284 .MKKKILL. 



(.■iriiltT 1 (. proiiiiiU'iililms : inHoresccntiis inasculiiiis axillarihiis vol i)S(nul- 

 otL'rmiiialibiis, elongatis, lioril)iis in j^louu'rulis eongestis. plus luiiius 

 stellat()-t't'i-rugineo-pubescentil)us : siaiiiiiiil)us (.-ii-citcr \'L 



A subglabrons tree 8 to 1"^ m high, branches liglit-gi'ay or brdwiii^h- 

 grav. ghO)roiis, striate, lenticellate, tlie young branchlots ferrnginous- 

 steUate-pubescent. Leaves alternate, obhjng or elliptie-obh)ng, lo to 30 

 im long, () to 13 cm wide, brownish and shining wlien drv, glal)r()us or 

 with very few scattered stellate hairs beneath, the base acute or some- 

 what acuminate, the apex sliort-acumiualc. margins coarsely aixl irreg- 

 ularly cicnate-serrate, the teeth l)earing glands at their ai)ices: nerves 

 about 1? on each side of the niidril). ])i'ominent, the primary reticulations 

 rather distinct, the ultimate ones faiiil : petioles 4 to 7 cm long, glal)rous 

 or with few, scattered, stellate hairs, rre(iuently slightly geniculate at 

 the apex. Staminate intlorescence axillai-y and pseudoterminal. slender, 

 elongated, ":?(» to 41) cm long, the bi'anclies \'e\v. shoi't. the tlowers densely 

 crowded in reduced, scattered cymes, glomerate, the rachis and branches 

 ultimately glabrous or nearly so, the younger ])arts more or less stellate- 

 or furfui-aceous-pubescent. liuds more or less trigonous; sepals (in bud) 

 orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 3 nnn long, strongly imbricate, the ex})oscd por- 

 tions densely stellate-pul)escent. I'etals similar but glabrous, and in 

 bud somewhat smaller. Stamens about I'i. Pistillate tlowei's and fruit 

 unknown. 



JvUZO.N'. l'ro\inci' of C'aynyan. Apani. /'or. Jiin\ li.ni. Ajnil I'.MIS; San N'icciite. 

 For. Bur. 7078 Klemme, May. 1!107. In dense forests 20 to (i.) ni ai)ove s('a4o\el. 

 known to the Negritos as Tayuliixi and Af/idnrhilnnfi. 



The genus is new to the Philippines. 



STROPHIOBLACHIA l'..i.rl. 



Strophioblachia fimbricalyx P.oorl. Hand). V\. Nedoil. Ind. 3' ( litOlM Hiii. 



Palawa.n, For. Bur. ',.jO',, 7.J.7.S Curraii, dune. ]!>().'). l!»()(i. Bur. Hci. .?// Ber- 

 iiicjos, near the seasliore. ^Iimja.xao. district of Zandxianga. Mearns 11). Jan- 

 uary. l!t()4. 



An interesting additio!i to the Phili|)i)iiic linra. and especially to tlir long 

 list of s]»ecies known only from the Pliili|)pincs and ('(dehes. A iu<in<itypic genus 

 known previously only from Celehes. 



axacakdiacej:. 



PLEIOGYNIUM Kngl. 



P. solanderi (I'.ciuli.i llngl. in DC Mnnog. I'lian. 4 (ISS:!) 2r)."). 



S/iondids sftldiidrri Henth. Kl. Austral. 1 ilSd.Ji 4!l-2. 



S/ioiKlin.'i piridf/ijiiii F. .Mutdl. Kragm. 4:7S. 



Ll'ZO.N. Provinee of Hizjil. For. liiir. Hdi't. .:!(!■! Miiiii's tuUrclor. DcccMnlxT. 

 1004. an<l .lune. lOO."), the former, with matun- fruit-, fmnt Ti-ni'v. the latter, 

 witli staminate flowers from .\ntipolo. 



.\ nmnotyidc ;:('nus. |)ri'\ iously knciwn nnly from n<ulliciii Australia, and its 



