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length, the fruits oblong or oblong-obovoid, 4 to 4.5 cm long, 2 

 to 2.5 cm in diamter, obtuse, base acute, glabrous, black or dark- 

 brown when dry, 1- or 2-seeded. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26639 

 Ramos <& Edano, August 24, 1916, on forested slopes. 



This strongly marked species is not closely allied to any other 

 known Philippine form. It is readily recognized by its cauline, 

 fascicled flowers and its greatly elongated, falcate styles. 



MITREPHORA Hooker f. and Thomson 

 MITREPHORA CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva (4 m alta fide Castillo), plus minusve 

 f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis chartaceis, oblongo-ovatis ad 

 oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 17 cm longis, basi acutis, apice obtuse 

 acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 13, distinctis ; floribus paucis, 

 circiter 5 cm diametro, petalis exterioribus lanceolatis, acumina- 

 tis, patulis, leviter pubescentibus, circiter 3 cm longis, interioribus 

 circiter 9 mm longis, longe unguiculatis, lamina latissime hastato- 

 ovata, circiter 4 mm longa, intus densissime ciliato-hirsuta. 



A shrub or small tree, 4 m high according to Castillo, the 

 branchlets, inflorescences, and lower surface of the leaves on 

 the midrib and nerves more or less ferruginous-pubescent or 

 brownish-pubescent with short hairs. Branches slender, terete, 

 glabrous, rugose when dry, brownish-gray. Leaves chartaceous, 

 oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, olivaceous and somewhat shining 

 when dry, 12 to 17 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, base acute, apex 

 obtusely acuminate, the upper surface glabrous except the pubes- 

 cent midrib ; lateral nerves about 13 on each side of the midrib, 

 distinct, curved; petioles pubescent, stout, 5 mm long or less. 

 Inflorescences leaf-opposed, short, few-flowered, but a single 

 flower developing at one time, ferruginous-pubescent, the simple 

 axis 5 mm long or less, the pedicels shorter. Bracts ovate, 

 densely pubescent, prominently acuminate, about 6 mm long. 

 Flowers yellow, about 5 cm in diameter. Sepals similar to the 

 bracts in size, shape, and appearance. Outer petals spreading, 

 lanceolate", acuminate, dark-brown or nearly black when dry, 

 appressed-pubescent on both surfaces with rather scattered hairs, 

 the hairs much fewer on the inside, about 3 cm long and 8 mm 

 wide. Inner petals erect, arched, about 9 mm long, their claws 

 about 6 mm long and 1.2 mm wide, glabrous or slightly ciliate, 

 the limbs broadly ovate-hastate, 3 to 4 mm long, 4 to 5 mm 

 wide, externally pubescent with short hairs, inside densely 

 ciliate with dark-brown hairs, acute, base lobed. Stamens inde- 



