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description of the latter, but in any case Koor'ders 16801 is 

 safely an Aporosa, not an Antidesma. 



ANTIDESMA Burman ^ 



ANTIDESMA I MPRESSIN ERVE sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glaber; foliis chartaceis, oblongis ad elliptico-oblongis, 

 usque ad 30 cm longis, tenuiter subcaudato-acuminatis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 18, supra cum reti venarum impressis, subtus 

 valde prominulis; inflorescentiis 9 et S spicatis, simplicibus, 

 tenuibus, valde elongatis, 9 usque ad 50 cm longis, floribus 5- 

 meris, dispersis; ovario dense pubescente; stylis terminalibus ; 

 fructibus oblique ovatis, leviter compressis, valde reticulato- 

 rugosis, circiter 7.5 mm longis, breviter pedicellatis. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the very young parts 

 and inflorescences. Leaves chartaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, 

 18 to 30 cm long, 7 to 10 cm wide, brownish or olivaceous and 

 shining when dry, the base rounded to obtuse, apex slenderly 

 subcaudate-acuminate and long-apiculate, the nerves and reticu- 

 lations impressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the 

 lower surface; lateral nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, 

 arched-anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct; petioles 

 5 to 8 mm long, glabrous ; stipules narrowly lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Staminate spikes 

 axillary, solitary or in pairs, slender, densely ferruginous-pubes- 

 cent, up to 20 cm long, the flowers widely scattered, sessile, 

 about 2 mm in diameter, their subtending bracteoles pubescent, 

 oblong-ovate, about 0.8 mm long. Calyx lobes usually 5, oblong- 

 ovate, pubescent, 1 mm long, free nearly to the base. Disk gla- 

 brous. Stamens usually 4, their filaments 1 mm long. Pistillate 

 inflorescences very slender, apparently pendulous, up to 50 cm 

 long, more or less pubescent, the lower part naked, the upper 

 part with usually widely scattered sessile flowers. Calyx lobes 

 ovate, about as large as those of the staminate flowers. Ovary 

 ovoid, densely ferruginous-pubescent; stigmas three, terminal, 

 about 1 mm long, cleft nearly to the middle. Fruits obliquely 

 ovate, somewhat compressed, base rounded, 7 to 8 mm long, 6 

 mm wide, prominently reticulate-rugose when dry, slightly pu- 

 bescent when young, soon becoming glabrous ; styles terminal. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 3H09 (type), 

 31268, 31020 Ramos <& Edano, April and May, 1918, in forests 

 along small streams. 



This species is manifestly allied to Antidesma cumingii Muell.- 



