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circiter 10, valde perspicuis, inflorescentiis $ circiter 4 cm longis, 

 pedunculatis, dichotome ramosis, ramis 2, paucifloris; floribus 

 sessilibus, calycis cylindraceis, 10 ad 12 mm longis, 2- vel 3- 

 lobatis ; fructibus pedunculatis, solitariis, ellipsoideis, circiter 1.5 

 cm diametro, ferrugineo-pubescens, calycis tubo persistentibus, 

 cylindraceis. 



A dioecious tree, 10 to 15 m high, the younger parts and 

 inflorescences distinctly ferruginous-pubescent with short, ap- 

 pressed hairs. Branches terete, glabrous, the ultimate branch- 

 lets somewhat angled, pubescent. Leaves opposite, exceedingly 

 variable in size, coriaceous, oblong to ovate-elliptic or obovate- 

 elliptic, shortly acuminate, base acute, the upper surface glabrous, 

 the lower sparingly pubescent, 12 to 28 cm long, 5 to 14 cm wide; 

 lateral nerves very prominent, about 10 on each side of the 

 midrib, the primary reticulations lax, distinct; petioles when 

 young pubescent, in age nearly glabrous, 5 to 10 mm long; stipules 

 oblong-ovate, shortly acuminate, pubescent, about 12 mm long. 

 Staminate inflorescences axillary, ferruginous-pubescent, about 



4 cm long, peduncled, dichotomously once-branched, few-flowered. 

 Flowers ferruginous-pubescent, sessile. Calyx cylindric, 10 to 

 12 mm. long, irregularly 3-toothed or 3-lobed, the teeth broad, 2 

 to 3 mm long. Corolla-tube about 6 mm long, the lobes 5, oblong, 



5 mm in length. Fruits apparently solitary, the peduncles 2 to 

 2.5 cm long, the fruits ellipsoid, appressed-pubescent with short, 

 shining, ferruginous hairs, smooth, about 1.5 cm in diameter, 

 crowned by the elongated, persistent, cylindric calyx-tube which 

 is about 8 mm in length. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Libacao, Bur. Sci. 35UU5 (type), 

 S5UU7 Martelino & Edano, June 13, 1919, in open forests and 

 along small streams at low altitudes. 



This species is characterized by its exceedingly variable leaves ; 

 its elongated staminate flowers ; and its ellipsoid fruits which are 

 crowned by the cylindric, persistent, elongated calyx-tube. 



TIMONIUS LANCEOLATUS sp. nov. 



Frutex dioicus, circiter 3 m altus, partibus junioribus et subtus 

 foliis ferrugineo-pubescens; foliis coriaceis, lanceolatis, nitidis, 

 7 ad 13 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice ten- 

 uiter acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 ad 7, distinctis, reticulis 

 subobsoletis ; floribus $ axillaribus, sessilibus, fasciculatis, calycis 

 tubo 3 ad 4 mm longo, lobis lanceolatis, tubo aequantibus, patulis ; 

 fructibus axillaribus, solitariis, brevissime pedicellatis, depresso- 

 globosis, 6 ad 9 mm diametro, dense pubescens. 



A shrub, about 3 m high, the younger parts, flowers, and 



