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pubescent. Outer three petals oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, very thick, pubescent on both surfaces, the indumentum 

 soft, cinereous to ferruginous, rather dense on the inner surface, 

 about 2 cm long, 7 to 10 mm wide, narrowed upward to the 

 acute apex; inner three petals connivent, forming a cone sur- 

 rounding the stamens, oblong-ovate, acute, thickened, pubescent, 

 about 1.5 cm long and 9 mm wide. Stamens indefinite, 2 mm 

 long, truncate. Carpels about 12, oblong-ovoid, 2 mm long, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent, narrowed upward; styles glabrous, twice as 

 long as the carpels; ovules few. 



MiNDORO, Paluan, Bur. Sci. 39660 (type), 39519, 39676 Ramos, 

 April, 1921. In dry forests at low altitudes. 



A species in vegetative characters somewhat resembling 

 Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr., but differing radically 

 in its floral characters. It is well characterized by its minutely 

 puncticulate leaves and its elongated styles. 



LAURACEAE 



CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 

 CRYPTOCARYA EDAFIOII sp. nov. 



Arbor, ramulis et inflorescentiis et subtus foliis ad costa ner- 

 visque dense f errugineo-villosis ; foliis coriaceis, ovatis ad sub- 

 ellipticis, usque ad 17 cm longis et 12 cm latis, supra, costa 

 excepta, glabris, subolivaceis, minutissime et obscure foveolatis, 

 subtus glaucescentibus, basi plerumque latissime rotundatis, apice 

 abrupte et brevissime apiculato-acuminatis ; nervis et reticulis 

 primariis supra impressis, subtus valde perspicuis, nervis utrin- 

 4ue circiter 10; paniculis usque ad 15 cm longis, ramis ramulis- 

 que crassis, densissime f errugineo-villosis, fructibus junioribus 

 oblongo-ellipsoideis, 12 mm longis, nigris, leviter ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus. 



A tree, the branchlets and inflorescences very densely ferru- 

 ginous-villous, the leaves ferruginous-villous beneath on the 

 midrib, nerves, and reticulations. Ultimate branches up to 7 

 mm in diameter, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, the normal ones 

 ovate, those on the younger branchlets subelliptic, 13 to 17 cm 

 long, 7 to 12 cm wide, the upper surface subolivaceous, somewhat 

 shining, glabrous except for the pubescent midrib, minutely and 

 shallowly foveolate, the midrib, nerves, and primary reticulations 

 impressed, the lower surface somewhat glaucous, the midrib, 

 nerves, and reticulations pale brownish, the base usually broadly 

 rounded, the apex abruptly and shortly apiculate-acuminate ; 



