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longis, nervis cum venularum reti utrinque distinctis, basi acutis, 

 apice breviter acuminatis, acuminis retusis; petiolo 4 ad 5 mm 

 longo; floribus axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, breviter pedicel- 

 latis, sepalis omnino glabris; stylis 3, paene liberis. 



A small glabrous tree 4 to 5 m high, the branches and branch- 

 lets terete, smooth, reddish-brown, the ultimate branchlets slen- 

 der, 1 mm in diameter or less, the intemodes mostly about 1 

 cm long. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 4 to 5 

 cm long, 2 to 3 cm w^ide, subequally narrowed to the acute base 

 and to the shortly acuminate apex, the apex retuse, margins 

 minutely crenulate-serrulate, the nerves and reticulations dis- 

 tinct on both surfaces, the primary lateral nerves 7 to 9 on each 

 side of the midrib, scarcely more prominent than are the second- 

 ary nerves and primary reticulations, freely anastomosing; 

 petioles 4 to 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs, 

 their pedicels 2 mm long or less. Sepals glabrous, orbicular to 

 subreniform, retuse, the outer ones about 2 mm, the inner 3 mm 

 in diameter. Fruits globose, 5 mm in diameter ; styles 3, nearly 

 free, about 1 mm long. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26525 Ramos & 

 Edano (type), September 10, 1916, in forests, altitude about 200 meters: 

 Camarines Province, Mount Calinigan, For. Bur. 21699 Miranda, April 

 24, 1914, in forests, altitude about 700 meters. 



A species in the general alliance with Eurya japonica Thunb., but dis- 

 tinguished by many characters, notably in its thicker, prominently and 

 rather densely reticulate leaves. Among the Philippine species it is most 

 closely allied to Eurya coriacea Merr., from which it is distinguished by its 

 shorter petioles and much smaller, entirely glabrous sepals. 



EURYA PACHYRHACHIS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, circiter 5 m alta, glabra, ramis et ramulis eras- 

 sis, internodiis brevibus, circiter 5 mm longis; foliis crasse 

 coriaceis, ellipticis ad ovato-ellipticis, olivaceis vel brunneo- 

 olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 6 cm longis, aequilateralibus, basi obtu- 

 sis, apice breviter acuminatis, acuminis retusis, margine minute 

 crenulato-serrulatis, nervis utrinque 7 ad 9, tenuibus, distinctis, 

 anastomosantibus ; petiolo 3 ad 5 mm longo ; inflorescentiis axil- 

 laribus et e axilis defoliatis, rhachibus crassis, 2 ad 4 mm longis, 

 cicatribus multis instructis, ad apice 1- vel 2-floris ; floribus bre- 

 vissime pedicellatis, sepalis margine minute ciliatis ; stylis 3, us- 

 que ad I connatis. 



A small tree, about 5 m high, entirely glabrous except the 

 minutely ciliate margins of the sepals. Branches and branchlets 

 dark-gray, rather stout, the ultimate branchlets 2 to 3 mm in 

 diameter, the intemodes short, usually 5 mm long or less. 



