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cuneate, the upper surface olivaceous, smooth, somewhat shining, 
glabrous, the lower surface brownish and slightly glaucescent 
when dry; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, obscure on the upper sur- 
face, nearly straight, somewhat ascending, the reticulations not 
prominent, the midrib and lateral nerves on the lower surface 
minutely appressed-pubescent with short brown or reddish- 
brown hairs; petioles about 1 cm long, nearly black when dry, 
glabrous. Panicles axillary, solitary, in fruit about 2.5 cm long. 
Fruits narrowly ovoid, about 2 cm long, 10 to 12 mm in diameter, 
dark brown, smooth and shining when dry. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province (Principe), Baler, Merrill 1033 (coll. Garcia), 
August, 1902, locally known as pusihan. 
Apparently as closely allied to CRYPTOCARYA VI DALI I (Elm.) (En- 
diandra vidalii Elm.) as to any other species,- but with much more numerous 
lateral nerves and smaller fruits. 
CRYPTOCARYA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 18 m alta, subtus foliis ramulisque minute ad- 
presse puberulis. Foliis oblongis, subcoriaceis, usque ad 11 cm 
longis, in siccitate utrinque brunneis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, 
basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, subtus prominentibus ; 
fructibus oblongo-ellipsoideis, circiter 2.5 cm longis, utrinque le- 
viter angustatis, in siccitate nigris, nitidis, laevis. 
A tree about 18 m high, nearly glabrous, the young branchlets 
and the lower surfaces of the leaves minutely appressed-puber- 
ulent. Branches slender, terete, brownish. Leaves oblong, sub- 
coriaceous, 8 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, the base acute, apex 
rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, both surfaces brown 
when dry or the upper surface brownish-olivaceous, shining, 
smooth ; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent, curved-ascending, the reticulations slender, distinct; pe- 
tioles slender, about 1 cm long. Flowers not seen. Panicles 
axillary, mostly 2 to 5 cm long, some up to 12 cm in length, 
the branches few, short, glabrous. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, 
smooth, black and shining when dry, slightly and subequally 
narrowed at both ends, 2 to 2.5 cm long, about 1 cm in diameter. 
Samar, Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 17531 Rartios, March 27, 1914, in forests 
along small streams, locally known as malaigot. 
A species somewhat resembling Cryptocarya glauciphylla Elm., from 
which it differs, among other characters, in its brown leaves which are 
minutely appressed-puberulent on the lower surface. 
CRYPTOCARYA ZAM BOANGENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor 7 ad 12 m alta, partibus junioribus ferrugineo-pubescent- 
