58 '^he Philippine Journal of Science wis 



BASSrA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 15 m alta, floribus exceptis glabra; foliis 

 oblongis, usque ad 23 cm longis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate brun- 

 neis, nitidis, apice breviter acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 

 utrinque 15 ad 17, subtus prominentibus ; floribus axillaribus, 

 fasciculatis, sepalis 2-seriatis, extus pubescentibus, circiter 7.5 

 mm longis ; staminibus circiter 30 ; ovario glabro, 8-loculare. 



A tree about 15 m high, glabrous except the flowers. Ultimate 

 branches subterete, brown, smooth. Leaves oblong, subcoria- 

 ceous, brown and shining when dry, 12 to 23 cm long, 5 to 8 

 cm wide, base shortly but rather prominently acuminate, the 

 acumen blunt, base acute, sometimes a little inequilateral ; lateral 

 nerves 15 to 17 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on 

 the lower surface, the reticulations rather fine, distinct ; petioles 

 1.5 to 2 cm long. Flowers white, fragrant, axillary, about 3 

 in each fascicle, their pedicels somewhat appressed-pubescent, 

 10 to 12 mm long. Sepals four, 2-seriate, the outer two broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, appressed-pubescent, about 7.5 mm 

 long, 6.5 mm wide, the inner two thinner, somewhat narrower, 

 their margins ciliate. Corolla tube about 3.5 mm long, enlarged 

 upward, villous inside, the lobes 8, erect, oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, 6 to 7 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm wide. Stamens about 30, the 

 filaments very short; anthers lanceolate, slenderly acuminate, 

 about 4 mm long, slightly pubescent. Ovary glabrous, 8-celled ; 

 style about 1 cm long. 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, east of Mount Catmon, For. Bur. 17977 

 Miranda, February 21, 1913, in forests along streams, altitude about 120 

 meters. 



A species recognizable by its leaves turning brown in drying, its 

 prominent nerves, and its glabrous ovaries. 



BASSIA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, floribus exceptis glabra; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, 

 usque ad 30 cm longis, coriaceis, pallidis, nitidis, apice rotundatis 

 vel brevissime obtuse abrupteque acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 23, subtus valde prominentibus; floribus axil- 

 laribus, longe pedicellatis, sepalis coriaceis, extus leviter pubes- 

 centibus, late ovatis, obtusis, circiter 8 mm longis. 



A tree reaching a height of about 20 meters, glabrous except 

 the flowers. Ultimate branchlets terete, brown, 4 to 5 mm in 

 diameter. Leaves oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, 23 to 30 cm long, 

 10 to 13 cm wide, pale and shining when dry, the apex rounded 

 or very shortly, broadly, obtusely, and abruptly acuminate, base 

 acute; lateral nerves about 23 on each side of the midrib, very 

 prominent on the lower surface, curved-spreading, scarcely anas- 



