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densely stellate-furfuraceous, the indumentum usually lemon- 
yellow, on the younger parts shading to pale-gray. Flowers 
numerous. Sepals oblong, obtuse, about 4 mm long and 1 to 
1.5 mm wide, densely pale-gray puberulent. Petals narrowly 
oblong, about 11 mm long, 3 mm wide, densely puberulent. Sta- 
mens 15, the anthers less than 1 mm long. Ovary subglobose, 
glabrous ; style 0.7 mm long or less, glabrous ; stigma subcapitate, 
very obscurely 3-lobed. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Cabcabin, For. Bur. 27102 
Alambra, March 12, 1918, in dipterocarp forests of the yacal-lauan type, 
altitude about 40 meters, with the local name hagachac na itirn. 
This species is well characterized by its elliptic, thickly coriaceous leaves, 
from which it is readily distinguished from the other Philippine forms of 
the genus. The ferruginous indumentum of the young branchlets and the 
lemon-yellow to pale-gray indumentum of the inflorescences are charac- 
teristic. 
THYMELAEACEAE 
W I KSTROE M I A Endlicher 
W I KSTROEM I A FENICIS sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, inflorescentiis parcissime pubescen- 
tibus exceptis glaber ; foliis lanceolatis ad ovato-lanceolatis, char- 
taceis, usque ad 13 cm longis, olivaceis, utrinque nitidis, sursum 
angustatis, acuminatis, basi rotundatis ad subacutis, nervis pri- 
mariis utrinque circiter 12, distinctis; inflorescentiis terminali- 
bus ; floribus sessilibus, confertis, 1 cm longis. Species W. 
meyenianae affinis, differt foliis crassioribus, nervis distinctio- 
ribus et magis numerosis, et floribus brevioribus. 
A shrub about 2 m high, entirely glabrous except the very 
sparingly pubescent inflorescences. Branches terete, pale- 
brownish, the branchlets slender, brown or somewhat reddish- 
brown. Leaves chartaceous, olivaceous, shining, lanceolate to 
ovate-lanceolate, 10 to 13 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, gradually 
narrowed upward to the acuminate apex, base rounded to sub- 
acute; primary lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the mid- 
rib, distinct, raised on the lower surface, anastomosing, the 
reticulations distinct; petioles about 3 mm long. Inflorescences 
terminal, the racemes forming a somewhat leafy panicle, the 
leaves associated with the inflorescence greatly reduced, 2 to 3 
cm long. Individual racemes 2 to 3 cm long, each bearing 7 to 10 
sessile flowers crowded at the tip of the rachis. Flowers pale- 
green, 1 cm long, externally very slightly pubescent with widely 
scattered, short, appressed hairs, the perianth-lobes 4, elliptic, 
rounded, 2 mm long. Stamens 8, in two series. Ovary oblong- 
ovoid, sparingly pubescent at the tip ; style 0.3 mm long. 
