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nervis utrinque circiter 18, valde perspicuis ; floribus axillaribus, 

 pedicellatis, circiter 4 cm longis; calycis lobis 1.5 ad 2 cm longis; 

 petalis crasse coriaceis, exterioribus circiter 1.5 cm latis, inte- 

 rioribus angristioribus, infra contractis, basi leviter inflatis; 

 carpellis anguste oblongis, pubescentibus, ovulis 2, superpositis. 



A shrub, 2 to 3 m high, glabrous except the petioles and the 

 midribs on the lower surface toward the base. Leaves char- 

 taceous, oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, about 50 cm long, 

 11 to 18 cm wide, the upper surface grayish when dry, shining, 

 the lower surface brownish, apex somewhat acuminate, narrowed 

 below the middle to the abruptly rounded and prominently cor- 

 date base, the base 5 to 8 cm wide, the basal lobes somewhat 

 amplexicaul; lateral nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, 

 very prominent on the lower surface, curved, arched, anasto- 

 mosing; petioles very stout, 8 to 10 mm long, pubescent. Flowers 

 yellow or reddish-yellow, axillary, solitary, at maturity about 4 

 cm long, their pedicels up to 1.5 cm long, each with an ovate, 

 acuminate, basal bracteole about 1 mm long. Calyx-lobes ovate 

 to oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, chartaceous, 1.5 to 2 cm long. 

 Petals about 3.5 cm long, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, the outer 

 three about 1.5 cm wide, the inner three about 1 cm wide, acute 

 or obtuse and distinctly narrowed below the middle and above 

 the slightly inflated base. Stamens indefinite, the anthers oblong, 

 2.8 mm long. Carpels numerous, narrowly oblong, pubescent, 

 the stigmas densely pilose; ovules 2, superposed. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 30983 (type), 

 36873 Ramos & Edano, April and May, 1918, along small streams 

 in forests. 



This remarkable species is prominently characterized by its 

 unusually large leaves which are narrowed below to the abruptly 

 rounded and prominently cordate, somewhat amplexicaul base; 

 the petioles are unusually short, some of the leaves being sub- 

 sessile. It has no close alliance among the Malayan species 

 known to me. 



PSEUDUVARIA Miquel 

 PSEUDUVARIA GRANDIFLORA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 5 m alta, plus minusve cinereo-pubescentibus, 

 novellis dense f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, usque 

 ad 20 cm longis, obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 

 nervis utrinque 8 ad 11, curvato-adscendentibus, perspicuis; flo- 

 ribus axillaribus, numerosis, fasciculatis, longe pedicellatis, cir- 

 citer 1.5 cm longis. 



A tree, about 5 m high, the branches dark grayish-brown. 



