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mm long. Racemes about as long as the leaves, solitary, axil- 

 lary, comparatively few-flowered. Pedicels in pairs, 4 mm long, 

 united nearly to the middle; bracteoles deciduous (not seen). 

 Perianth 2.5 cm long, rather slender. Anthers, including the 

 prominent connective, 2 mm long. Hypogynous scales free or 

 nearly so, coriaceous, ovate, 1 to 1.3 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban (Mount Banajao), Whitford 982, 

 October, 1904, margins of forests, altitude about 750 meters. 



Characterized by its entire leaves and comparatively long flowers. 



HELICIA INTEGRA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, glabra; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel oblongo- 

 oblanceolatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, integerrimis, utrinque an- 

 gustatis, apice acuminatis, basi cuneatis, brevissime petiolatis, 

 chartaceis vel subcoriaceis ; racemis folia subaequantibus, mul- 

 tifloris, axillaribus ; floribus tenuibus, circiter 1.5 cm longis. 



A small glabrous tree, or the racemes with very few, scattered, 

 deciduous hairs. Branches terete, grayish-brown, smooth. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, entire, 10 to 14 

 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, somewhat 

 yellowish when dry, slightly shining, glabrous, narrowed at 

 both ends, the apex shortly and usually sharply acuminate or 

 acute, the base cuneate, narrowed into the very short petiole; 

 lateral nerves 10 to 12 pairs, slender, distinct, the reticulations 

 very slender; petioles stout, less than 3 mm long. Racemes 

 solitary, axillary, about as long as the leaves, many-flowered. 

 Flowers yellowish, in pairs, their pedicels in pairs, free to the 

 rachis, about 3 mm long; bracteoles ovate, subpersistent, 1 mm 

 long. Perianth very slender, about 0.5 mm in diameter, a little 

 thicker at the base and apex, 1.6 cm long, the segments linear, 

 spirally twisted in anthesis. Anthers, including the prominent 

 connective, 1.2 mm long. Hypogynous scales free, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, coriaceous, 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 15127 Ramos, June, 

 1912, in forests along streams. 



The species is characterized by its entire, nearly sessile leaves, and ap- 

 pears to be most closely allied to Helicia moluccana Blume. 



POLYGONACEAE 



POLYGONUM Linnaeus 

 POLYGONUM BENGUETENSE sp. nov. § Persicaria, Trigyna. 



Eglandulosum, caulibus tenuibus, quadrangularibus, simplici- 

 bus vel supra leviter ramosis ; ochreis cylindraceis, circiter 1 cm 

 longis, truncatis, apice rigide ciliatis, ciliis 2 ad 3 mm longis; 

 foliis oblongo- ad elliptico-ovatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, acuminatis, 



