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jK'tiok's 'i to "i.-") vn\. long', slendcM', glahrous or iiciii'ly so. Ifaee'iiies 

 axillarv or from axils of fallen loaves, few-flowered, 10 em. lon^- or less, 

 glabrous or slightly pubeseent. Flowers white, the |)e(lic'els 1 em. long, 

 densely appressed sericeous. Se})als 5. lanceolate, acuminate, 8 to !) mm. 

 long, '2.r> mm. wide, appressed silvery pubescent outside. Petals oblong, 

 equaling the sepals, very densely silvery appressed, sericeous throughout, 

 the apex cleft into 5 to T linear Jnciiiiiic 2 mm. long. Stamens 20; 

 tilaments 2.5 mm. long; anthers linear 15 mm. long, one cell with a 

 short muero less than ()..") mm. long. Ovary ovoid, densely sericeous, 

 3-celled ; style •") mm. long. Fruit elliptical or ol)long-ovoid 1 to l.o 

 cm. long, dark blue when mature. 1-celled, 1-seedcd, the pericarp slightly 

 fleshy. 



In forests at 900 in. alt. (No. 55S2) type, also (No. .ifiKi) from the same alti- 

 tude and at 1.000 m. alt. (No. 4427 Mcrritt) , June. 1900. 



Elaeocarpus sp. 



In forests at 1,300 and l.liOO m. alt. (Nos. 4387. 4409 Mcrritt) June, 190(i. The 

 specimens are with fruit only and apparently ve])re8ent an inidescribed species. 



Elaeocarpus sp. 



In forests at 700 ni. alt. (No. 0148). Si>ecimen witli fruit only. Init quite 

 distinct from any of the genera at present represented in our herbarium. 



TUAACB2E. 



HALCONIA :\Ierril]. n. gen. . 



Bracteolac G. Sepala 4, crassa, valvata. Petala 5. .Stamina co, libera ; 

 antherae ovatae, vorsatiles. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis oo-ovulatis; 

 stylus nullus. Capsula 2-locularis, dissepimento contrarie compressa, 

 coriacea, apico apiculata, loculicide 2-valvis; semina ignota. Arbor. 

 Folia subintegra penninervia et basi trinervia. Cynuie axillares. 



Halconia involucrata INIerrill n. sp. 



A tree about 8 m. high, the branches terete, brownish gray, glabrous, 

 the younger parts stellate-lepidote pubescent. Leaves oblong, subcoria- 

 ceous, 7 to 10 cm. long, 3.5 to 5 cm. wide, slightly stellate pubescent 

 above, beneath pale and densely minutely lepidote and with scattered 

 stellate hairs, the margins subentire or slightly crenate, the apex acute 

 or rounded, the base rounded or slightly cordate, strongly o-nerved, the 

 lateral nerves very prominent benc^ath, ascending, including the basal 

 ones 4 to 5 on each side of the midrib ; petioles 1 to 2.5 cm. long. Cranes 

 axillary 14 cm. long or less, few-flowered, the flowers in groups of 

 threes at the ends of the ultimate branehlets, each group subtended by 

 G, oblong, stellate-lepidote bracteoles. Sepals 4, free, elliptical-ol)long, 

 ultimately nearly 1 cm. long, densely lepidote-stellate. Petals 4, oblong, 



