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sepalis suborbicularibus, coriaceis, extus cinereo-pubescentibus, 

 petalis extus filamentisque basi adpresse pubescentibus. 



A tree about 10 m high, quite glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches terete, reddish-brown, the branchlets smooth. Leaves 

 oblong or oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, 8 to 14 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 

 cm wide, brown or brownish-olivaceous, prominently shining 

 when dry, base cuneate, apex acute to obscurely acuminate, 

 margins obscurely crenulate, the lower surface minutely verrucu- 

 lose ; lateral nerves irregular, the primary ones about 15 on each 

 side of the midrib, slender, anastomosing; petioles up to 5 mm 

 in length. Flowers solitary, axillary, white, about 3 cm in 

 diameter, their pedicels about 1 cm long, slightly pubescent. 

 Sepals suborbicular, coriaceous, rounded, cinereous-pubescent ex- 

 ternally, about 7 mm in diameter. Petals obovate, rounded, 

 less than 1.5 cm long, externally pubescent. Stamens numerous, 

 the basal portions of the filaments appressed-pubescent. Ovary 

 ovoid, densely appressed-pubescent with pale hairs, the style- 

 arms 5, short, glabrous. 



The identity of this plant with Lignum muscosum is certain. 

 It bears the same native name as that cited by Rumphius for 

 his plant, agrees well with his description, and fairly well with 

 the rather crude plate. The identity of Lignum muscosum has 

 not been previously determined, although Teysmann in a letter 

 to Hasskarl considered it a species of Gordonia.* Its alliance 

 is with Gordonia excelsa Blume, from which it is readily distin- 

 guished by its entirely glabrous leaves and branchlets and its 

 much smaller flowers. 



Caju lapia soyanansium s. lignum muscosum parvifolium Rumph. 

 Herb. Amb. 3 : 203, mentioned and casually described under Caju 

 lapia, is apparently an entirely different plant. Hasskarl, Neue 

 Schliissel (1866) 67, mentions it, but suggests no identification of 

 it. It is quite indeterminable from the data given by Rumphius. 



TERNSTROEMIA f Mutis 



TERNSTROE M I A ROBINSONII sp. nov. 



Ichthyoctonos montana Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 214, t. 139. 



Amboina, Hitoe messen, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 275 (type) , October 

 18, 1913, in forests, altitude about 350 meters locally known as anaan mera. 



Arbor circiter 14 m alta, glabra ; f oliis oblongo-obovatis, crasse 

 coriaceis, usque ad 25 cm longis, petiolatis, apice obscure latis- 



* See Hasskarl, Neue Schliissel (1866) 67. 



f Retained name, Vienna Code; Mokof Adans. (1763), Taonabo Aubl. 

 (1775), Dupinia Scop. (1777), and Hoferia Scop. (1777) are older. 



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