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lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, somewhat 

 curved-anastomosing at the very margin, very prominent on 

 the lower surface as are the reticulations; petioles densely 

 pubescent, about 1 cm long. Panicles terminal, about 15 cm 

 long and with smaller ones in the uppermost axils, all parts 

 densely ferruginous-villous, the branches and branchlets few, 

 thickened, the ultimate branchlets 2 to 3 mm in diameter. Im- 

 mature fruits oblong-ellipsoid, black when dry, about 12 mm 

 long, obscurely longitudinally sulcate, more or less ferruginous- 

 villous, the indumentum apparently deciduous. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Mount Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 

 86706 Ramos & Edano, October, 1919. In forests at low alti- 

 tudes. 



CRYPTOCARYA CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra (floribus ignotis) ; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, 20 

 ad 25 cm longis, supra olivaceis vel atro-olivaceis, nitidis, subtus 

 glaucescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 15, perspicuis, reti- 

 culis primariis subparallelis ; paniculis terminalibus, sub fructu 

 10 ad 14 cm longis, fructibus ovoideis, 3 cm longis, supra angus- 

 tatis, obtusis, in siccitate nigris. 



A glabrous tree (flowers unknown), the ultimate branches 

 about 4 mm in diameter, brownish or grayish, somewhat rugose 

 and sulcate when dry. Leaves oblong, thickly coriaceous, 20 

 to 25 cm long, 5.5 to 8 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, the base broadly acute, the upper surface dark-oli- 

 vaceous, somewhat shining, smooth, the lower surface more or 

 less glaucous, glabrous, not at all foveolate; lateral nerves 

 about 15 on each side of the midrib, nearly straight, prominent 

 on the lower surface, ascending at an angle of nearly 45°,, anas- 

 tomosing close to the margin, the primary reticulations slender, 

 subparallel; petioles about 2 cm long. Fruiting panicles ter- 

 minal, 10 to 14 cm long, the branches few, stout, glabrous. 

 Fruits ovoid, narrowed upward to the blunt apex, about 3 cm 

 long, 1.5 to 1.8 cm in diameter, dark brown or nearly black when 

 dry, glabrous, obscurely longitudinally ridged or nearly smooth. 



Luzon, Cagayan Province, For. Bur. 28 ^W Ponce, May, 1921. 

 Apparently growing in forests at low altitudes. 



A species strongly characterized by its thickly coriaceous, 

 oblong leaves, which are somewhat glaucous beneath, and es- 

 pecially by its unusually large, ovoid fruits, which are about 

 3 cm in length, rather abruptly narrowed at the base and 

 gradually narrowed upward to the obtuse apex. 



