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utrinque circiter 6; floribus numerosissimis, axillaribus, fasci- 
eulatis, dense confertis, breviter pedicellatis, circiter 4 mm 
longis; filamentis 1.5 ad 2 mm longis, glabris, staminoideis li- 
beris, oblongis, sursum villosis ; ovario pubescente. 
A species closely allied to Casearia cinerea Turcz. and C. 
grewiae folia Vent., differing especially in its much fewer nerved 
leaves. A shrub about 3 m high, the branchlets, lower -surface 
of the leaves and the flowers rather densely and softly pubescent. 
Branches terete, glabrous, reddish-brown when dry, sparingly 
wrinkled and lenticellate, the branchlets densely subferruginous- 
to cinereous-pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate to broadly 
oblong-ovate, 8 to 11 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, pale-brownish 
when dry, apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, margins promi- 
nently crenate, base broadly and obliquely truncate, both sides 
rounded or one side rounded and the other acute, prominently 
inequilateral, subfalcate, the upper surface glabrous except the 
sparingly pubescent midrib, the lower surface softly pubescent 
especially on the midrib and lateral nerves ; lateral nerves about 
6 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, ob- 
scurely anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; petioles rather 
densely pubescent, 3 to 5 mm long. Flowers yellowish, about 
4 mm long, very numerous, crowded in subglobose, dense, 
axillary fascicles, 30 to 50 in a fascicle, their pedicels densely 
pubescent, 3 to 4 mm long. Perianth-segments 5, elliptic-oblong, 
densely pubescent, obtuse. Stamens 10; filaments 1.5 to 2 mm 
long, glabrous; anthers oblong-ovate, 1 mm long; staminodes 
oblong, obtuse, 1.5 mm long, free, glabrous below, villous in the 
upper one-half. Ovary ovoid, pubescent; style very short; stig- 
ma capitate. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27UIZ Ramos, in dry 
thickets at low altitudes, locally known to the Ilocanos as boyboyoc. 
This species is manifestly very closely allied to Casearia cinerea Turcz., 
differing especially in its distinctly fewer nerved leaves and its very num- 
erous, densely crowded flowers. 
HOMALIUM Jacquin 
HOMALIU M M ULTI FLO RUM sp. nov. § Blaclcwellia. 
Species H. loheri affinis, differt foliis minoribus, usque ad 8 
cm longis, nervis paucioribus, utrinque circiter 6, bracteis oblon- 
go-ovatis, circiter 2 mm longis. 
A tree about 10 m high, the inflorescence prominently ciliate- 
pubescent with spreading pale or cinereous hairs, otherwise 
glabrous. Branches terete, reddish-brown, often somewhat 
glaucous, obscurely lenticellate. Leaves coriaceous or subcoria- 
