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2 cm. long, 12 to 15 mm. wide, subequal, the outside densely ferruginous 

 stellate-lepidote pubescent, the inside sparingly pubescent with scattered 

 short hairs. Stamens indefinite, the anthers sessile, 3 mm. long, the 

 connective somewhat produced, the apex truncate, somewhat oblique, less 

 than 1 mm. in diameter. Ovaries many, 4 mm. long, ferruginous stellate 

 pubescent, each with 8 to 10 ovules. 



Type specimen No. 6322 (A. D. E. Elmer), Twin Peaks, Province of 

 Benguet, Luzon, May, 1904. A species growing in the forests along 

 streams, the flowers with the odor of ripe apples. It is apparently most 

 closely related to Uvaria ovalifolia Blume, but is especially characterized 

 by the peculiar stellate-lepidote pubescence of the petals. 



MOHEMIACEJS. 



Kibara grandifolia sp. nov. 



A tree about 5 m. high, with subcoriaceous, broadly ovate leaves 20 to 

 28 cm. long. Branches yellowish, glabrous. Leaves 11 to 18 cm. wide, 

 the base broadly rounded, the apex obscurely acuminate or subacute, the 

 margins entire below, above more or less coarsely, shallowly toothed or 

 merely undulate, the upper surface smooth and shining, except along the 

 midrib and main nerves, which are more or less .pubescent, the lower 

 surface uniformly pubescent with scattered, straight, short hairs ; main 

 nerves about 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent, freely anasto- 

 mosing, the reticulations lax; petioles stout, about 1.5 cm. long, pubescent. 

 Infloresence axillary, about 8 cm. long, the axis and branches densely 

 pubescent. Flowers not known. Drupes broadly ellipsoid, obtuse, glabrous, 

 sessile, 1.5 cm. long, about 12 mm. thick, the peduncles of the thickened, 

 pubescent receptacles 3 to 4 cm. long. 



Type specimen No. 1158 (Forestry Bureau), collected by Ahern's collec- 

 tor, mountains near Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon, June, 1904. 



LAURACEJE. 



Beilschmiedia glomerata sp. nov. 



A tree about 30 m. high, with alternate, broadly ovate, or ovate-elliptical, 

 obtuse, glabrous leaves, and axillary, densely flowered almost spikelike 

 panicles, 2 to 4 cm. long. Branches glabrous, scaly, gray, the tips brownish, 

 the leaf scars numerous, rather prominent. Leaves 11 to 15 cm. long, 

 5 to 9 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, the base acute or rounded, equal or nearly 

 so, the apex rounded, the upper surface smooth and shining, the lower 

 surface brownish when dry, especially the nerves, which are not prominent, 

 about 9 pairs, the reticulations rather lax; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm. long. 

 Panicles densely pubescent, glomerate, the peduncle nearly obsolete, sub- 

 tended by ninny* imbricated, suborbicular bracts, the bracts, rhachis, and 

 branches densely pubescent ; bracts 5 to 6 mm. in diameter ; branchlets 

 O.o cm. long. Flowers greenish yellow, slightly fragrant, 5 to 6 mm. 

 in diameter, the pedicles 2 mm. long, pubescent. Calyx 6-lobed, densely 

 pubescent outside, minutely pubescent inside, cleft nearly to the base, 



