128 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
CRYPTOCARYA Cl N N AMOM I FOLI A sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, novellis ferrugineo-pubescentibus exceptis 
glabra, ramis ramulisque tenuibus, teretibus, rubro-brunneis ; 
foliis firmiter chartaceis, oblongis, usque ad 15 cm longis, pro- 
minente tenuiter acuminatis, basi acutis, 3-plinerviis, nervis 
longitudinalis prominentibus apice subattingentibus, tranversis 
tenuibus, obscuris; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, race- 
mosis, paucifloris, 2 ad 3 cm longis ; floribus circiter 6 mm longis. 
A small tree, 5 m high according to the collector, entirely 
glabrous except the ferruginous-pubescent buds, a few hairs 
sometimes persisting on the youngest branchlets. Branches 
and branchlets slender, terete, smooth, reddish-brown. Leaves 
longitudinally 3-ribbed, oblong, firmly chartaceous, 8 to 15 
cm long, 2.8 to 5.5 cm wide, shining, smooth, the upper surface 
brownish or grayish-olivaceous, the lower paler, the apex promi- 
nently and slenderly acuminate, the base acute, prominently 3- 
plinerved, the longitudinal nerves extending nearly to the apex; 
lateral transverse nerves very slender, obscure, irregular, 
straight, anastomosing with the longitudinal ones, the reticula- 
tions lax, obscure, or nearly obsolete; petioles about 1 cm long. 
Racemes axillary, solitary, 2 to 3 cm long, each 4- to 6-flowered, 
glabrous or nearly so, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm long. Flowers 
greenish-yellow. Perianth-tube 2.5 mm long, somewhat cuneate, 
the lobes 6, oblong, obtuse, 3 mm long. Stamens 9, their fila- 
ments very slightly pubescent, about 2 mm long, the anthers all 
2-celled; stipitate glands prominent, about 1.5 mm long. Ovary 
narrow, including the style 4.5 mm in length. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26317 Ramos 
& Edano, August 6, 1916, on forested slopes at low altitudes. 
This species, in general appearance, differs so radically from the other 
forms of Cryptocarya known to me that I have hesitated in placing it in 
this genus. Its notable characters are its 3-plinerved, longitudinally ribbed, 
Cinnamomum-hke leaves, and its short, few-flowered, axillary racemes. In 
floral structure, however, it seems to conform to Cryptocarya, and I have 
accordingly placed it in this genus. 
CRYPTOCARYA OLIGOPHLEBIA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 18 m alta, ramulis inflorescentiisque plus mi- 
nusve breviter pubescentibus, subtus foliis ad costa nervisque 
parcissime pubescentibus; foliis oblongo-ovatis, chartaceis vel 
subcoriaceis, olivaceis, nitidis, lisque ad 12 cm longis, basi acutis 
ad rotundatis, sursum sensim angustatis, acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque 3 vel 4; paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque, multi- 
floris, usque ad 15 cm longis, floribus in ramulis ultimis plus 
minusve confertis, circiter 4 mm longis, extus pubescentibus. 
