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subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice acutis vel breviter 
acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 10; umbellulis axillaribus, 
parvis, tenuiter pedicellatis, fasciculatis vel in racemis brevis- 
simis dispositis, circiter 4-floris, floribus 3 mm longis, filamentis 
ciliatis. 
A tree, nearly glabrous, the branches and branchlets very 
slender, terete, smooth, grayish-brown, the ultimate ones about 
1 mm in diameter and minutely appressed pubescent with short 
hairs. Leaves alternate, in general oblong, chartaceous to sub- 
coriaceous, brown or brownish-olivaceous when dry, glabrous, 
the lower surface slightly paler than the upper and very minute- 
ly pubescent, 5 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, subequally nar- 
rowed to the acute base and to the acute or slightly acuminate 
apex ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, 
distinct on the lower surface, curved, the reticulations not 
prominent ; petioles slender, 4 to 5 mm long. Umbels mostly 
4- flowered, axillary, fascicled or in very short racemes, the 
pedicels slender, slightly pubescent, 4 to 5 mm long, the umbels, 
before anthesis, somewhat depressed-globose, 2 to 2.5 mm in 
diameter. Bracts 4, very slightly pubescent externally, broadly 
ovate, concave, rounded, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Male flowers about 
3 mm long, the segments 6, oblong, 1.3 to 1.5 mm long, the tube 
appressed fulvous-pubescent including also the 1 mm long 
pedicels. Fertile stamens 9, all 4-celled, introrse, the outer ones 
2.5 to 3 mm long, their filaments slender, ciliate. 
Samar, Bm'. Sci. 17505 Ramos, April 3, 1914, in forests at low altitudes. 
A species belonging in the group with Litsea luzonica F.-Vill., well 
characterized by its comparatively small flowers and umbels. 
LITSEA OBLONGIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 8 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 
oblongis vel anguste oblongis, alternis, coriaceis, utrinque subae- 
qualiter angustatis, acutis vel leviter acuminatis, nitidis, nervis 
utrinque 8 ad 11, curvato-adscendentibus, prominentibus, reti- 
culis tenuibus, densis; inflorescentiis subumbellato-fasciculatis, 
dense brunneo-pilosis, involucris in alabastro globosis, circiter 
5- floris ; antheris 12, introrsis. 
A tree about 8 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches terete, dark when dry. Leaves alternate, oblong to 
narrowly oblong, 18 to 30 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, subequally 
narrowed and acute or slightly acuminate at both ends, coria- 
ceous, shining when dry, the lower surface paler than the upper 
one; nerves 8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, 
prominent, obscurely anastomosing, the ultimate reticulations 
