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LAURACEAE 



CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 

 CRYPTOCARYA OLIGOCARPA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, partibus junioribus exceptis glabra; 

 foliis coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-ovatis, 6 ad 10 cm 

 longis, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis vel 

 rotundatis, utrinque laevis, supra nitidis, subtus albido-glau- 

 cescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 7, perspicuis; iiifructescen- 

 tiis axillaribus, spicatus, usque ad 1.5 cm longis, fructibus 

 paucis ellipsoideis, nitidis, glabris, circiter 1 cm longis. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the younger parts. 

 Branches terete, glabrous, usually brownish, the very young 

 branchlets appressed-pubescent, soon becoming glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-ovate, 6 to 10 cm 

 long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, 

 the base acute to rounded, the upper surface smooth, shining, 

 pale greenish when dry, the lower surface glaucous; lateral 

 nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the 

 lower surface, brown in contrast with the glaucous epidermis, 

 the reticulations slender, not prominent; petioles 8 to 10 mm 

 long, glabrous. Infructescences in the uppermost axils, usually 

 reduced to a simple spike, the axils 1.5 cm long or less. Fruits 

 few, somewhat ellipsoid, smooth, shining, glabrous, nearly black 

 when dry, about 1 cm long. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3^716 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, June 14, 1919, at the iron deposit on the northeast coast 

 along streams at low altitudes. 



This species is apparently most closely allied to Cryptocarya 

 ramosii Merr., but the leaves and fruits are smaller and the 

 former are not at all foveolate, both surfaces being entirely 

 smooth. 



PITTOSPORACEAE 



PITTOSPORUM Banks 

 PITTOSPORUM OBSCURINERVE sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus leviter f errugineo-pubescens ; 

 foliis verticillatis, coriaceis, rigidis, oblongis-obovatis ad oblan- 

 ceolatis, 7 ad 9 cm longis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, basi 

 tenuiter cuneatis ; nervis utrinque circiter 7, tenuibus, obscuris ; 

 capsulis subumbellatis, oblongis 2-valvis, circiter 1.8 cm longis. 



A glabrous tree, about 4 m high, the very young branchlets 



