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of both rows closely arching over the stamens and carpels ; apex 

 of the hood white-tomentose within; hooded portion of outer 



wi? ? f t U k 5 mm ' W,d6 ' Upper P° rtion of outer P^als 2.5 mm 

 wide at the base, 3-3.5 mm. wide in the middle, tapering to an 



obtuse apex ; inner petals subsimilar but narrower, the hood , c 

 mm wide, base of upper portion 1.5 mm. wide, middle of upper 

 portion 15-2 mm. wide : stamens about 40, 1-1.5 mm. long, the 

 anther-cells concealed above by the connectives : carpels about 10 

 at anthesis 1 mm. long, yellowish-tomentose ; mature carpels red' 

 in ail 1.5-2.5 cm. long, borne on stipes 4-7 mm. long, the body 

 or tne carpel 1-1.2 cm. wide; carpels with 1-3 transverse con- 

 smctions without, corresponding to as many divisions within, each 

 i-seeded ; seeds therefore 2-4, obovate-orbicular in outline, 1 cm. 

 *ong 8 mm. wide, testa chestnut-brown, shining. 



en A s ™f U t l' ee ' about 7-5 m. high, and 7.5 cm. in diameter, with 

 8 ay to blackish, striate bark, ferruginous-tomentose to glabrate : 



eaves borne on petioles 1-2 cm. long, chartaceous, elliptic or 

 ong, acute or somewhat rounded at the base, acuminate at the 



pex m all 14-23 C m. long, 5-7.5 cm. wide, with pubescent 



F noies, midribs, and veins ; primary veins usually 10 on each side 

 of the midrih J 



Type collected at Sax River, Province of Zamboanga, Mindanao, 

 ^ an elevation of above 75 m., by R. S. Williams, no. 2143, in 

 °wer and fruit, February 8, 1905. Closely allied to C. biovulatus 

 tfoerl., f r o m Borneo. 



M. f err 



Mitrephora Merrillii 



M 



ferruginea Boerl • Koord. Meded 



7: 16. 1904, in part. 



J 9 : 335- 1898. 

 s already pointed out by Merrill this species was originally 



Con fused by hi 

 fr 



M. Lanotan ('Blanco') Merr 



vei a 1C lt 1S ^ lst,n £ u,s hable by having leaves more numerously 

 den l' e *° ° r narrow ^y elliptic instead of linear-oblong, and 



All 



ginous-pubescent carpels 3.5-4 cm. long, 

 specimens seen of this species are from Lamao River and 

 lri . * lar »veles, Province of Bataan, Central Luzon : Williams 

 Bcrj 7 rrUl 372S ; Merrill, Decades PMpp. Forest Flora (coll. 



R 



9rnes \ 2045 (coll. Borden), 2S29 (coll. Meyer). 



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