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MYRISTICACEAE 
GYMNACRANTHERA Warburg 
GYMNACRANTHERA ACUMINATA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 11 m alta, inflorescentiis ferrugineo-pubescen- 
tibus exceptis glabra; foliis oblongis ad anguste oblongo-ovatis, 
usque ad 11 cm longis, apice tenuiter subcaudato-acuminatis, basi 
cuneatis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, supra perspicue ni- 
tidis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, subtus distinctis, curvato-adscen- 
dentibus ; paniculis axillaribus, multifloris, leviter adpresse ferru- 
gineo-pubescentibus, 3 ad 4 cm longis; floribus $ numerosis, 4 
mm longis, usque ad medium 3- vel 4-partitis, antheris in massam 
cylindraceam 1.7 ad 2 mm longam connatis. 
A tree about 11 m high, glabrous except the inflorescences. 
Branches terete, grayish-brown, lenticellate. Leaves subcoria- 
ceous, brown when dry, the upper surface very prominently 
shining, the lower dull, oblong to narrowly oblong-ovate, 9 to 11 
cm long, 3 to 3.5 cm wide, narrowed upward to the prominently 
caudate-acuminate apex and below to the cuneate base, the acu- 
men slender, about 1.5 cm long, blunt; primary lateral nerves 
5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, 
curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations very lax, ob- 
scure; petioles slender, 1 to 1.4 cm long. Staminate panicles 
axillary, numerous, 3 to 4 cm long, many-flowered, appressed- 
pubescent with scattered ferruginous hairs, the flowers race- 
mose-fascicled on the ultimate branchlets. Buds ellipsoid, the 
mature flowers oblong, 4' mm long, divided to about the middle 
into 3 or 4, ovate, obtuse lobes, externally sparingly pubescent. 
Staminal column cylindric, 1.7 to 2 mm long. 
Samar, Dolores, For. Bur. 21074 Sherfesee, Cenabre, <fe Cortes, April 5, 
1914, in forested flats, altitude 15 meters, locally known as daha-an 
The specimen was originally identified as Gymnacranthera paniculata 
Warb., and while it represents a species allied to the latter, it is readily 
distinguised among all the Philippine forms by its prominently shining, 
brown, few-nerved caudate-acuminate leaves. The staminate flowers are 
rather large for Gymnacranthera. 
HORSFIELDIA Willdenow 
HORSEFIELDIA OBSCURINERVIA sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra circiter 11 m alta; foliis oblongis ad oblongo- 
lanceolatis, coriaceis, usque ad 14 cm longis, utrinque subaequal- 
iter angustatis, acuminatis, basi cuneatis, in siccitate brunneis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 18, tenuibus, obscuris, baud anastomosan- 
tibus, secondariis reticulisque obsoletis ; paniculis axillaribus, cir- 
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