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utrinque 10 ad 20 ; inflorescentiis 30 ad 60 cm longis, multifloi is ; 

 floribus s extus glabris vel subglabris, 5-rr^eris, pleriimque 

 fasciculatis, staminibus circiter 45 ; floribus 9 pubescentibus, 

 ovario pubescente atque ciliato-hirsuto ; stylis 3, bipartitis. 



An erect, unbranched, monoecious shrub, 1 to 2 m high, 

 ciliate-hirsute with scattered, spreading, stiff, white hairs, espe- 

 cially on the inflorescences and lower surface of the leaves. 

 Leaves oblong-obovate to broadly oblong-oblanceolate, membra- 

 naceous to chartaceous, 25 to 35 cm long, 9 to 15 cm wide, 

 olivaceous when dry, the lower surface somewhat paler than 

 the upper, the apex acute to somewhat acuminate, narrowed 

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

 nerves 10 to 20 on each side of the midrib, prominent, spreading, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; petioles 4 to 8 cm long. Pis- 

 tillate and staminate inflorescences on the same plant, racemose, 

 stout, 30 to 60 cm long, the rachis cinereous-pubescent with 

 short, appressed hairs and ciliate-hirsute with long, stiff, spread- 

 ing ones. Staminate flowers usually numerous, fascicled, from 

 2 or 3 to as many as 100 in a fascicle, their pedicels up to 1 

 cm in length. Sepals orbicular to reniform, glabrous, the inner 

 three about 4 mm in diameter, the outer two usually smaller. 

 Petals not seen, if present then very minute. Stamens about 45. 

 Pistillate flowers solitary, racemosely arranged, their pedicels 1 

 to 3 mm long, calyx pubescent and ciliate-hirsute ; styles 3, each 

 cleft nearly to the base into two 6-mm long arms. Capsules 

 about 1 cm in diameter, brownish, shining, with few, scattered, 

 short hairs, their pedicels 5 to 10 mm long. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. ,31233 (type), 

 31230, 31231, 31232 Ramos & Edano, April 6, 1918, in forests 

 along small streams, with the Visayan names calangcang and 

 panagang. 



This species belongs in the same group as Codiaeum luzonicum 

 Merr., from which I do not consider C. cuneifolium Pax & Hoffm. 

 to be specifically distinct. Codiaeum ciliatum is closely allied to 

 C. hirsutnm Merr., from which it is distinguished by its much 

 broader leaves, its shorter inflorescences, and the glabrous or 

 nearly glabrous sepals of the staminate flowers. 



Pax and Hoffmann separated Codiaeum cuneifolium from C. 

 luzonicum on the basis that the former has monoecious flowers 

 and pubescent capsules, and that the latter is dioecious with 

 glabrous capsules. As a matter of fact the capsules are ap- 

 pressed-pubescent in both species ; the plants are more often 



