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3- and 4-merous, eglandular, their pedicels 2.5 mm long. Calyx 
somewhat cup-shaped, about 1.7 mm in diameter, the teeth short, 
rounded. Corolla 2 mm long, the lobes 3 or 4, elliptic, rounded, 
about 1.2 mm long. Anthers oblong, 1 mm long, obtuse, the 
connectives glandular. Rudimentary ovary none. 
Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Mangatarem, For. Bur. 2^813 Pascual, 
November 23, 1915,. among undergrowth in forests, altitude about 300 
meters, locally known as rocrocso. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Discocalyx cybianthoides 
Mez, from which it is readily distinguished by its much smaller, narrower 
leaves and eglandular flowers. From D. samaransis Merr. it is distinguished 
by its much smaller flowers. In general appearance it somewhat resembles 
Discocalyx atigustif olia Mez, but the primary and secondary nerves and the 
reticulations are evident on both surfaces of the leaves. 
DISCOCALYX SESSILIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra, om.nibus partibus in siccitate brunneis, 
ramis ramulisque crassis, laevis, 5 ad 7 mm diametro ; foliis sub- 
coriaceis, anguste, oblongo-obovatis ad oblanceolatis, nitidis, us- 
que ad 20 cm longis, obtusis vel obscurissime late et obtuse acu- 
minatis, basi sensim angustatis, sessilibus, subtus obscurissime 
puncticulatis, nervis numerosis, vix prominentibus ; paniculis d 
bipinnatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, in ramis specialibus axillaribus 
2 ad 3 cm longis dispositis ; floribus 4-meris, circiter 4 mm longis, 
petalis sepalisque glandulosis. 
A small tree, 8 m high according to the collector, glabrous, 
apparently dioecious, all parts brownish when dry, the branches 
and branchlets stout, smooth, terete, 5 to 7 mm in diameter. 
Leaves scattered, narrowly oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, entire, 
shining, of about the same color on both surfaces, 12 to 20 cm 
long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, subcoriaceous, the lower surface obscurely 
puncticulate, the apex obtuse to broadly and obscurely blunt- 
acuminate, gradually narrowed in the lower one-half to two- 
thirds to the cuneate base, sessile; lateral nerves slender, not 
prominent, 15 to 20 on each side of the midrib, scarcely more 
prominent than the secondary nerves and reticulations. Special 
branches bearing the inflorescences in the axils of fallen leaves, 2 
to 3 cm long, the upper part marked with prominent scars of 
fallen bracts and inflorescences, about 4 mm in diameter, some- 
what thicker than the peduncular portions, the bracts deciduous, 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, membranaceous, acuminate, about 
1 cm long. Staminate panicles bipinnate, up to 10 cm long, the 
branches spreading, the lower ones up to 2.5 cm in length, usually 
about four panicles from the apex of each special branch. Sta- 
minate flowers 4-merous, about 4 mm long, their pedicels about 
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