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DILLENIACEAE 



SAURAUIA Willdenow 

 SAURAUIA LONGIPEDICELLATA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber; foliis oblanceolatis, chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, 

 11 ad 20 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, deorsum sensim an- 

 gustatis, basi cuneatis, margine minute dentatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 14, perspicuis; floribus paucis, longe pedicellatis, 1.8 

 cm diametro, fasciculatis, caulinis et axillaribus, pedicellis usque 

 ad 5 cm longis, sepalis exterioribus 3 ad 3.5 mm longis, interiori- 

 bus majoribus; staminibus 20; stylis 3, circiter 4 mm longis, 

 deorsum breviter connatis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub, the ultimate branches brownish, 

 smooth, about 5 mm in diameter. Leaves oblanceolate, char- 

 taceous to subcoriaceous, 11 to 20 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, 

 brown when dry, slightly shining, the apex rather abruptly and 

 shortly acuminate, gradually narrowed below to the cuneate 

 base, the margin except in the lower one-third to one-half rather 

 finely dentate ; lateral nerves about 14 on each side of the midrib, 

 abruptly curved and then ascending. Flowers white, fascicled 

 on the trunk and larger branches and also in the leaf axils, about 

 1.8 cm in diameter, their pedicels slender, up to 5 cm long, 

 usually with a pair of small, lanceolate bracts at or near the 

 middle from 1 to 3 mm in length. Outer 2 sepals elliptic-ovate, 

 8 to 3.5 mm long, the inner 3 thinner, orbicular-elliptic, 5 mm 

 long, broadly rounded, all entirely glabrous. Corolla lobes 7 

 to 8 mm long, 5 mm wide, retuse. Stamens 20, their filaments 

 2 mm long, the anthers equaling the filaments. Styles 3, about 

 4 mm long, united for the lower 1 mm. Fruits ovoid, about 6 

 mm in diameter. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas, Bur. Sci. 36897 

 Ramos & Edano, November, 1919. In forests along streams 

 at low altitudes. 



A species strongly characterized by being entirely glabrous 

 throughout, as well as by its unusually long, slender pedicels. 

 It apparently belongs in the general group with S. trunciflora 

 Merr. 



THEACEAE 



PYRENARIA Blume 

 PYRENARIA MINDANAENSIS sp, nov. 



Frutex circiter 3 m altus, partibus junioribus parce pubes- 

 centibus, ramis teretibus, glabris; foliis chartaceis vel sub- 



