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but distinguished from it and its congeners by a number of 

 characters. 



HORSFIELDIA RAMOSII sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis et inflorescentiis et foliis subtus secus 

 costam castaneo-stellato-pubescens, ramulis ultimis baud linea- 

 tis; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 13 ad 

 17 cm longis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter acute acuminatis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 15, reticulis laxis, subobsoletis ; inflorescentiis 

 9 axillaribus, 2 ad 3 cm longis, paucifloris, racemosis vel de- 

 pauperato-paniculatis ; floribus globosis, 2 mm diametro. 



A tree, the branchlets and lower surface of the leaves along 

 the midrib stellate-pubescent with short, castaneous hairs, the 

 indumentum somewhat deciduous, the branches glabrous, the 

 ultimate branchlets without longitudinal lines. Leaves oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 13 to 17 cm long, 4 to 6 cm 

 wide, narrowed below to the acute or somewhat decurrent base, 

 and above to the slenderly and sharply acuminate apex; lateral 

 nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, obscurely anasto- 

 mosing, the reticulations lax, indistinct or obsolete; petioles 8 

 to 12 mm long, stellate-pubescent when young, becoming gla- 

 brous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary and from the axils of 

 fallen leaves, stellate-pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long, few-flowered, 

 racemose or depauperate-paniculate, the primary branches when 

 present few, about 3 mm long. Perianth glabrous, globose or 

 ovoid, 2-valved, about 2 mm in diameter, the pedicels about 2 

 mm long. 



BucAS Grande, Bur. Sci. 3 50^7 Ramos & Pascasio, June 11, 

 1919, in dry forests at low altitudes. 



This species is apparently most closely allied to Horsfieldia 

 obscurinervia Merr., but is readily distinguished by its casta- 

 neous, stellate indumentum on the branchlets, inflorescences, 

 and lower surface of the leaves. The two species are not, how- 

 ever, directly comparable, as of the latter the staminate flowers 

 are known and of the species described above only the pistillate 

 ones. 



MYRISTICA Linnaeus 



MYRISTICA LAXI FLORA sp. nov. 



Arbor, subtus foliis et ramulis et inflorescentiis ferrugineo- 

 pubescens; foliis lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, 

 10 ad 15 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice acutis 

 vel leviter acuminatis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus subcupreis. 



