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side of the midrib, curved upward near the margins, scarcely 

 anastomosing, the reticulations lax, obscure; petioles 7 to 10 

 mm long. Racemes short, ferruginous-villous, fascicled, spike- 

 like, 1 to 1.5 cm long, usually two or three in a fascicle in the 

 axils of leaves or of fallen leaves, the bracteoles small, deciduous ; 

 young fruit narrowly ovoid, 5 mm long, ferruginous-villous with 

 scattered hairs, the rather slender style persistent. 



Mindanao, District of Lanao, Momungan, For. Bur. 20619 Miranda, 

 May 20, 1913, along Agus River, sea level to 80 meters in altitude. 



A species allied to Pygeum merrillianum Koehne, but entirely different 

 from that form, w^ell characterized by its ferruginous-villous, short, fas- 

 cicled, spikelike racemes, its pubescent young fruit, indicating a pubescent 

 ovary, and its very prominently nerved leaves. 



PYGEUM MONTICOLUM sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, partibus junioribus ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus ; foliis crasse coriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 10 cm 

 longis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, apice acuminatis, basi 

 acutis, eglandulosis ; nervis utrinque circiter 8, subtus prominen- 

 tibus ; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 5 cm longis ; f ruc- 

 tibus globosis, glabris vel subglabris, 2 cm diametro. 



A tree about 10 m high, the younger parts, branchlets, young 

 leaves, etc. rather densely ferruginous-villous. Branches terete, 

 glabrous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, oblong or somewhat oblong- 

 lanceolate, 8 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, entire, about equally 

 narrowed to the distinctly acuminate apex and to the acute base, 

 the basal glands none, the upper surface dark olivaceous, prom- 

 inently shining, the lower paler, dull, very slightly pubescent 

 along the midrib at maturity; lateral nerves about 8 on each 

 side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, some- 

 what ascending, distinctly anastomosing, the reticulations rather 

 fine, distinct; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Racemes axillary, soli- 

 tary, up to 5 cm long, ferruginous-pubescent. Fruits globose, 

 glabrous or nearly so, 2 cm in diameter. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Whitford 1203, April 

 7, 1905, forested slopes, altitude about 1,060 meters. 



A species best characterized by its thickly coriaceous, eglandular leaves 

 and its very large fruits. 



PYGEUM MEGAPHYLLUM sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, racemis exceptis glabra ; foliis ellipticis vel ovato- 

 ellipticis, chartaceis, circiter 20 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, 

 basi subrotundatis vel subacutis, glandulis 2 magnis instructis; 

 racemis solitariis, axillaribus vel in axillis defoliatis, 6 ad 9 



