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2. Agelaea everettii sp. nov. 



Friitex scandens, ramulis, petiolis, foliolis subtus^, inflorescentiisque 

 plus minus f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis alternis, trifoliolatis, racemis 

 axillaribus vel extra-axillaribus, fasciculatis, cireiter 2 cm longis; stami- 

 nibus 10; folliculis solitariis, oblongis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis, valde rostratis, 

 extus tuberculato-nigosis, pubescentibus. 



A scandent shrab more or less pubescent. Branches and branchlets 

 terete, brownish, ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves alternate, trifoliolate, 

 15 to 20 cm long, the petiole pubescent, 5 to 6 cm long; leaflets charta- 

 ceous, the upper surface glabrous except the somewhat pubescent midrib 

 and nerves, the lower surface paler, ferruginous-pubescent, ultimately 

 subglabrous, the lateral ones inequilateral at the base, the terminal one 

 equilateral, 7 to 15 cm long, 2.5 to 7 cm wide, entire, apex acuminate, 

 acumen blunt; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations rather lax, distinct; petiolules 

 densely pubescent, about 3 mm long. Eacemes axillary or extra-axillary, 

 about 2 cm long, fascicled, densely pubescent, the pedicels slender, pubes- 

 cent, 1 to 2 mm long, the bracteoles densely pubescent, 1 to 1.5 min 

 long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, 3 mm long. Petals glabrous, 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 5 mm long, 1 mm wide. Carpels usually 5, 

 narrowly lanceolate, pilose, 3 to 3.5 mm long including the styles. 

 Stamens usually 10, sometimes fewer, unequal, 1 to 1.5 mm long. Fol- 

 licles solitary, oblong, 1.5 to 2 cm long, apex strongly rostrate, the outside 

 strongly tuberculate-rugose, densely ferruginous-pubescent; seed ellipsoid 

 or narrowly obovoid, black, about 1 cm long. 



Type specimen collected by H. D. Everett, For. Bur. 4300, Negros, June, 1906; 

 also represented by For. Bur. 4286, 5570 Everett, May and June, 1906, the former 

 from the Guimagaan River, the latter from Cadiz, Negros. Material collected by 

 Cuming, no. 907, from the Province of Albay, Luzon, is probably the same, but 

 no specimen is available here, although the one in the Kew Herbarium has been 

 examined by me. 



Agelaea everettii is apparently closely allied to Agelaea borneensis (Hook, 

 f.) {Hemiandrina borneensis Hook, f., Agelaea vestita Hook, f.) of the Malay 

 Peninsula and Borneo, but is distinguished by its 10 stamens, and less dense 

 pubescence, although in the latter character the species seems to vary considerably, 

 if all our Singapore specimens are correctly named. In regard to A. borneensis. 

 Hooker's specific name under Hemiandrina is the oldest, and hence must be 

 accepted, for the Wallichian name Cnestis vestita was not published until 1876, 

 and then only as a synonym. Gilg and Boerlage maintain Troostwyckia Miq., 

 as a distinct genus, although Hooker f. reduced T. singularis Miq., on which the 

 genus was based, to Aeglaea vestita Hook. f. 



5. CNESTIS Juss. 



1. Cnestis diffusa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 386. 



Cnestis polgphylla Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 270; ed. 3, 2: 137, non Lam. 



Cnestis corniculaia Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 386,, ed. 2 (1845) 270, ed. 3, 2: 

 138, non Lam. 



Cnestis ramiflora Griff. Not. 4 (1854) 432; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 45= (1876) 216; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1876) 54; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 



