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rugose, glabrous, the branchlets rather densely cinereous-pubes- 

 cent, the young tips ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves chartaceous, 

 oblong, 13 to 20 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, pale-olivaceous and 

 somewhat shining on the upper surface when dry, the midrib 

 pubescent, the lower surface paler, pubescent on the midrib and 

 lateral nerves, base acute, apex blunt-acuminate; lateral nerves 

 8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, prominent, 

 anastomosing; petioles pubescent, 5 to 7 mm long. Flowers 

 numerous, axillary, fascicled, about 1.5 cm long, usually two 

 or three in each fascicle, their pedicels pubescent, 1.5 to 2.5 

 cm long. Sepals reniform, rounded, pubescent, about 1.8 mm 

 long and 2 mm wide. Outer three petals suborbicular-ovate, 

 pubescent, rounded, 3.5 to 4 mm long ; inner three petals arched, 

 the claw about 9 mm long, pubescent externally, glabrous within, 

 the limb rhomboid, about 10 mm wide, pubescent externally 

 and on the margins, glabrous within. Stamens very numerous, 

 about 1 mm long. Female flowers unknown. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27514- Ramos, 

 March 9, 1917, in damp forests at low altitudes, Ilocano name 

 apnit. 



This species is readily distinguished from the only other 

 known Philippine species, Pseuduva7'ia philippinensis Merr., by 

 its very much larger flowers. 



UVARIA Linnaeus 

 UVARIA PANAYENSiS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, floribus dense griseo-puberulis exceptis gla- 

 ber vel subglaber; foliis oblongis, chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, 

 usque ad 28 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi cordatis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 15, perspicuis; floribus pallidis, circiter 4.5 cm 

 diametro; sepalis reniformibus ; petalis coriaceis, utrinque dense 

 cinereo-puberulis, late ovatis, 2.5 cm longis; carpellis lineari- 

 oblongis, glabris, pauciovulatis. 



A scandent shrub, nearly glabrous except the densely grayish- 

 puberulent flowers. Branches glabrous, the branchlets with 

 very few, scattered, ferruginous, scarcely stellate hairs. Leaves 

 oblong, firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 25 to 28 cm long, 8 

 to 9 cm wide, entirely glabrous, grayish on both surfaces when 

 dry, the apex slenderly and sharply acuminate, base rounded 

 and distinctly cordate; lateral nerves prominent, curved, anas- 

 tomosing, about 15 on each side of the midrib, the reticulations 

 lax ; petioles 5 mm long or less, black when dry. Flowers about 

 4.5 cm in diameter, apparently pale or yellowish, their pedicels 

 about 3 cm long, glabrous or with very few, short, ferruginous. 



