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Negros, Malabunhao, near San Carlos, For. Bur. 23^02 Contreras, July 
15, 1914, in rocky soil in the hills, altitude about 200, meters, locally known 
as saguibunon. 
This species is characterized especially by its strongly obovate, broadly 
rounded, and very prominently retuse leaves. It is manifestly very closely 
allied to Vavaea amicorum Benth. and V. harveyi Seem. 
VAVAEA PILOSA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis et foliis 
praesertim subtus ad costa nervisque perspicue subferrugineo 
ciliato-pilosis ; foliis firme chartaceis, in siccitate pallidis, obova- 
tis ad oblong-obovatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, apice acutis, brevi- 
ter acuminatis, vel subrotundatis, basi angustatis, cuneatis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 15, curvatis, perspicuis ; inflores- 
centiis dense pubescentibus, axillaribus, numerosis, longe pe- 
dunculatis, circiter 10 cm longis; floribus 8 ad 10 mm longis, 
petalis puberulis, filamentis dense pilosis. 
A small tree, apparently deciduous, the inflorescences usually 
appearing with the young leaves, the younger parts, inflores- 
cences, and the leaves beneath prominently ciliate-pilose with 
spreading subferruginous hairs. Branches terete, brownish, 
glabrous, the branchlets marked with prominent petiolar scars, 
densely pubescent. Leaves crowded at the apices of the branch- 
lets, obovate to oblong-obovate, 11 to 20 cm long, 5 to 9 cm 
wide, firmly chartaceous, pale when dry, shining, the apex acute, 
somewhat acuminate, or sometimes rounded or obtuse, base 
gradually narrowed, cuneate, the midrib on the upper surface 
rather densely pubescent, otherwise glabrous, or the nerves with 
few scattered hairs, the lower surface rather softly and densely 
pubescent with spreading hairs especially on the midrib and 
lateral nerves; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the mid- 
rib, prominent, somewhat curved, anastomosing ; petioles densely 
pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes numerous, solitary, in the 
upper axils, about 10 cm long, densely pubescent, long-peduncled, 
the flower-bearing portion usually less than 3 cm long, the 
branches few, somewhat spreading, the inflorescences rarely 
exceeding 5 cm in diameter. Flowers white or yellowish-white, 
4- and 5-merous. Calyx densely pubescent, about 4 mm long, 
the lobes 4 or 5, acute, 1 to 2 mm long. Petals 4 or 5, oblong, 
obtuse, puberulent externally, 8 to 10 mm long. Staminal-tube 
1.5 to 2 mm long, glabrous externally; stamens 10 or 12, alter- 
nate ones slightly shorter than the others, the free parts of the 
filaments densely pubescent, about 2 mm long; anthers ovoid, 
about 0.5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 3-, sometimes 4- 
celled; style rather stout, about 4 mm long. Fruit subovoid, 
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