XII, c, 3 Merrill: New Philippine Lauracea& 133 
ceolatis, acuminatis, 5 mm longis, glabris vel margine obscuris- 
sime ciliatis; staminibus fertilibus 12, filamentis exterioribus 
eglandulosis. 
A glabrous tree about 10 m high, or the younger parts 
obscurely and sparingly cinereous-puberulent. Branches terete, 
grayish-brown, rugose, the branchlets, petioles, and inflores- 
cences characteristically black or blackish when dry. Leaves 
alternate, coriaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 8 to 12 cm long, 
3 to 5 cm wide, apex acutely acuminate, base acute, the upper 
surface greenish-olivaceous, the lower somewhat glaucous ; 
lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
curved-ascending, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations 
slender, not prominent, obsolete on the upper surface; petioles 
1.5 to 2 cm long. Inflorescences racemose, axillary, 4 to 7 cm 
long, each with about 8 umbels, these with 4 to 7 mm long 
peduncles, 4- or 5-flowered ; bracts 4, black when dry, glabrous or 
externally obscurely and slightly cinerous-puberulent, orbicular- 
ovate, concave, 7 to 8 mm in diameter. Flowers yellowish, 
shortly pedicelled. Perianth segments oblong-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, about 5 mm long, glabrous or their margins obscurely 
ciliate. Fertile stamens 12, the filaments of the outer two rows 
3 to 5 mm long, eglandular, those of inner two rows prominently 
biglandular at the base. Rudimentary ovary narrowly ovoid, 
glabrous. 
Luzon, Abra Prvince, Mount Posuey, Bur. Sci. 27048 Ramos, February 4, 
1917, on damp forested sjopes. 
This belongs in the small group of species with the umbels arranged in 
somewhat elongated axillary racemes, such as Litsea anomala Merr., L. 
leytensis Merr., and L. plateaefolia Elm.; it is, however, very different from 
these three species. Its extra-Philippine allies are apparently Litsea myris- 
ticaefolia Hook. f. and L. teysmanni Gamble. 
LITSEA AMPLA sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 20 m alta subtus foliis ad costa nervisque par- 
tibus junioribusque pallide fulvo-villosis ; foliis alternis, late ellip- 
ticis ad subobovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 30 cm longis, apice ob- 
tusis ad breviter abrupte acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 20, subtus valde prominentibus, reticulis pri- 
mariis prominentibus, subparallelis ; fructibus e ramulis defolia- 
tis, fasciculatis, pedicellis ferrugineo-pubescentibus, calycibus 
accrescentibus, circiter 7 mm diametro. 
A tall tree, the branches terete, smooth, brownish, glabrous, 
the branchlets densely pale fulvous-pubescent with short hairs, 
the same type of indumentum on the petioles, the lower surfaces 
of the leaves, and the peduncles. Leaves alternate, broadly ellip- 
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