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from Mount Palimlim, this specimen differing slightly from the 

 type in its relatively somewhat shorter and slightly fewer-nerved 

 leaves. The alliance of this species is manifestly with Crypto- 

 carya vidalii Merr., from which it is easily distinguished by its 

 much smaller fruits. 



CRYPTOCARYA EUPHLEBIA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis et petiolis et inflorescentiis dense cas- 

 taneo-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, sub- 

 coriaceis, usque ad 10 cm longis, costa excepta glabris, olivaceis, 

 nitidis, apice breviter acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 

 utrinque, praesertim subtus, minute et dense foveolatis; nervis 

 utrinque 6 ad 8, supra impressis, subtus valde priminulis, sub- 

 adscendentibus, vix anastomosantibus ; paniculis axillaribus ter- 

 minalibusque sub fructu usque ad 10 cm longis; fructibus in 

 siccitate nigris, depresso-globosis, laevis, glabris, 10 ad 12 mm 

 diametro. 



A small tree, the branchlets, petioles, and inflorescences dense- 

 ly and finely castaneous-pubescent. Branches terete, glabrous, 

 lenticellate, smooth, brownish. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong to 

 oblong-elliptic, 6 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, olivaceous, 

 shining, glabrous except for the somewhat pubescent midrib, the 

 apex abruptly and distinctly acuminate, base acute to somewhat 

 rounded, both surfaces, but especially the lower one, densely and 

 shallowly f oveolate ; lateral nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the mid- 

 rib, impressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the 

 lower surface, somewhat ascending, slightly curved, not or but 

 very obscurely anastomosing ; petioles 8 to 10 mm long. Panicles 

 axillary and terminal, in fruit up to 10 cm long. Fruits black, 

 glabrous, smooth, shining, depressed-globose, 10 to 12 mm in 

 diameter. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 20576 Ramos, November 20, 1917, on 

 the forested slopes of Mount Mariguidon. 



This species is well characterized by its shallowly and densely 

 foveolate, glabrous, conspicuously nerved leaves and its de- 

 pressed-globose fruits. In the latter character it differs espe- 

 cially from Cryptocarya oblongata Merr. It seems to be most 

 closely allied to Cryptocarya zamboanguensis Merr. and C. inter- 

 media Elm. 



CRYPTOCARYA ELLIPTI FOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; foliis ellipticis ad 

 elliptico-ovatis, chartaceis, subolivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm 

 longis, apice perspicue et obtuse acuminatis, basi leviter decur- 

 rento-acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5, distantibus, distinctis, cur- 



