2U6 .MKUUILL. 



the samo coloi- on boih surfaces, entire or ol)seurc'ly r('[)an(l ahovi-, tlie 

 apex rathei' al)riiptly acuiiiinate, the base usually l)roa(l. rounded or sul)- 

 truncate. and with two (inlands eitliiT on the niari^ins at llu- juncture with 

 the jtetiole. or on the petiole itsell'; hasal nerves 5, the outer shorter pair 

 from the very hast- of the leaf, tlie inner and lonjjer more prominent pair 

 leavinii' the niidrih a short ilislance .ihovc the hase and exteiidinji' to 

 beyond the middle, tlie lateral nerves above the l)asal ones two or three 

 (3n each side of the midrib, aseendini^, prominent, anastomosinfi\ the 

 reticulations distinct, rather lax; ])etioles "^.5 to 4..") em lon^-. Kaceines 

 in the up])er axils, solitary, in tlower 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, few-tiowered. in 

 fruit somewhat longer, densely gray-pubescent, the pedicels 5 to S mm 

 long. longei' in fruit. Petals and se])als scarcely distinct, and irregularly 

 arranged, the sepals 4 or 5, ovate, acute or slightly acuminatt', I'l mm 

 long. () mm wide, densely pubescent outside, strongly imbricate, the outer 

 two or three eiitii'cly IVee. the inner two oi' three more or less united 

 with the ]jetals and usually staniiniferous ; j)etals 10 to 15, similar to the 

 sepals, and like them densely gray-])ubescent, of equal length but narrower, 

 gradually murowei' inwards, the innermost ones linear and only 1 to 1.5 

 mm wide, all more or less ind)ricate and all connate below. Stameiis 

 indefinite, inserted on the l)ase of the petals and on the inner se])als; 

 lilauieiits very slender, elongated, wvy slightly united at the base. (I to 

 I<| mm long: anthers minute, longitudinally dehiscing, less. than 0.5 mm 

 long. Ovary free, densely gray-))ubescent. slightly stipitate. ovoid or 

 ellip.soid. nai'rowed at both eiuls. 1-celled. with 5 ])arietal placentae, each 

 bearing numerous ovules; style simple, terminal, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent at the liase, 'i to I mm long; stigma minute, subdiscil'orm or 

 obscurely o-lohed, not lai'ger than the style. Fruit crustaceous. iiuh'his- 

 cent, ovoid or ellij)soi(l, 1.5 to 'i cm long, apiculate. densely gray-pubes- 

 cent, obscurely longitudinally ribbed; seeds many, ohoxoid. often ii reg- 

 ularly compressed, black, shining, the testa crustaceous. the albumen 

 fleshy. Ifai-ely flowers are found with an imperfect ovary which is nearly 

 glabrous, and contains no ovules. 



Li/(i.N. I'rnviiicc of Taviihas. Moiiiil I'aiiajan. For. Jiiir. SU.ill Ciirnni i(- M'nitl. 

 XovcniixT, 1!M(7, in forests at an altitiulc of al)oiit tittd mi. in llowci-: I'rovincf 

 of Ivi/al, liosolioso, For. Jiiir. .iOO-'} .\h(rii\'< rollrctor, Xovcniln r. I'.MM. witli iicaily 

 tnatmc frviits: I'rovincc of Dataan. Laniao Itivcr, W'illiiiiii.s .'i.il. .lannary. I'.in.S. 

 witii mature fruits, in forests at an altitude of aliout lit) in. 



Tliis new ireiius is somewhsit anomalous, hut seems to l)e most closely allied 

 to Oiicolxi l''oisk., ditVerinjj in its lieinia|iiiroilite liowcrs. its inner jieriaiuli lohes 

 sniallei than the outer ones, the stamens sli;;htly united and inserted on t he 

 petals ami sepjils, its raeemose intlorescenee. etc. In its peiianth eharaeters 

 it seems also to ajiproaeli I'yrainidocitriius ()liv<'r, of Afiiea. I)ut is (|uite dilFercnt 

 from that ;jenus in other floral eliaractt-rs. 



The aliove new j^enus is dedicated to Major (ieoi^e I'. Ahern. Diicetor of 

 Forestry for the Philippine Islands, in conunemorat ion of his aetive interest in, 

 and stron^r support of hotanieal invest ij,'at ions in I lie \i<hipela;;(t dininir tlio 

 past nine years. 



