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cm long, often appressed fulvous-pubescent at the base. Calyx 

 about 1 cm in diameter, somewhat pubescent, the lobes short. 

 Outer three petals ovate-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 7 to 8 

 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm wide, narrowed upward to the acuminate 

 apex, glabrous except for the densely fulvous-pubescent basal 

 portion outside; inner three petals about 1.2 mm long, conniving 

 over the stamens, densely pale-pubescent externally. 



Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Mount San Isidro, Labrador, 

 Bur. Sci. 29992 Fenix, November 4, 1917, in forests near the sum- 

 mit, altitude about 400 meters. 



This species belongs in the group with Goniothalamus malay- 

 anus Hook. f. & Th., but is well characterized by its elongated, 

 narrow, strongly shining leaves, and its large, solitary, axillary 

 and cauline flowers. 



GONIOTHALAMUS LONGISTYLUS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, floribus exceptis glabra; foliis oblongis, in sic- 

 citate olivaceis, usque ad 16 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 nervis utrinque 9 ad 11, patulis, tenuibus; inflorescentiis trunci- 

 floris, floribus pedicellatis, fasciculatis, circiter 4 cm longis, pe- 

 talis exterioribus glabris, oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, interioribus 

 late ovatis, 2 cm longis, extus leviter, intus densissime pubescen- 

 tibus ; carpellis numerosis, oblongis, pubescentibus, 2 mm longis, 

 stylis valde elongatis, falcatis, acuminatis, 4 ad 4.5 mm longis. 



A small tree, glabrous except the flowers and the slightly pu- 

 bescent fruits. Branches and branchlets slender, terete, black 

 when dry. Leaves oblong, olivaceous, chartaceous, 13 to 16 cm 

 long, 3.5 to 4.5 cm wide, shining, of the same color on both sur- 

 faces, subequally narrowed to the acuminate apex and to the 

 acute base; lateral nerves slender, 9 to 11 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, spreading, anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; petioles black 

 when dry, about 1 cm long. Flowers black when dry, reddish- 

 pink, fascicled on small tubercles on the trunk, about 4 cm long, 

 their pedicels about 2 cm in length. Sepals glabrous, broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, obscurely reticulate, about 8 mm long. Outer 

 three petals submembranaceous, glabrous, oblong-ovate, promi- 

 nently acuminate, about 4 cm long and 2 cm wide, narrowed 

 upward; inner three petals thickly coriaceous, scarcely clawed, 

 cohering, broadly ovate, acuminate, about 2 cm long and 1-3 cm 

 wide, outside sparingly pubescent, inside very densely so. Sta- 

 mens indefinite, about 2 mm long, the connectives rounded. 

 Carpels many, oblong, pubescent, 2 mm long; styles simple, cyl- 

 indric, falcate, 4 to 4.5 mm long, glabrous, acuminate. Fruits 

 eight or more on each peduncle, the peduncles up to 6 cm in 



