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CODIAEUM Jussieu 

 CODIAEUM TRICHOCALYX sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, dioicus, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glaber; foliis plus minusve confertis, chartaceis, oliva- 

 ceis, oblongo-obovatis ad late oblanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm 

 longis, obtusis vel breviter latissime obtuse acuminatis, basi 

 cuneatis, integris, nervis utrinque circiter 15, patulis; petiolo 

 1.5 ad 2.5 cm longo; racemis $ elongatis, adpresse pubescenti- 

 bus; floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis sepalisque dense longe cilia- 

 to-hirsutis; petalis minutis, glabris, oblongo-spatulatis, 1.5 mm 

 longis; staminibus circiter 100. 



An erect, apparently unbranched, dioecious shrub, glabrous 

 except the younger parts and the inflorescences. Branches te- 

 rete, smooth, the ultim.ate ones 3 to 4 mm in diameter. Leaves 

 crowded at the apices of the branches, chartaceous, oblong-obo- 

 vate to broadly oblanceolate, 13 to 20 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm 

 wide, apex obtuse to broadly and obtusely acuminate, gradually 

 narrowed in the lower two-thirds to the cuneate base; lateral 

 nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, slender, spreading, 

 very obscurely anastomosing; petioles 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Stam- 

 inate inflorescences elongated, 20 to 40 cm in length, appressed- 

 pubescent with short hairs. Flowers white, in distant fascicles, 

 up to 5 at a node, but 1 or 2 opening at one time, their ped- 

 icels and the sepals densely covered with long, rather stilf, 

 spreading, white or pale hairs, the pedicels up to 1 cm in length. 

 Sepals obovate, rounded, about 4 mm long. Petals minute, 

 oblong-spatulate, 1.5 mm long, glabrous, entire. Disk-glands 

 about 10, thick, angled, about 0.8 mm long, truncate. Stamens 

 100 or more, the filaments glabrous, 3 to 4 mm long. 



Luzon, Zambales Province, Mount Aglao, Bur. Sci. 26797 

 Edano, December 5, 1916, in forests at low altitudes. 



A species manifestly allied to Codiaeum luzonicum Merr., and 

 C. cimeifolium Pax & K. Hoffm., from both of which it is at 

 once distinguished by the dense indumentum on the pedicels and 

 calyces, which consists of long, stiff", spreading, white or pale 

 hairs that are 0.8 to 1 mm in length. 



CODIAEUM MEGALANTHUM sp. nov. 



Frutex 1 m altus, baud ramosus, floribus 9 exceptis glaber; 

 foliis longe petiolatis, chartaceis, oblongo-oblanceolatis, 12 ad 27 

 cm longis, apice rotundatis vel latissime et brevissime acumina- 

 tis; inflorescentiis $ racemosis, usque ad 35 cm longis, floribus 

 1.2 ad 1.5 cm diametro, tenuiter longe pedicellatis, plerumque 



