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the fruits ferruginous-pubescent, otherwise glabrous (inflores- 

 cences unknown) . Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 13 to 18 cm long, 

 4 to 5.5 cm wide, the base obtuse to rounded, the apex obtuse 

 or very broadly obtuse-acuminate, the lower surface distinctly 

 paler than the upper, sometimes slightly glaucous; lateral 

 nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, somewhat impressed 

 on the upper surface, slightly projecting on the lower surface, 

 the reticulations nearly obsolete; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. 

 Fruits solitary, ellipsoid or cylindric, brown and minutely fer- 

 ruginous-pubescent when mature, rugose, about 7 cm long, the 

 seed smooth, shining, about 4 cm long, the aril laciniate nearly 

 to the base. 



Luzon, Cagayan Province, San Vicente, For. Bur. 24.277 Ber- 

 nardo, August 12, 1915, in dense forests at low altitudes with 

 the local Negrito name ngabiigab. 



A species apparently belonging with Myristica philippensis 

 Lam. but with much smaller, entirely glabrous leaves. 



KNEMA Loureiro 

 KNEMA ACUMINATA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 12 m alta, ramulis fructibusque ferrugineo- 

 pubescens; foliis subcoriaceis, lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 3 ad 13 cm longis, basi acutis, sursum angustatis, tenuiter acu- 

 minatis, supra subolivaceis, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, vix 

 glaucescentibus, nervis utrinque 8 ad 12, perspicuis; fructibus 

 subglobosis ad ovoideis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis. 



A tree, about 12 m high, the branchlets and fruits ferruginous- 

 pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceo- 

 late, entire, 9 to 13 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide, the base acute 

 or somewhat decurrent-acuminate, the apex slenderly acuminate, 

 the upper surface somewhat olivaceous, glabrous, the lower pale 

 but scarcely glaucous, glabrous or nearly so; lateral nerves 

 distinct, 8 to 12 on each side of the midrib, the reticulations 

 fine, rather close; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Fruits subglobose 

 to ovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long, ferruginous-pubescent, their pedicels 

 about 7 mm long, usually 3 borne on a common, very short, 

 axillary peduncle at most 5 mm in length. 



Luzon, Isabela Province, Ilagan, For. Bur. 11266 Klemme, 

 May 18, 1908, in dense level forests at low altitudes. 



A species probably most closely allied to Knema vidalii Warb., 

 but easily distinguished by its slenderly acuminate, few-nerved 

 leaves. 



