298 ^^^ Philippine Journal of Science 1915 



A tree about 20 m high, the younger parts and the leaves on 

 the lower surface densely ferruginous-furfuraceous. Branches 

 terete, dark-colored when dry, glabrous, sparingly lenticellate, 

 the younger ones densely ferruginous-furfuraceous. Leaves al- 

 ternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 7 to 12 

 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute 

 base and to the slender subcaudate-acuminate apex, the acumen 

 usually about 1 cm long, blunt, the upper surface furfuraceous 

 in very young leaves, soon becoming quite glabrous, brownish- 

 olivaceous when dry, shining, the lower surface paler than the 

 upper, in extreme age glabrous or nearly so; lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 

 surface ; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Male spikes up to 14 cm long, 

 the flowers scattered below, rather crowded above. Glands 

 broadly ovoid or conic-ovoid, glabrous, about 1.3 cm long and 

 wide, apiculate. Cup thick, ferruginous-pubescent, broadly 

 saucer-shaped, truncate, base thickened, about 8 mm high and 

 1.6 cm in diameter, the laminse numerous, indistinct, below scat- 

 tered, above approximate, the teeth numerous, distinct, less than 

 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, Bur. Set. 17911 Brown 

 (type), May, 1913, Bur. Sci. 171US Robinson, December, 1912, in forests, 

 altitude about 700 meters. Possibly referable here are Loher 6963, from 

 Rizal Province (specimens with male flowers), and Bur. Sci. 9^62 Robinson, 

 from Infanta, Province of Tayabas, Luzon (glands pubescent). 



The alliance of this species seems to be with Quercus caudatifolia Merr., 

 from which it is at once distinguished by its differently shaped gland which 

 is as wide as long. Among the extra-Philippine species it approaches Quer- 

 cus sundaica Blume, but has much smaller fruits than our Philippine mate- 

 rial so referred. 



URTICACEAE 



LAPORTEA Gaudichaud 

 LAPORTEA BRUNNEA sp. nov. 



Frutex, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; foliis in siccitate utrin- 

 que brunneis, nitidis, oblongis, usque ad 22 cm longis, subcoriaceis 

 vel chartaceis, acute acuminatis, basi acutis, leviter 3- vel obscure 

 5-plinerviis, longe petiolatis, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 

 15; inflorescentiis pilis paucis urentibus instructis, axillaribus, 

 usque ad 5 cm longis, floribus $ flabellatim dispositis. 



A shrub 1 to 2 m high, glabrous except the slightly hairy in- 

 florescence. Branches light gray, terete, wrinkled when dry. 

 Leaves uniformly brown, of the same color on both surfaces and 

 slightly shining when dry, the upper surface minutely verrucu- 

 lose, the lower smooth, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, brittle, ob- 

 long, 12 to 22 cm long, 4 to 7.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to 



