276 .MKIJKIIJ,. 



raritiT rolundatis, iiervis utrinquc eirciler N ; intiorescontiis inasculinis 

 spioaTis. sj)ic-is (k'lisis, drnsissiiiie pubescentibus, solitariis vel fasciculatis. 

 teniiinalil)us, 3 ad ? c-in longis. eirciter 3 nun dianietro, floribus 5- rariter 

 G-ineris, ealyeis lobis brovibus, densissime pubescentibus ; inflorescentiis 

 IV'inineis spicatis, spieis terniinalibns, solitariis; stigniatibus tenninalibiis. 

 A tree Jiiore or less pubescent in all parts, 10 to 15 m higb. Jirauches 

 terete, reddish- or grayish-brown, nearly glabrous, lenticellate, the younger 

 branehlcts densely and softly pubescent. Leaves oblong to ovate-oblong, 

 (5 to 1'^ cm long, 3 to G cm wide, membranaceous or subchartaceous, more 

 or less shining, in the typical foiin densely and softly pubescent on both 

 surfaces, entire, the apex rather abruptly and somewhat broadly acu- 

 minate, the acumen apiculate, base rather broad, cordate or subcordate, 

 sometimes rounded; nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, 

 somewhat ascending, laxly anastomosing; petioles softly pubescent, 5 to 

 10 mm long. Staminate inflorescence spicate, spikes solitary or fascicled, 

 usually terminating the short lateral branchlets, very dense, cylindric, 

 very densely pubescent, 3 to 7 cm long, about 3 mm in diameter; calyx 

 lobes 5, short, narroAvly ovate, acute or obtuse, about 0.(5 mm long, very 

 densely pubescent. Stamens 4 to 6; filaments glabrous, 1..5 to 3 mm 

 long. Rudimentary ovarj- densely lanate. Pistillate inflorescence race- 

 mose, the racemes terminating the short lateral branches, solitary, 4 to 6 

 cm long, the rachis, calyces and bracteoles densely pubescent, the pedicels 

 nearly glabrous; bracteoles narrowly ovate, more or less acuminate, 1 mm 

 long: pedicels glabrous or nearly so, 1 to 1.5 mm long. Calyx cylindric- 

 cupshaped, 1 mm in diameter, pubescent, obscurely 5-toothed. Ovary 

 narrowly elliptic, equilateral, witli few scattered hairs; styles terminal, 

 each cleft, and the arms also cleft. 



Luzon, Provinee of llizal, Bosoboso. liur. Sri. 111'/. 'i-'iU'i Riunos. tin- fi>niuT 

 with staminate. the latter with pistillate lloweis ; from the same piox Iiicl' also 

 Merrill 281.i, and For. Bur. 31G0 Ahcm'.s- colleclor. 



A species well characterized \>y its very dense cylindric staminate spikes 

 which are very densely pubescent, its more lax racemose pistillate spikes, and 

 its softly pubescent leaves which are acuminate, the base cordate or subcordate 

 and usually oblong or ovate-oblonjr. Trohably as closely allied to A. (jhaesemhiUa 

 Caertn., as to any other species, but vci y dillVrent in vpf,'etative cliaracters. 



ACTEPHILA I'.liimc. 



Actephita dispersa (Klmci) <()ml>. imv. 



I'iiiirlodciKlroH (li.siH'r.siiiii Kinicr l.t'ali. I'liilij.. I'.ot. 1 ll'.KtS) 'MS. 



Arbuscula glabra, eirciter 3 m alia: I'oliis submembranaceis, oblongis 

 vel (ilH.vatis. integris, nitidis, 15 ad 30 cin longis, apice acutis, vel obscure 

 aciimiiiatis. vel obtusis, basi subacutis vel abrupte obtusis, nervis utrin(|ue 

 ad 13: pctiolo 2 ad 4 cm longo; floribus ignoiis: fructibus axillaribus, 

 longe jK-ilmiculalis. pendulis, depresso-globosis, eirciter 'i cm diametro, 

 obscure trigoiiis, t rilocularibiis. Uiculi<licc dchiscentibus : sfininilnis in 

 loculis 2. 



