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imperfect ones membranaceous, retuse, oblong, about 0.8 mm 

 long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit ovoid, slightly compressed, 

 black, about 7 mm in diameter. 



Luzon, Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19749 McGregor, 

 February, 1913, in flower (type) : Lepanto Subprovince, Mount Data, 

 Merrill 4600, November, 1905, in fruit, distributed as M. pendula. 



A species manifestly allied to Meliosma pendula Merr., from which it 

 differs in its much narrower, very differently shaped leaflets. 



MELIOSMA LOHERI sp. nov. 



Arbor parva circiter 5 m alta partibus junioribus inflorescen- 

 tiisque dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis simplicibus, an- 

 guste oblongo-obovatis ad oblongo-oblanceolatis, coriaceis, usque 

 ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, cuneatis, margine 

 sursum irregulariter grosse serratis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, 

 subtus valde prominentibus ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, pani- 

 culatis, folia subaequantibus, multifloris; floribus plus minusve 

 confertis, brevissime pedicellatis, circiter 2.5 mm longis. 



A small tree, about 5 m high according to Vanoverbergh, 

 the younger parts and inflorescence densely ferruginous-pubes- 

 cent. Branches terete, dark-brown, pubescent, the younger 

 parts very densely so. Leaves simple, coriaceous, narrowly 

 oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, 3 to 6 

 cm wide, apex prominently acuminate, acumen apiculate, base 

 gradually narrowed, cuneate, margins in the lower part entire, 

 in the upper one-half usually with few, irregular, rather coarse, 

 sharp teeth, the upper surface olivaceous, glabrous, shining, the 

 ultimate reticulations distinct, minute, subfoveolate, the lower 

 surface more or less pubescent, somewhat paler than the upper, 

 the nerves and reticulations very distinct; lateral nerves about 

 15 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the 

 primary reticulations very prominent; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm long, 

 pubescent. Panicles terminal, about as long as the leaves, fer- 

 ruginous-pubescent, many-flowered, the flowers white, rather 

 crowded on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels very short, 

 the bracts pubescent, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.2 mm 

 long. Sepals ovate, rather thin, obtuse, about 1.2 mm long, 

 pubescent. Outer three petals orbicular-ovate, rounded, about 

 2.5 mm long, the inner two adnate to the filaments, 1 mm long or 

 less, cleft nearly to the base into two linear-oblong lobes. Fila- 

 ments about 1 mm long, the anthers 1 mm wide, one-half as long; 

 imperfect stamens strongly incurved, channeled, retuse, broadly 

 ovate. Ovary compressed, glabrous, ovoid, about 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Malamey, Vanoverbcrr/k USl (type), 

 March 7, 1914, in forests, altitude about l,fiOO meter.s; Ifugrao Subprov- 



