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faces of the leaves. Leaves entire, chartaceous, oblong-ovate 

 to oblong-lanceolate, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, inequi- 

 lateral, the base rounded on one side, acute on the other, the apex 

 slenderly acuminate, the acumen often somewhat falcate, the 

 upper surface brown, somewhat pubescent on the midrib and 

 nerves, ultimately nearly glabrous, the lower rather densely and 

 softly pubescent with short fulvous hairs ; nerves 6 or 7 on each 

 side of the midrib, curved-ascending ; petioles densely and softly 

 fulvous-pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescences of axillary, 

 peduncled, solitary, softly fulvous-pubescent cymes 4 mm wide or 

 less, the peduncles about 2 cm long. Fruits about 8 mm long, 

 ovoid or ovoid-ellipsoid, slightly pubescent, brown when dry, 

 crowned by the more densely pubescent calyx rim. 



Luzon, Rizal Province, For. Bur. 3307 Ahern's collector (type) , 

 September, 1905, Loher 6229. A less-pubescent form is repre- 

 sented by Bur. Sci. 32715 Ramos and For. Bur. 32608 Paraiso, 

 from Ilocos Norte Province, Luzon, July, 1918, and January, 1915. 



Var. SUBGLABRUM var. nov. 



A type differt foliis glabris vel subglabris. 



Flowers white. Ovary pubescent, 1 mm long, the limb pro- 

 duced about 1 mm above the ovary, truncate or very obscurely 

 toothed. Petals 6 or 8, pubescent, about 5 mm long, 1 mm wide, 

 often connate in pairs, the flower then appearing as 3- or 4- 

 merous. Stamens 6 or 8, 4 mm long. Style 4 mm long, the arms 

 2, 1 mm long, glabrous, linear. 



Negros, For. Bur. 23399 Contreras, July 14,^1914. In rocky 

 places on slopes, altitude about 300 meters. 



This species is most closely allied to Alangium vitiense Harms 

 as Wangerin has arranged the species. It is distinguished by 

 its small flowers. Local names are malabulau (Tag.) and 

 pangagrauen (Ilk.). 



ERICACEAE 



DIMORPHANTHERA F. Mueller 



DIMORPHANTHERA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. 



Species D. apoanae Schltr. affinis difl'ert floribus glabris. 



A shrub, entirely glabrous except the bracts inclosing the in- 

 florescences, the branches and branchlets rather stout, reddish 

 brown when dry or sometimes nearly black. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, ovate to elliptic, brownish when dry, 4 to 8 cm long, 

 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide, somewhat shining, the apex shortly acumin- 



