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nitidissimis, basi acutis, apice caudato-acuminatis, nervis utrin- 

 que 7 ad 10, perspicuis; floribus axillaribus, petalis exterioribus 

 late ovatis, obtusis, 2.5 mm longis, interioribus arcuatis, 8 ad 

 9 mm longis; staminibus circiter 40. 



A tree, about 7 m high, glabrous except the younger parts 

 and the flowers. Branches slender, terete, nearly black when 

 dry, glabrous, the branchlets sparingly pubescent. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, 6 to 14 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, chartaceous, strongly 

 shining when dry, base acute, narrowed upward to the slenderly 

 caudate-acuminate apex, the lower surface slightly pubescent 

 on the midrib; lateral nerves 7 to 10 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, anastomosing; petioles 3 

 to 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, greenish, solitary or in pairs, 

 their pedicels 7 to 10 mm long, finely pubescent, bearing a small 

 bract at the middle 1 mm long or less and wider than long. 

 Sepals broadly ovate, rounded, pubescent, about 1.8 mm in diam- 

 eter. Outer 3 petals broadly ovate, rounded or obtuse, pubescent, 

 about 2.5 mm long; inner 3 petals arched, 8 to 9 mm long, pubes- 

 cent; the limb 5 mm wide, 2 to 3 mm long, the claw 5 to 6 mm 

 in length. Stamens about 40, densely crowded, less than 1 mm 

 long. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Sipocot, Fo7\ Bur. 25533 Cenahre, 

 May 15, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 80 meters. 



A species well characterized in this small genus by its lan- 

 ceolate, caudate-acuminate leaves. The specimen presents only 

 male flowers. 



POPOWIA Endlicher 

 POPOWIA LANCEOLATA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramis tenuibus, glabris, ramulis ferrugineo- 

 pubescens; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, 4 ad 6 

 cm longis, 1 ad 1.5 cm latis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 

 basi cuneatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus 

 ad costa nervisque adpresse pubescens; nervis utrinque plerum- 

 que 5, tenuibus, adscendentibus, reticulis obsoletis; fructibus 

 globosis circiter 8 mm diametro. 



A tree, about 8 m high, the branches and branchlets terete, 

 the former glabrous, nearly black when dry, slender, the latter 

 more or less ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, firmly 

 chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 4 to 6 cm long, 1 to 1.5 cm wide, 

 subequally narrowed to the cuneate base and to the rather 

 slenderly acuminate apex, the upper surface glabrous, the lower 

 surface paler and appressed-pubescent on the midrib and nerves; 

 lateral nerves slender, ascending, usually 5 on each side of the 



