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nervis utrinque circiter 12, tenuibus, reticulis subobsoletis ; in- 

 florescentiis $ axillaribus, paniculatis, laxis, 4.5 ad 6 cm longis ; 

 floribus subumbellatim dispositis, pedicellatis, ellipsoideis, 4 mm 

 longis; fructibus ellipsoideis, circiter 4.5 cm longis, dense fer- 

 rugineo-puberulis. 



A tree, the branchlets, inflorescences, and leaves on the lower 

 surface ferruginous-pubescent or puberulent with dense short 

 hairs. Branches reddish-brown, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate 

 to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, 10 to 15 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 

 cm wide, narrowed below to the acute base and above to the 

 acute or somewhat acuminate apex, the upper surface glabrous, 

 smooth and shining when dry, the lower often somewhat cupre- 

 ous from the rather dense, close indumentum; lateral nerves 

 about 12 on each side of the midrib, slender and not prominent, 

 scarcely impressed on the upper surface, the reticulations nearly 

 obsolete; petioles 1 to 2.5 cm long, when young pubescent, even- 

 tually glabrous. Staminate inflorescences axillary, paniculate, 

 rather lax, 4.5 to 6 cm long, ferruginous-pubescent, the primary 

 branches 1.5 cm long or less, the flowers rather laxly and um- 

 bellately arranged at the tips of the branches, their pedicels 4 

 to 5 mm long. Perianth about 4 mm long, pubescent, ellipsoid, 

 3-lobed, anthers about 8, the anther-mass about 1.5 mm long, 

 borne on a 1-mm long column ; bracteole at the base of the calyx 

 reniform, obscure, 0.4 mm long or less. Fruit ellipsoid, fer- 

 ruginous and rather densely puberulent, when dry smooth, about 

 4.5 cm long, and the aril laciniate to the very base. 



Basilan, Bur. Sci. 15498 Reillo (type), August 14, 1912, in 

 forests at low altitudes. Tinago, Ahem 4-21, February to June, 

 1901, with the local name dugan. 



A species belonging in the littoralis series, well characterized 

 by its cupreous or ferruginous indumentum and by its rather 

 large, lax, minutely bracteolate, staminate inflorescences. Ahem 

 421 cited above is a fruiting specimen and was originally identi- 

 fied as Myristica cumingii Warb. 



MYRISTICA CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 8 m alta, ramulis junior ibus fructibusque fer- 

 rugineo-pubescens ; foliis coriaceis, oblongis, 13 ad 18 cm longis, 

 utrinque obtusis vel apice late obtuseque acuminatis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 18, reticulis subobsoletis ; fructibus ellipsoideis, 

 circiter 7 cm longis, minute ferrugineo-pubescens, in siccitate 

 rugosis, seminibus circiter 4 cm longis. 



A tree, about 8 m high, the very tips of the branchlets and 



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