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pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves ; lateral nerves about 
17 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower sur- 
face, subascending, anastomosing; petioles pubescent, 1.5 to 2 
cm long. Panicles in fruit brown-pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long. 
Fruits few, yellow when fresh, when dry dark brown, glabrous, 
oblong-obovoid, 1 cm long, prominently sulcate longitudinally 
with usually eight distinct keels. Albumen prominently rumin- 
ate throughout. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 23826 Ramos, October 
19, 1915, in damp forests. 
This species in vegetative characters somewhat resembles Grumilea velu- 
tina Elm., from which it is distinguished at once by its brown, not pale 
indumentum, and more numerously nerved leaves. 
GRUMILEA PROPINQUA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, partibus junioribus subtus foliis ad costa ner- 
visque et inflorescentiis rubiginoso-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo- 
obovatiis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm longis, in siccitate 
cupreis, acutis vel obscure acute acuminatis, deorsum angusta- 
tis, basi cuneatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10. Inflorescentiis ter- 
minalibus, brevissime pedunculatis vel e basi ramosis, circiter 4 
cm longis; floribus in ramulis ultimis subcapitato-dispositis, 6 
ad 7 mm longis; fructibus junioribus rubiginoso-pubescentibus. 
An erect shrub, about 1 m high according to the collector, pro- 
minently rubiginous-pubescent, all parts cupreous when dry. 
Branches terete, glabrous, brown, the branchlets rather densely 
pubescent. Leaves firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong- 
obovate to oblong-elliptic, 9 to 14 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, 
apex acute or shortly acute acuminate, usually narrowed below, 
base cuneate, the upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower 
minutely scaberulous from the short scattered hairs on the sur- 
face, the midrib and nerves rather densely pubescent; petiole 
pubescent, 5 to 8 mm long; stipules triangular-ovate, acuminate, 
pubescent, about 6 mm long. Panicles terminal, about 4 cm 
long, shortly peduncled or branched from the base, rubiginous- 
pubescent, the branches few, the flowers subsessile and densely 
crowded at the tips of the branchlets. Flowers white, 6 to 7 
mm long. Calyx about 3 mm long, pubescent, cuneate, the teeth 
ovate, acute, ciliate, 1 mm long. Corolla pubescent externally, 
the tube about 2 mm long, lobes as long as the tube, oblong, ob- 
tuse. Young fruits subellipsoid, about 7 mm long, not sulcate, 
more or less rubiginous-pubescent. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26570 Ramos & 
Edano, August 27, 1916 (type) : Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, 
Bur. Sci. 26343 Ramos & Edano, August 6, 1916, in forests. 
