16,6 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, III 571 



solitariis, sepalis glabris, staminibus circiter 100, glandulis cir- 

 citer 15, quadratis, denticulatis ; floribus 2 pubescentibus, stylis 

 3, recurvatis, integris. 



An erect, normally unbranched shrub, about 1 m high', entirely 

 glabrous except the pistillate flowers. Leaves chartaceous, 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 12 to 27 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide, entire, 

 olivaceous when dry, the apex rounded, or sometimes very broadly 

 and shortly acuminate, gradually narrowed below to the cuneate 

 or acute base; lateral nej^ves spreading, slender, distinct, up to 

 20 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the reticulations 

 very lax, indistinct; petioles 3.5 to 7 cm long. Pistillate and 

 staminate inflorescences either on the same plant or on separate 

 plants, elongated, 17 to 35 cm long, rachis glabrous. Staminate 

 flowers up to 1.5 cm in diameter, white, their pedicels slender, 

 2 to 2.5 cm long, solitary or somewhat fascicled. Sepals gla- 

 brous, orbicular, about 6 mm in diameter. Stamens 100 or 

 more, their filaments about 6 mm long. Disk glands about 15, 

 stout, 4-angled, about 1.2 mm long, the more or less quadrate 

 apex minutely toothed. Petals none. Pistillate flowers race- 

 mose, solitary, their pedicels 1.2 mm long or less. Sepals some- 

 what pubescent, broadly ovate, acuminate, 1.5 mm long. Ovary 

 ovoid, cinereous-pubescent; styles 3, entire, recurved, 6 mm 

 long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27353 Ramos 

 (type), March 12, 1917, in forests at low altitudes; between 

 Bangui and Claveria, Bur. Sci. 33014. Ramos, August 1, 1918: 

 Cagayan Province, near Mount Narig, For. Bur. 19640 Curran, 

 January 25, 1912. 



The type was originally identified as Codiaeum cuneifolium 

 Pax & K. Hoffmann, the latter species being identical with C 

 luzonicum Merr. It is distinguished from C. luzonicum and 

 from C. palawanense Elm. by its larger stam.inate flowers; in 

 being entirely glabrous except for its pistillate flowers; and 

 more especially in its undivided style arms. In both Codiaeum 

 luzonicum (including C. cuneifolium) and C. palawanense the 

 styles are divided to the base, forming six equal arms. In the 

 present species as in others of this group the staminate flowers 

 are apetalous. 



CODIAEUM CILIATUM sp. nov. 



Frutex monoicus, 1 ad 2 m altus, perspicue ciliato-hirsutus ; f 0- 

 liis oblongo-ovatis ad late oblongo-oblanceolatis, membranaceis 

 ad chartaceis, utrinque plus minusve longe albido-ciliatis, usque 

 ad 35 cm longis, acutis ad acuminatis, basi cuneatis, nervis 



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