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fourth to the base, and especially by its strongly compressed, 2-winged fruits 

 which are borne in dense, peduncled, spreading or reflexed spikes. Locally known 

 to the Negritos as pagatpagat, and to the Tagalogs as malaputat. 



MELASTOMATACE^. 



ASTROCALYX gen. nov. 



Calyx dense molliter furfuraceo-setaceus, tirbus inf uiidibulif oriiiis ; 

 limbiis 5-lobatus. Petala 5, elliptico-ovata, acuminata, inibricata. Sta- 

 mina circiter 65, aeqiialia, lilamentis filiformibus, elongatis; antherae 

 anguste lineari-oblongae, teretae, rectae, basi angustatae, apice suboblique 

 truncatae, 2-rimosae, connectivo basi nee elongate nee incrassato ecalcarato. 

 Ovarium cah^i adhaerens, 5-loculare; ovula plurima, placentis incras- 

 satis angulo inferiore loculorum affixa; stylus elongatus, stigmate puncti- 

 formi. Arbor, ramulis, petiolis, subtus foliis ad nervos, inflorescentiisque 

 dense molliter brunneo-furfuraceo-setaceis. Folia opposita, petiolata, In- 

 tegra, elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, basi 5-plinervia, nervulis trans- 

 versalibus numerosis, distinctis. Flores in paniculis terminalibus dis- 

 positi, mediocres, minute bibracteolati. 



Astrocalyx pleiosandra sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter "^'5 m alta; foliis subcoriaceis, 10 ad 20 cm longis, 3.5 

 ad 8 cm latis, breviter acuminatis, basi acutis. 



A tree about 25 m bigh. Branches rather slender, terete^ glabrous, 

 light-gray or brownish, the growing parts densely covered with brown, 

 rather soft, furfuraceous-setaceous indumentum, as are the petioles, inflo- 

 rescences, and nerves on the under surfaces of the leaves. Leaves opposite, 

 elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 10 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 8 cm wide, sub- 

 coriaceous, entire, the base acute, the apex shortly and rather broadly 

 blunt-acuminate, the uj^per surface green or olivaceous when dry, glabrous, 

 dull or slightly shining, the lower surface of about the same color; lon- 

 gitudinal nerves 5, the two inner ones leaving the midrib at from 0.5 to 

 2 cm above the base, extending to the' apex, nearly as prominent as the 

 midrib, the outer pair near the margin, more slender, leaving the midrib 

 almost at the base of the lamina, scarcely reaching the apex of the leaf, 

 more or less looped by the anastomoses of the transverse veins; transverse 

 veins about 20 between the midrib and the first longitudinal pair of 

 nerves, distinct, parallel, spreading, alternating "wdth similar nerves be- 

 tween the first and second pairs of longitudinal nerves; petioles 1 to 3 

 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, 8 to 15 cm long, branched at or above 

 the base, the primary branches 3 to 5 cm long, the branches flower- 

 bearing above the middle. Flowers red, borne in threes on the ultimate 

 branchlets, the branchlets subtended by a pair of narrowl)' oblong, -1 

 mm long bracts, the flowers subtended by a pair of similar but much 

 smaller bracteoles ; pedicels 3 to 4 mm long. Calyx broadly funnel-shaped, 

 the tube in anthesis 4 nmi long, about 7 mm wide, the limb with 6, 



