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Mature fruits said to be edible, oblong-cylindric, glabrous, about 
1.5 cm long and 1 cm in diameter when dry, each with from 
2 to 4 seeds, the pedicels about 3 cm long, the thickened receptacle 
about 2.5 cm in diameter. 
Biliran, Bur. Sci. 18878 McGregor (type), June, 1914, in forests, altitude 
about 300 meters. Negros, in dense forests, For. Bur. 7331 Everett, 
January, 1907, locally known as saguin-saguin. 
A species well characterized by its elliptic leaves, its rather dense, ferru- 
ginous, stellate indumentum, and its prominently produced, thin, flattened, 
puberulent connectives. 
U VAR! A LEYTENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Unona leytensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1744. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 87 Barnes, For. Bur. 2051 Borden, 
Merrill 3301 : Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 19781 
Whitford. Leyte, Elmer 7365, distributed as Unona ebracteolata Presl. 
Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Elmer 13880 (type) : District of Zam- 
boanga, Hallier. 
All of the above specimens are in fruit, and all are manifestly Uvaria, 
not Unona. They have the characteristic fleshy fruits of Uvaria, the 
scandent habit, and the very few hairs that are present are stellate. From 
the material available I can see little reason for distinguishing Uvaria 
nudistellata Elm. from U. leytensis Merr., but the specimens are not directly 
comparable, the type of the former being in fruit, and of the latter in 
flower, and of which I have seen merely young buds. Another close ally is 
Uvaria stellata Merr. The alliance of the species is certainly with the 
Javan Uvaria coyicava T. & B., which has fruits 4 to 8 cm in length, while 
our species has fruits less than 4 cm long. Still another very closely allied 
form is Uvaria lurida Hook f. & Th. 
UVARIA SIBUYANENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1747. 
This species was based on Elmer 12322 from the Island of Sibuyan, and 
must be excluded from the genus, as it is not a Uvaria. The flowers are 
unknown, and until the species is again collected and with flowers, its 
generic position remains doubtful. It apparently belongs in Gonio thalamus. 
UVARIA MICRANTHA (A. DC.) Hook. f. & Th. FI. Ind. (1855) 103; King 
in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 26, t. 18; Finet & Gagnep. in 
Lecomte FI. Gen. Inde-Chine 1 (1907) 54. 
Guatteria micrantha A. DC. Mem. Anon. (1832) 42. 
Luzon, Province of Batangas, Bur. Sci. 221^03 Ramos, August, 1915. 
Mindoro, Puerto Galera, Merrill 33^5, October, 1903. Palawan, Taytay, 
Merrill 9271, May, 1913. Panay, Bur. Sci. 21231 Escritor, June, 1913, 
all from low altitudes, on or near the seashore. 
This species is reported from Burma, Indo-China, Penang, Malacca, and 
Sumatra, and its range is now extended to the Philippines by the identifica- 
tion of several specimens from the Archipelago. Our material agrees with 
the descriptions, the figure, and specimens from Indo-China identified by 
Finet & Gagnepain as Uvaria micrantha Hook. f. & Th. 
