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HOMALIUM Jacq. 



Homalium curranii sp. nov. § Mj/rifuithcia. 



Ai-l)()i- cii'citor 1 () 111 alta. glaljra, inlioroscentiis oxceptis; foliis o))longo- 

 eUi})ticis. coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, aeutis, luarginc Icviter 

 crenatis, nervis utrinque S; inllorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, 

 })aiiiculatis, folia aequautihus, dense pubescentil)us ; floribus 4- vel 5- 

 lueris ; sepalis anguste oblongis, 5 mm longis, pu))escentibus ; petalis 

 sepalis aequilongis, oblongo-s]:)atulatis; staminil)us lirevibus, 13 vel 15. 



A tree about 16 m high, glabrous except tlio inflorescence. Branches 

 brown, terete, lenticellate. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 18 to 20 cm long, 

 7 to 9 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, acute at both ends, margins slightly 

 crenate ; nerves 8 on each side of the midrib; rather distinct beneath, 

 the reticulations rather close; petioles stout, rugose, 1 cm long. Panicles 

 terminal and axillary, as long as the leaves, densely pale-pubescent, the 

 branches scattered, spreading, few, the lowest ones often 10 to 12 cm 

 long, bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, pid^escent 4 to 5 mm long, the 

 bracteoles similar but much smaller. Flowers greenish-white, very 

 shortly pedicelled, raceniosely disposed, the buds densely pale-pubescent. 

 Sepals four or five, narrowly oblong, obtuse, denseh^ pubescent, 5 mm 

 long, 1.5 mm wide. Petals as long as the sepals, less pubescent, oblongo- 

 spatulate, obtuse, 1.8 mm wide, base narrowed. Stamens in groups of 

 threes opposite eacli petal; filaments glabrous, al)out 1 mui long. Ovary 

 villous; styles usually four, glabrous, short. 



Luzon, Province of Bengiiet, near Twin Peaks, For. Bur. lOSll Curran, De- 

 cember, 1908, on river banks. 



A species allied to Humaliinii luzuiiicnsv F.-Vill., and to H. villarianum Vid., 

 but quite distinct from both in its floral characters. 



HYDNOCARPUS Gaertn. 



Hydnocarpus subfalcata sp. nov. 



Arbor subglabra 5 ad 15 m alta, dioica ; foliis subcoriaceis vel coriaceis, 

 oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis rectis vel leviter subfalcatis, glabris, 

 nitidis, valde caudato-acuminatis, Ijasi acutis vel rariter obtusis, integris, 

 nervis utrinque 5, obliquis, ])rominentibus ; floribus axillaribus, femineis 

 solitariis, ])edicellatis, masculinis paniculato-racemosis, sepalis petalis 

 staminibus(|ue 5; fructibus ])yi-it'ormil)us, usque ad (J cm longis, dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescentilius, basi valde angustatis. 



A subglabrous dioecious tree 5 to 15 m high. Branches terete, slender, 

 gra}', the younger l)ranchlets often l)rown, the growing tips more or less 

 ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves alternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-lan- 

 ceolate or lanceolate, 8 to 15 cm long, 3 to G cm wide, coriaceous or 

 subeoriaceous, straight or slightly subfalcate, shining, usually brownish 

 when dry and paler beneath, tlic margins entire, the apex strongly 

 caudate-acuminate usually falcate, the acumen blunt, the base acute, rarely 



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