Xi:W OK NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VH. 200 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, C'ardona, N'idal 1G80 (type, of C. liizoiiiensis, in 

 Herb. Kew.) ; Antipole and Bosoboso, For. Bur. 4OI, 266.i Aheru's collector, Feb- 

 ruary, 1904, and January, 1905: Province of Panipanga, Mount Arayat, Vidal 

 1686, in Herb. Kew.: Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles Whitford 1050, lOJfS, 

 January, 1905, December, 1904, For. Bur. 626 J,, 627 Jf, 7372 Curraii, February and 

 July, 1907: Province of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 32, 1S3, January, February, 

 1902. MiNDORO, For. Bur. 8609 Merritt, January, 1908. 



Blanco's monotypic genus tialgaclu, bas not previously been satisfactorily 

 identified, althougb it was referred by Fernandez-Villar ^ without question and 

 without discussion, to the Bornean genus Eusideroxylon Teysm. & Binn., but a 

 cursory examination of Blanco's description shows at once that his species can not 

 be referred to Eusideroxijlon. It does, however, apply closely to Cryptocarya, 

 and morover his specific description applies to Cryptocarya luzoniensis Vidal. 

 I have accordingly here reduced Salgada to Cryptocarya, and in making this 

 reduction, have adopted the earliest specific name for the species, reducing Vidal's 

 Cryptocarya luzoniensis. Blanco's description very clearly states that his genus 

 has nine fertile stamens, of which the outer six have introrse anthers, and the 

 inner three have extrorse ones; moreover he describes the anthers as 1-celled, his 

 expression "cuerpecillos laterales" certainly applying to the valves of the anther- 

 cells. Blanco describes the ovary as inferior, probably because it is immersed in 

 the calyx-tube, and later states that the fruit is inferior, the latter being ap- 

 parently an error in his description, or due to a mixture of material. There seems 

 to be absolutely no doubt as to the identity of Halgada with Cryptocarya, in spite 

 of the above discrepancies in Blanco's description. 



Cryptocarya bicolor sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 25 m alta; foliis alternis, elliptico-oblongis vel late 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, supra glabris, nitidis, siibtus albo-glau- 

 cescentibus, 10 ad 20 cm longis, usque ad 7 cm latis, apice breviter 

 obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis; nervis utrinque circiter 10, subtus 

 prominentibus, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, tenuiter anastomosantibus, 

 reticulis densis, obscuris; paniculis pubescentibus, axillaribus terminali- 

 busque, quam folia brevioribu? ; floril3us sessilibus vel breviter pedieellatis, 

 circiter 3 mm longi;^. 



A tree about 25 m high, more or less pubescent. Brandies slender, 

 brown, terete, somewhat pubescent, tlie young branchlets rather densely 

 pubescent. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong oi- broadly oblong-lance- 

 olate, 10 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, subcoriaceous, the apex shortly 

 acuminate, the acumen obtuse, the l)ase acute, the upper surface glabrous, 

 shining, somewhat olivaceous, the midrib sometimes pubescent, the lower 

 surface very pale, glaucous, nearly white, sparingly pubescent, the midrib 

 and lateral nerves ferruginous; nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 obscure on the upper surface, very distinct on the lower, slightly curved, 

 spreading-ascending, attenuate and obscurely anastomosing near the 

 margins, the reticulations rather dense, not distinct; petioles pubescent, 

 about 8 mm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 10 cm long or less, 

 pubescent, many-flowered, somewhat diffuse. Flowers yellow, fragrant, 



= Nov. App. (1880) 179. 



