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somewhat smaller, all entire, the upper surfaces smooth, glabrous, 

 shining, the lower slightly paler, pubescent on the midrib and 

 lateral nerves, minutely glandular-punctate; lateral nerves 17 to 

 20 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the retic- 

 ulations slender, rather lax ; petiolules 2 to 3 mm long. Panicles 

 axillary, pubescent, solitary, about 8 cm long, narrowly pyramidal, 

 the lower branches 2.5 cm long or less, densely many flowered. 

 Flowers 4-merous, perfect, their pedicels 1 to 1.2 mm long, the 

 bracteoles less than 0.5 mm in length. Sepals ovate, acute, pubes- 

 cent, about 0.8 mm long. Petals oblong, obtuse or acute by the 

 inflexed tips, 2 mm long. Stamens 4; filaments 2 mm long, the 

 oblong anthers 1 mm in length. Ovary depressed-globose, 

 4- lobed, minutely pubescent, the cells 1-ovuled ; style 2 mm long. 



Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Bur. Sci. 15922 Fenix, August, 1912. 



A species quite similar in general appearance to the Philippine Evodia 

 ternata (Blanco) Merr., redescribed above, and probably most closely 

 allied to that form, differing in some vegetative details, much more pubes- 

 cent, more slenderly acuminate leaflets with more numerous nerves, and 

 especially in its perfect, not dioecious flowers. As to the Asiatic forms 

 it is apparently most closely allied to Evodia pteleaefoUa (Champ.) Merr., 

 but is abundantly distinct. 



LUNASIA Blanco 

 LUNASIA MOLLIS sp. nov. 



Species L. amarae affinis, differt partibus junioribus inflores- 

 centiis foliisque subtus molliter stellato-pubescentibus. 



A shrub or small tree, the branchlets stout, yellowish-brown, 

 densely stellate-pubescent with short, yellowish-brown hairs, the 

 same type of indumentum on the inflorescence, petioles, and lower 

 surfaces of the leaves. Leaves oblong-obovate, subcoriaceous, 18 

 to 24 cm long, 6 to 10 cm wide, entire, the upper surface green, 

 shining, glabrous except for the more or less stellate-pubescent 

 midrib, the lower surface pale, rather densely stellate-pubescent, 

 prominently glandular-punctate, the apex rounded, obtuse, or 

 very obscurely, broadly, and obtusely acuminate, narrowed below 

 to the abruptly rounded base ; lateral nerves 15 to 17 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent, spreading, anastomosing, the reticula- 

 tions rather lax; petioles 4 to 5 cm long; inflorescence a very 

 narrow panicle, solitary, axillary, densely stellate-pubescent, 7 to 

 15 cm long, none of the branches (in young bud) exceeding 1 cm 

 in length, but perhaps longer in age. Young buds densely stel- 

 late-pubescent, globose. Open flowers and fruits not seen. 



Cebu, Limusan, Bu)-. Sci. 11026 Ramos, on dry hills, March 14, 1912. 

 This proposed new species, although represented by immature material, 

 certainly belongs in the genus Lunasia, and is so different from our common 



