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neurocahjx Planch., but it differs radically from Planchon's 

 species in its caudate-acuminate leaflets. 



ELLIPANTHUS Hooker f. 

 ELLIPANTHUS LONGIFOLIUS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis et inflorescentiis et fructibus exceptis 

 glaber; foliis anguste oblongo-ianceolatis, coriaceis, 23 ad 30 

 cm longis, 4 ad 6 cm latis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, basi late 

 acutis, utrinque nee prof unde foveolatis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 9, distantibus, distinctis; fructibus inaequilateralibus, oblongis, 

 circiter 3 cm longis, acuminatis, deorsum angustatis, extus 

 densissime castaneo-pubescens. 



A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the very young branch- 

 lets, inflorescences, and fruits. Branches terete, glabrous, red- 

 dish-brown. Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 23 

 to 30 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, shining when dry, the apex 

 slenderly acuminate, the base broadly acute; lateral nerves 

 about 9 on each side of the midrib, distant, distinct, anastomos- 

 ing, the ultimate reticulations often distinct; both surfaces 

 appearing shallowly foveolate; petioles 1.5 to 3 cm long. 

 Infructescences axillary and from the axils of fallen leaves, the 

 carpels either solitary or in pairs or threes on a common pedun- 

 cle which is less than 1 cm in length. Follicles inequilateral, 

 oblong, about 3 cm long and 1 cm wide, one side nearly straight, 

 the other curved, apex acuminate, base narrowed into a 5 mm 

 long pseudostalk, densely pubescent outside with short casta- 

 neous hairs. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35180 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 

 on the forested banks of small streams at low altitudes. 



A species belonging in the group with Ellipanthus luzoniensis 

 Vid., but readily distinguished by its elongated narrow leaves. 



LEGUMINOSAE 



PITHECOLOBIUM Martius 

 PITHECOLOBIUM SESSILI FLORUM sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, inflorescentiis perspicue ferrugineo-pubescens, 

 ramulis angulatis ; foliis circiter 40 cm longis, pinnae plerumque 

 10-jugis, jugis intermediis usque ad 17 cm longis, apice 1-glan- 

 dulosis; foliis circiter 15-jugis, rhomboideis vel oblique rhom- 

 boideis, valde inaequilateralibus, subcoriaceis, 1.5 ad 3.5 cm 

 longis, acuminatis; paniculis usque ad 50 cm longis, floribus 

 sessilibus, subumbellatim confertis, calycis dense ferrugineo- 

 pubescens, corolla 8 ad 9 mm longa, dense ferrugineo-pubescens. 



