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olivaceis, glabris, nitidis, subtus pallidis et subdense cinereo- 

 pubescentibus, indumento nitido, apice acutis ad obscure ob- 

 tuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, 

 subtus distinctis, junioribus plerumque in axillis glandulosis 

 barbatisque; cymis 3 ad 4 cm longis, usque ad 4 cm diametro, 

 cinereo-pubescentibus ; floribus numerosis, subconfertis, corollae 

 tubo 4 mm longo, glabro, fauce villoso, lobis 5, oblongo-ellipticis, 

 5 mm longis, calycis cinereo-pubescentibus. 



A small tree about 4 m high, the branches glabrous, red- 

 dish brown to grayish, terete, the branches minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong, 7 to 10 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm 

 wide, subequally narrowed to the acute or very slightly acu- 

 minate apex and to the acute base, the upper surface glabrous, 

 olivaceous, shining, the lower surface pale and uniformly cinere- 

 ous-pubescent with short, appressed, shining hairs, the younger 

 leaves usually conspicuously glandular and barbate in the axils 

 of the veins ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 rather slender, distinct, the reticulations lax, obscure; petioles 

 8 to 10 mm long, pubescent or ultimately glabrous; stipules 

 more or less pubescent, sheathing, about 8 mm long. Inflores- 

 cences terminal, shortly peduncled, 3 to 4 cm long and 2.5 to 4 

 cm wide, cinereous-pubescent. Flowers white, numerous, fra- 

 grant, crowded, 5-merous, their pedicels about 2 mm long, the 

 bracts and bracteoles minute, ovate, acuminate, 0.5 mm long. 

 Calyx cinereous'-pubescent, cup-shaped, about 2 mm long, the 

 lobes orbicular-ovate, rounded, 0.5 mm long, their margins 

 somewhat ciliate. Corolla tube 4 mm long, glabrous outside, 

 the throat villous inside, the lobes oblong-elliptic, rounded, 5 

 mm long, spreading or reflexed. Stamens exserted, the anthers 

 linear-oblong, 4 mm long. Style and stigma about 12 mm long, 

 narrowly club-shaped. Ovules few. 



Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Aguilar, For. Bur. 28Jfl9 

 Zamuco, April 21, 1921. Near streams at low altitudes. 



This species has much the facies of Tarenna asiatica O. 

 Kuntze, from which, however, it differs in numerous details and 

 more especially in the indumentum on the lower surface of the 

 leaves. It does not appear to be closely allied to any previously 

 described Philippine form. 



COWIEA Wernham 

 COWIEA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, 1 ad 3 m altus, inflorescentiis leviter ferru- 

 gineo-hirsutis exceptis glaber; foliis chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, 



