnlll) February IS. l!)(i;?. In 

 forests at about 500 ni. ' 



Saurauia luzoniensls ^Merrill sp. nov. 



A shrul). tlic l)ranches. inflorescence, calyx lobes and petioles, minutely 

 ferruginous ])ubescent and beset with setiform scales or scale-like bail'?', 

 the cymes axillary, solitary, 1 to 3 cm. long, few, 3 to 5-flowered, the 

 ovary cells and styles 3. Branches l)rown, the older ones becoining 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong to broadly ol)]ong-ol)lanceolate, nunnbranous, 

 10 to 17 cm. long, 3 to 6 cm. wide, somewhat shining when dry, palei- 

 l)i>neath, the midrib, nerves and reticulations beneath with few scattered 



