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aiiprcssod scale-like liaiis. tln' upper surfaeo quite <i-]al)r()us or with Few 

 scales on the midrib, the mar*2,ins s])inuloso serrate, often ol)scurely so. 

 the apex short acuminate, narrowed helow to th(^ acute l)ase; nerves ahout 

 K) on both sides of the luich'il), distim-t lieneath. anastomosing, the reticu- 

 lations netted, distinct; petiok's 1 to 2 cm. \ong. C'vmes few flowered, 

 strigose. the bracts and hracteoles linear, acnte or apicnlato. 3 to 4 mm. 

 long. 1 nun. wide. Flowers pink. al»out 13 mm. in diameter. Sepals 

 ."). e(|iial. oblong-ovate of ol)long-obovatc. (! mm. long, 4 mm. wide, 

 rounded at tlie apex, outside ferruginous pubescent or j)uberuh'nl and 

 beset with pale, strigose, awl-shaped, scale-like hairs 1 to 2 mm. long. 

 Corolla glabrous, the lobes 5, oblong-ovate, irregnlarh' refuse at the apex, 

 about T mm. long. 4 to .") mni. wide. Stamens <?0 ; filaments more oi- less 

 uidte(l. about 2.') mm. long; anthers nearly 3 nini. long. ()\arv minutely 

 densely pul)esc('nt. 3-cellc'd ; styles 3). nboul 3) mni. long, slightly united 

 at the base. 



i.r/.ON. l'roviiU'(^ of i;i/;il. tSosohoso (2!)()'2. .'MOl Ahcni'N cnllrclor } .Mjucli. .^^ay. 

 l!l(t.'). 



VI()LA(^EJO. 



RINOREA Alibi. 



Rinorea palawanensis .Mciiill sp. nov. S I'rol licniti. 



A shrub "2 to A m. high with membranous. nearl\- glabrous. ol)long to 

 ol)ovate-oblong, acuminate leaves and few, axillary, fascicled or race- 

 nmsely disposed flowers, the anther cells with a short nnicro. the con- 

 nective with a large, ovate a])pendage. Branches gray, becoming gla- 

 brous, the younger oius somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, l.") to 'l^ 

 cm. long, 6 to 9 cm. wide, irregularly crenate-dentate to sub(>ntire. shin- 

 ing, paler beneath, slightly jiubescent on the nerves and midi-ib beneath. 

 becoming quite glabrous, usually I'athei- i)rominently acuminate, narrowed 

 below to the ratbicr abruptly acute. oft(Mi somewhat inecpiilateral base: 

 ncr\cs \'l to 13 on eaih side of flu- midrib, distinct, distant I.-") to 3 cm., 

 anastomosing, the i-ct icnlations lax. distinct. Flowers fascicled or in 

 shoi-t few noweicd laccnics. about o mm. long, gi'eenish. the inflorescence 

 pubc-cciit . the |tcdiccf- (i mm. long or less, the sepals and petals accrescent 

 in fruit and j)ersistent. Sepals narrowly ovate, acute, densely hirsute 

 pubescent outside, less so within. Petals narrowly o\ate. acute. 3 to 1 

 mm. long, somewhat ])ubescent outside. Stamens fi'om tlu' mai'gin of 

 the disk: antbeis broadly o\;ite. I..") to 1.7 mm. long, eat-h cell tipped 

 with slioi't muii'o o.:; mm. long or less, the conuectixe with a bi'oad, o\ate. 

 acute, sub]i\aline appendagi' IVom the middle, iieai'ly l..'i mm. long. 

 Ovary somewhat reri-ngiii(>n> hirsute; styli' 'I mm. long. naiTowed abo\c. 

 Capsule ovoid. 1 em. biug. obtusely obscui'el\ 3-aiigled. glabrous oi' with 

 \{'\\ ferruginous hairs. Seeds \vw. glabrous, shining. 



l'.\r,.\W.\.\. I'licrto I'rinccsii {•I'rl licnnrjon) Dcccinhcr. ]!•().") ; (:{")-2'.) Ciinini) 

 .I;nni:nv. lIMtC. In fmcsts. 



