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HOMALANTHUS A. Juss. 



Homalanthus bicolor >|). iiuv. 



Arbii>cula ,<rlalir;i, cireiter 2 m alta ; I'oliis longissime petiolatis, cordato- 

 ovatis. breviter aeuminatis, basi latis, leviter cordatis, interdum leviter 

 peltatis. glabris, cliartaceis, supra olivaceis, subtus glauco-pallidis, nervis 

 utrinque 11 ad 15, petiolo 8 ad 20 cm longo; floribus ignotis; fructibus 

 in raceinis congestis, obovoideis vel obovoidco-orbieularibus, eoiii])ressis, 

 griseo-bruimeis, loculieide 2-valvatis. 



A glabrous shrub about 2 m high. Young branches dark-brown, 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, very long-petioled, cordate-ovate or subor- 

 bicular-ovate, the base broad, cordate, the apex shortly acuminate, entire, 

 7 to 13 cm long and nearly as wide, chartaceous, glabrous, the upper 

 surface olivaceous, the lower very pale, subglaucescent ; petiole 8 to 20 

 cm long, glabrous, with two more or less prominent glands at the apex, 

 sometimes peltately inserted about 5 mm from the margin of the leaf, 

 more often marginally inserted; stipules caducous, thin, brown, lanceo- 

 late, sharply acuminate, about 7 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit 

 crowded, racemose, the racemes about 4 cm long; pedicels spreading or 

 somewhat reflexed, about 8 mm long; fruit obovoid or orbicular-obovoid. 

 compressed, about 8 mm long, grayish-brown, 2-celled compressed at 

 right angles to the dehiscence, loculicidally 2-valved, crowned by the style 

 which is nearly as long, and which is cleft nearly to the base, 



Mi>"UA>'AO, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindany, Fur. Bur. Jf'ii22 Mearns 

 tC- Hutchinson, altitude about .350 m. Moro Topi. 



A species allied to Ilofnalunthus populneus Pax, and to H. fastiwsu.<! F.-Vil., 

 and sonieMhat intermediate between the two, distinguishable from the former by 

 its mucli larger leaves and larger fruits, and from the latter by its non- or but 

 slightly peltate leaves. 



MACARANGA Thouars. 



Macaranga congestiflora sp. nov. § Pachi/stonon. 



Arbor ])arva circiter 4 m alta; foliis suborbicularibus, subintegi'is vel 

 leviter trilobatis, apice breviter aeuminatis, basi late peltatis, supra nitidis, 

 subtus ]jarce hirsutis, glandulosis, radiate 8-nerviis; petiolo 10 ad lo cm 

 longo; inflorescentiis axillaribus caulinisque, 1 ad 3 cm longis, femincis 

 racemosis. masculinis breviter racemoso-paniculatis, congestis, l)racteis 

 pecliiiato-laciniatis, ceraceo-glandulosis. pubescent ibus ; ovario 2-4-loc- 

 uhirc. 



A small tree about 4 m liigli. l^)i-an( lies (lark-l)rown, glabrous oi' more 

 or less pubesceni, ihc young branclilots slightly brownish-pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, long-])etiolate, broadly peltate, suborbicular, sulxMitire 

 or slightly and broadly ."j-lobcd. the apex slightly aciiininatc. base vounded. 

 10 to 20 cm 111 ilijiiiictci-. snhcoi-iaccous, i-atlici- pale when dry. the upper 

 surface glabrous, shining, the lower somewhat hirsute, especially on the 

 nerves, and with numerous scattered waxv glands; nerves radiate, the 



