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in pairs, narrow, more or less hirsute with short, somewhat 

 ferruginous hairs, the branches numerous, rather crowded, race- 

 mosely arranged, 1 cm long or less, each bearing at the apex 5 to 

 8, densely crowded, cymosely arranged, sessile flowers. Sepals 

 5, subelliptic, rounded, imbricate, 1.5 to 2 mm long, sparingly 

 hirsute. Petals 5, narrowly oblong, white, glabrous, 5 to 6 mm 

 long, the tip inflexed, the margins slightly imbricate throughout, 

 prominently keeled inside along the median portion. Filaments 

 free, 5 mm long; anthers broadly ovoid, 1 mm long. Ovary gla- 

 brous, ovoid, 1-celled; ovules 2, pendulous; style glabrous, about 

 3 mm long; stigma minute, obscurely 2-lobed. Fruit ovoid, 

 glabrous, shining, 2.5 to 3 cm long, distinctly inequilateral, black, 

 the pericarp 1 to 1.5 mm thick. Seed deeply sulcate. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33267 

 (type), 33308 Ramos, August 20, 1918, on forested slopes, al- 

 titude about 1,000 meters. 



This species is apparently allied to Villaresia suaveolens 

 (Blume) Val., the type of the genus Pleuropetalon Blume and 

 of the genus Chariessa Miq., from which it is perhaps best dis- 

 tinguished by its long petioles; I have seen no specimen of 

 Blume's species and all of the published descriptions are in- 

 complete. 



VILLARESIA LATIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis crasse coria- 

 ceis, nitidis, obovatis ad oblong-obovatis, usque ad 18 cm longis 

 et 11 cm latis, integris, abrupte et brevissime acuminatis, basi 

 acutis ad decurrento-acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, petiolo 

 1 ad 1.5 cm longo; infructescentiis anguste pyramidatis, 10 ad 

 15 cm longis, ramis inferioribus usque ad 5 cm longis ; fructibus 

 ovoideis, aequilateralibus, 2 cm longis. 



A large tree, glabrous except the somewhat hirsute inflores- 

 cences. Leaves thickly coriaceous, shining, obovate to oblong- 

 obovate, 12 to 18 cm long, 6 to 11 cm wide, entire, the apex 

 broad, abruptly and shortly acuminate, base acute to decurrent- 

 acuminate, equilateral ; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; 

 petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Infructescences terminal, solitary, 

 narrowly pyramidal, 10 to 15 cm long, tripinnately paniculate, 

 the primary branches racemosely arranged, numerous, rather 

 crowded, the lower ones up to 5 cm in length, the uppermost ones 

 simple, about 1 cm long. Fruits (not quite mature) ovoid, equi- 

 lateral or nearly so, brown and shining when dry, about 2 cm 

 long. Seed deeply longitudinally sulcate. 



