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3 mm in length. Petals irregularly retuse. Stamens 20. Ovary- 

 globose, glabrous; styles 3, free, about 4 mm long. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30323 Ramos, December 10, 1917, in forests back 

 of Calolbong, 



This species apparently belongs in the group with Saurauia oligantha 

 Merr. and S. sparsiflora Elm., differing from both in numerous characters, 

 notably in its much larger flowers a,nd densely setose sepals. 



THEACEAE 



TERNSTROEMIA Mutis 

 TERNSTROEMIA MEGACARPA sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 12 m alta; foliis crasse coriaceis, in 

 siccitate brunneis, oblongo-ellipticis ad obovato-oblongis, usque 

 ad 80 cm longis et 11 cm latis, apice breviter obtuseque acumin- 

 atis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, sat distinctis; 

 floribus axillaribus, longe pedicellatis, pedicellis 4 ad 10 cm 

 longis ; f ructibus ovoideis, circiter 6 cm longis ; seminibus oblon- 

 gis, utrinque obtusis, circiter 3 cm longis. 



A glabrous tree about 12 m high. Branches terete, grayish- 

 brown, wrinkled when dry. Leaves thickly coriaceous, brown 

 when dry, slightly shining, oblong-elliptic to obovate-oblong, 16 

 to 30 cm long, 7 to 11 cm wide, apex broadly and shortly blunt- 

 acuminate, base narrowed, cuneate, the lower surface somewhat 

 verruculose, not black-puncticulate or glandular; lateral nerves 

 about 15 on each side of the midrib, rather distinct; petioles 

 stout, about 2 cm long. Flowers axillary, dioecious, solitary, 

 long-pedicelled, the pedicels rather stout, 4 to 10 cm long. Calyx 

 lobes orbicular, thickly coriaceous, about 1 cm in diameter. 

 Stamens indefinite, crowded, the anthers about 1.5 cm long. 

 Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid-ovoid, about 6 cm long and 4 cm in 

 diameter, brown when dry, the pericarp brittle-coriaceous, glab- 

 rous. Seeds oblong, rounded at both ends, crimson when fresh, 

 about 3 cm long. 



Mindanao, Lanao District, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens s. n. (tjrpe) 

 and 959, collected in March, June, July, and September, 1907. 



This species is distinguished from Temstroemia philippinensis Merr. by 

 its larger, more prominently nerved leaves which are not black-glandular 

 or puncticulate on the lower surface, and its long-peduncled flowers and 

 fruits. Its alliance with the extra-Philippine species appears to be with 

 Temstroemia penangiana Choisy, to which it is not closely allied, and T. 

 robinsonii Merr., of Amboina. 



EURYA Thunberg 



EURYA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, 4 ad 5 m alta, glabra; foliis coriaceis, ellipticis 

 ad oblongo-ellipticis, brunneo-olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 5 cm 



