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ANTIDESMA Burin. 



Antidesma cordato-stipulaceum sp. nov. 



Arbiiscula glabra 2 ad 3 m alta; foliis oblongis, chartaceis vel sub- 

 coriaceis, nitidis, prominente acuminatis, apiculatis, usque ad 20 cm 

 longis, nervis utrinque 12 ad 14; stipulis persistentibus, foliaceis, late 

 ovatis vel suborbicularibus, basi cordatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis; floribus 

 masculinis spicatis, 4- vel 3-meris, calycibus subtmncatis ; staminibus 3, 

 rariter 4; floribus femineis racemosis, calycibus breviter obscureque 

 5-dentatis, stigmatibus subterminalibus ; fructibus in sicco compressis, 

 1 cm longis, basi rotundatis, apice obscure acuminatis. 



A glabrous shrub 2 to 3 m high. Branches slender, terete, glabrous, 

 light-gray. Leaves oblong, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, shining, 12 to 

 20 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, entire, the apex rather prominently acuminate, 

 the acumen blunt, apiculate, base rounded or acute; nerves 12 to 14 on 

 each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, curved-spreading, anas- 

 tomosing; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules foliaceous, broadly ovate to 

 suborbicular, 1 to 2.5 cm long, 1.5 cm Avide or less, apex acute, rounded, 

 or sometimes somewhat acuminate, base broad, cordate, usually clasping 

 the stem. Staminate inflorescence very slender, of 5 to 10 cm long more 

 or less fascicled spikes from the leaf axils, or from axils below the leaves ; 

 flowers minute, about 1.2 mm in diameter, glabrous, sessile, solitary, 

 more or less scattered, the calyx somewhat saucer-shaped, subtruncate or 

 very obscurely toothed; stamens usually 3, rarely 4, their fllaments 0.5 

 mm long. Pistillate inflorescence of slender, axillary, solitary racemes, 

 15 cm long or less; flowers more or less scattered in the lower portion, 

 somewhat crowded above, their pedicels 1 mm long or less, each subtended 

 by a minute, oblong, 0.5 mm long bracteole; calyx somewhat cupshaped, 

 obscurely 5-toothed, the margins minutely pubescent; ovary glabrous, 

 ovoid; styles terminal or subterminal. Fruit, when dry, compressed, 

 narrowly ovate, somewhat inequilateral, base rounded, apex somewhat 

 acuminate, 1 cm long, reticulate, reddish, crowned by the somewhat 

 falcate styles. 



JMjndoro, Baco Biver, Merrill 1807, 4048, the former with pistillate flowers, 

 the latter with staminate ones, McGregor 179, 311, the former with pistillate 

 flowers, the latter with fruits; Subaan, For. Bur. 679 Jf Merritt, with staminate 

 flowers. 



A very characteristic species, readily recognized by its comparatively large, 

 persistent, ovate, cordate, foliaceous stipules, as well as by its very slender 

 inflorescence, the staminate being spicate, and the pistillate racemose. 



Antidesma subcordatum sp. nov. 



Arbor 10 ad 15 m alta, ramulis, inflorescentiis, foliisque plus minus 

 pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, usque ad 12 cm longis, 

 membranaceis vel chartaceis, plus minus nitidis, utrinque dense molli- 

 terque pubescentibus, apice acuminatis, basi cordatis, subcordatis vel 



