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F.-Vill., from which it is readily distinguished by its dense indu- 

 mentum, its compact cymes, and its much larger flowers. The 

 two styles are constant in all the flowers examined, Saurauia 

 elegans normally having three styles, although in some flowers 

 they are reduced to two. 



FLACOURTIACEAE 



HOMALiUM Jacquin 

 HOMALIUM RAMOSII sp. nov. § Myriantheia. 



Arbor, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis oblongis ad ob- 

 longo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, integris nitidis, 6 ad 10 cm longis, 

 basi acutis, apice obtuse acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7; 

 inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, racemosis vel depau- 

 perato-paniculatis, usque ad 10 cm longis; floribus fasciculatis, 

 5-meris, 6 ad 7 mm diametro, petalis oblongis ad oblongo-obo- 

 vatis; staminibus 15. 



A small tree, glabrous except the inflorescences, the branches 

 terete, brownish. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, 

 shining, entire, 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, subequally 

 narrowed to the acute base and acuminate apex, the acumen 

 blunt, short; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, 

 arched, anastomosing, distinct as are the reticulations; petioles 

 5 to 8 mm long. Racemes axillary and terminal, solitary or 

 forming sparingly branched inflorescences, the individual ones 

 up to 10 cm long, cinereous-pubescent, the flpwers mostly fas- 

 cicled at the nodes, usually 2 or 3 in a fascicle, their pedicels 3 

 to 4 mm long, jointed with the calyx; bracteoles narrowly lan- 

 ceolate, about 2 mm long. Flowers white, 5-merous, 6 to 7 mm 

 in diameter. Sepals and petals about 2.5 mm long, pubescent, 

 rather densely so inside, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate. 

 Stamens 15, three opposite each petal, their filaments about 2 

 mm long, glabrous. Ovary very densely pubescent, styles about 

 1.8 mm long, villous below. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, between Bangui and Claveria, 

 Bur. Sci. 32985 Ramos, August 12, 1918, on slopes, altitude about 

 450 meters. 



This species has much the vegetative characters of Homalium 

 multiflorum Merr. but belongs in a different section of the genus 

 and is most closely allied to H. samarense Merr., from which it 

 differs in its much shorter indumentum on its inflorescences; its 

 smaller flowers, which are fascicled and not solitary along the 

 racemes; and its entire' leaves. In the present species occasional 

 leaves are found presenting very few greatly reduced marginal 

 teeth, but most of the leaves are quite entire. 



