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from a single sterile specimen. It is not at all closely allied to that species, 

 although resembling it in vegetative characters, 



HORSFIELDIA MEGACARPA sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, glabra (floribus ignotis) ; foliis crasse coriaceis, 

 circiter 18 cm longis, oblongis, obscure et obtuse acuminatis, 

 basi subacutis ad subrotundatis, supra verruculosis, in siccitate 

 nitidis, fragilis, nervis utrinque circiter 18, subtus valde perspic- 

 uis; infructescentiis brevibus, crassis, circiter 4 cm longis; 

 fructibus globosis, vel globoso-ellipsoideis, circiter 4 cm diame- 

 tro, pericarpio crassissimo. 



A tall tree, quite glabrous (inflorescence and flowers not 

 seen), or the very young growing parts ferruginous-puberulent. 

 Branches stout, brown, terete, lenticellate. Leaves oblong, 

 thickly coriaceous, brittle when dry, about 18 cm long, 7 to 8 

 cm wide, apparently recurved or falcate, obscurely blunt-acumi- 

 nate, base subacute to subrounded, when dry brown on both 

 surfaces, the upper surface strongly shining, distinctly ver- 

 ruculose with minute scattered projections ; lateral nerves about 

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

 reticulations lax, faint, obscure; petioles stout, about 1 cm 

 long. Inflorescence and flowers unknown. Infructescence from 

 the branches below the leaves, short, stout, simple, about 4 cm 

 long, each bearing 3 or 4 fruits. Immature fruits globose to 

 ellipsoid-globose, about 4 cm in diameter, the line of dehiscence 

 evident, the pericarp brittle, very thick (about 1 cm). 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Dahican River, Bur. Sci. 16527 Ramos, Sep- 

 tember 18, 1912, in forests. 



A strongly marked species, characterized by its short infructescence 

 and especially by its unusually large, globose fruits, which have a very 

 thick (1 cm) brittle pericarp. 



HORSFIELDIA OBLONGATA sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, glabra; foliis chartaceis, oblongis ad anguste 

 oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 in siccitate brunneis vel olivaceo-brunneis, nitidis, nervis utrin- 

 que 9 ad 13; infructescentiis e axillis defoliatis, usque ad 20 

 cm longis; fructibus oblongo-ovoideis vel anguste oblongo-ovoi- 

 deis, 4 cm longis, deorsum 2 cm diametro, sursum angustatis, 

 apice obtusis. 



A tall tree, apparently entirely glabrous (flowers not seen). 

 Branches terete, brown, much wrinkled when dry, the branchlets 

 slender. Leaves oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, 11 to 20 

 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, chartaceous or submembranaceous, 

 the apex acuminate, base acute, when dry brown or brown- 

 olivaceous, shining, lower surface very slightly paler than the 



