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sliarply acuminate, the base acute or rounded, the upper surface oliva- 

 ceous, gh^brous, shining, the lower surface nearly white, slightly pubescent, 

 the midrib nerves and primary reticulations brown ; nerves 5 on each side 

 of the midrib, distinct beneath, anastomosing, the reticulations lax: 

 petioles about 5 mm long, slightly pubescent. Panicles axillary, in fruit 

 10 cm long or less, slightly pubescent. Flowers unknown. Fruits ellip- 

 soid about 1.5 em in diameter, 2.5 cm long, dark-colored, glabrous, 

 shining, apiculate at both ends, obscurely longitudinally striate. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Tetuan, Ahem 59J,, 566, February to June 

 1901, N. v., Ponit. 



Characterized hy its relatively large fruits Avliich are apiculate at both ends, 

 and by its leaves which are nearly white beneath. 



Cryptocarya everettii sp. nov. 



Arbor, 10 ad IS m alta; foliis alternis, oblongo-ellipticis, ellipticis, 

 vel oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 10 ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, 

 supra nitidis, glabris, brunneis, subtus glaucescentibus, valde pulcher- 

 rime reticulato-venosis ; paniculis pubescentibus, 8 ad 10 cm longis, 

 axillaribus terminalibusque ; fioribus albis, circiter 4 mm longis, pedicel- 

 latis vel subsessilibus ; fructibus oblongis, glabris, circiter 3 cm longis. 



A tree 10 to 18 m high, nearly glabrous throughout except the in- 

 florescence. Branches slender, light-gray, glabrous, the young branchlets 

 somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, elliptic or oblong- 

 lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm, rarely 9 cm wide, subcoriaceous, 

 the upper surface glabrous, or sometimes slightly pubescent along the 

 midrib, shining, brown,^ the lower surface glaucous, the nerves and 

 reticulations prominent, brown, slightly pubescent, the apex abruptly 

 and sharply acuminate, the base acute ; nerves about 10 on each side of 

 the midrib, beneath very prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations 

 rather lax, very distinct, the brown midrib, nerves and reticulations in 

 strong contrast to the glaucous under surface of the leaf; petioles 5 to 

 10 mm long, somewhat pubescent. Panicles axillary and terminal, 8 to 

 10 cm long, pubescent, the flowers white, pedicellate or subsessile, about 

 4 mm long, the bracteoles deciduous, about 2.5 mm long. Calyx-tube 

 densely pubescent, 2 mm long, the perianth segments subequal, 2.5 mm 

 long, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Fertile stamens 9, the filaments 

 somewhat pubescent, the anthers of the outer two series introrse, those 

 of the inner series extrorse; staminodes ovate, short-stipitate, somewhat 

 pubescent, acute. Ovary narrowly oblong, glabrous; style 1.5 mm long. 

 Fruit black when dry, glabrous, smooth, oblong or narrowly oblong, 

 about 3 cm long, 1 cm thick, narrowed upwards, not striate. 



Negkos, For. Bur. 4236, 4311, 1288. 1311 Everett, April-June, 1906-07, For. 

 Bur. 7409 Danao, June, 1907, Whitford I6I4, May, 1906. 



A species common in the dipterocarp forests in northern Negros, well charac- 

 terized by its leaves being glaucous beneath, and strongly reticulate, the midrib, 

 nerves, and reticulations on the lower surface of the leaf being brown, in sharp 

 contrast to the glacous surface. V., Balit, Pntian. 



