256 MERRILL. 



about 3 mm long^ sessile or short pedicellate, the bracteoles small. Caly.x- 

 tube about 1.5 mm long, pubescent, cylindric; perianth-lobes pubescent 

 on the outside, subequal, oblong, about 2 mm long, acute or blunt. 

 Stamens as in other species of the genus, the filaments short, glabrous. 

 Staminodes 1.5 mm long, stipitate, acuminate. Fruit unknown. 



Mi.\D.\NAO, District of Zamboanga( ?), For. Bur. Uo'/S Hutchinson, March, 1907. 

 X. v., Ducatan, Masagcunadug . 



A species well characterized by its leaves wiiich are shining and glabrous above, 

 and nearly white beneath, the midrib and lateral veins ferrnginoiis, the reticula- 

 tions not distinct, and its panicles wliich are about one-half as long as the leaves. 

 The timber is used for house-posts. 



Cryptocarya palawanensis sp. nov. 



Arbuscula circiter 3 m alta; foliis chartaceis, oblongis, usque ad 35 

 cm longis, 10 cm latis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, utrinque glabris, 

 costa nervisque exceptis; nervis utrinque circiter 15; paniculis axillaribus, 

 foliis multo brevioribus, pubescentibus ; perianthiis segmentis subaequali- 

 bus, pubescentibus, 2.5 mm longis; fructibus ovoideis, 1.5 cm longis, 

 nigris, nitidis, glabris. 



A shrub about 3 m high. Branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 

 chartaceous, oblong, up to 35 cm long, 10 cm wide, the apex rather 

 strongly acuminate, the base acute, somewhat shining and glabrous on 

 both surfaces except the midrib and lateral nerves which are somewhat 

 pubescent, the upper surface olivaceous, the lower brownish ; nerves about 

 15 on each side of the midrib, beneath very distinct, obscurely anastomos- 

 ing, llie primaiy reticulations lax, the ultimate ones dense; petioles 

 pubescent, about 1 cm long. Panicles axillary, pubescent, 8 to 10 cm 

 long, the branches 3 cm long or less. Flowers pedicellate or sessile, 

 pubescent, the tube cylindric, quickly inflated, somewhat longitudinally 

 striate, the perianth-lobes 6, subequal, pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Fruit 

 ovoid, black, shining, glabrous, 1.3 cm long. 



Palawan, near the Iwahig Penal Settlement, For. Bur. JfJ.'fl Curran, April, 

 1900. along the banks of tidal streams. 



A species characterized by its ratlicr large leaves and comparatively short 

 panicles. 



Cryptocarya pallida sp. nov. 



Arbor vel arbuscula; ramis teretibus nigricantibus, glabris, ramulis 

 plus minus pubescentibus; foliis ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, chartaceis, 8 ad 

 11 em longis, 3 ad 5 cm ]ati.s, apice acuminatis, basi acutis vel rotundatis, 

 supra olivaceis, glabris, nitidis, subtus subalbidis, parce pubescentibus, 

 costa nervis reticulisque brunneis; paniculis axillaribus, plus minus pubes- 

 centibus; fructibus ellipsoideis, 2.5 cm longis, 1.5 cm diametro, glabris, 

 nitidis, utrinque apiculatis. 



A shrub or tree, nearly glabrous. Branches terete, dark-colored, glab- 

 rous, the branchlets somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, 

 ovate to olliptif-nvalo. 8 to 11 cin long, 3 to 5 cm wido. 1ho npex rather 



