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14 on each side of the midrib, very prominent, ascending, some- 
what curved, joining the somewhat thickened and resolute mar- 
gins, the primary reticulations lax, subparallel, distinct; petioles 
stout, 3.5 to 6 cm long, densely brown-villous. Flowers not seen. 
Fruits fascicled along the branches below the leaves, usually 
three or four in a fascicle, the pedicels very stout, 2 to 4 mm 
long, glabrous or nearly so, the accrescent calyx shallow, brown 
when dry, very sparingly pubescent, about 8 mm in diameter, 
thickly coriaceous. Fruits red when mature, ellipsoid to ob- 
ovoid, when fresh the pericarp apparently somewhat fleshy, when 
dry about 1.5 cm in diameter, nearly black, wrinkled, somewhat 
shining, glabrous. 
Samar, Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 17540 Ramos, March 27, 1914, in damp 
forests. 
A very striking species, apparently belonging in the group with Litsea 
tayabensis Elm. Its elongated, coriaceous, large leaves, which are glabrous 
and shining on the upper surface and densely brown- to fulvous-villous on 
the lower surface, are very characteristic. 
LITSEA EUPHLEBIA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 12 m alta ramulis petiolis inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glabra; foliis coriaceis, oblongis ad anguste oblongo- 
ellipticis, alternis, nitidis, utrinque angustatis, acuminatis, usque 
ad 18 cm longis; nervis utrinque 6 ad 9, adscendentibus, prom- 
inentibus ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, 
involucris fasciculato-umbellatis, breviter pedunculatis, circiter 
6-floris; fructibus ellipsoideis, circiter 2 cm longis, calycibus 
auctis, 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro. 
A tree about 12 m high, the branchlets, petioles, and inflo- 
rescence ferruginous- or brown-pubescent, otherwise glabrous. 
Branches terete, reddish-brown or somewhat grayish. Leaves 
alternate, coriaceous, shining, oblong to narrowly elliptic-oblong, 
about equally narrowed at both ends, the apex acuminate, base 
acute, 12 to 18 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, the lower surface some- 
what paler than the upper; nerves 6 to 9 on each side of the 
midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, 
obscurely anastomosing, the ultimate reticulations not prominent 
but close, very obscurely pitted; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, at 
first pubescent, becoming glabrous. Involucres subumbellately 
fascicled, axillary, densely pubescent, the pubescent peduncles 2 
to 3 mm long. Involucral bracts orbicular, concave, 3 to 4 mm 
in diameter. Flowers about 6 in each involucre, the calyx-tube 
somewhat urceolate, pubescent, 4 mm long, the lobes deciduous, 
oblong, about 1.3 mm long. Male flowers not seen. Fruit ellip- 
