x, c, 4 Merrill: Studies on Philippine Anonaceae, I 241 
while King describes the flowers of his specimens as about three-fourths of 
an inch in length; Blume describes the carpels as from 3 to 5 in each flower, 
while King states that he never found more than two. 
The Philippine form, which was determined by Rolfe as Unona virgata 
Blume, I consider to be specifically distinct, and its description follows: 
MEIOGYNE PAUCINERVIA sp. nov. 
Unona virgata Rolfe in Journ. Bot. 23 (1885) 210; Vid. Phan. Cuming. 
Philip. (1885) 92, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 41, non Blume. 
Species M. virgatae affinis et similis, differt fioribus minoribus 
petalis angustioribus foliisque minoribus, nervis utrinque cir- 
citer 6. 
A small tree, 19 m high fide Ramos, the branches slender, 
terete, glabrous, light gray, the branchlets sparingly appressed- 
hirsute. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, usually pale when 
dry, shining on both surfaces, chartaceous, 6 to 12 cm long, 2 
to 3.5 cm wide, the base acute, the apex slenderly and sharply 
acuminate, the upper surface quite glabrous, the lower sparingly 
appressed-hirsute along the midrib and the lateral nerves ; lateral 
nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 
surface, somewhat curved-ascending; petioles slightly pubescent, 
5 to 8 mm long. Flowers greenish-yellow, usually solitary, axil- 
lary, their pedicels very short, pubescent. Sepals densely pubes- 
cent, broadly ovate, obtuse, about 4 mm long. Petals densely 
pubescent on both surfaces, the outer three narrowly lanceolate, 
about 2 cm long, 3.5 mm wide at the base, gradually narrowed 
upward to the long-acuminate but blunt apex; inner petals about 
1.5 cm long, long subcaudate-acuminate from an oblong-ovate 
base which is 5 to 6 cm long and 4 to 4.5 mm wide, concave, the 
margins touching but not conniving, the tips of the inner petals 
free and more or less divergent. Anthers numerous, obovoid, 
about 1.5 mm long, the connectives broad, truncate, concealing 
the anthers. Carpels about 5, oblong-ovate, somewhat flattened, 
2. mm long, pubescent; ovules about 20, in two rows. Fruit 2 
to 4 on each peduncle, ellipsoid, about 6 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm 
in diameter, hard and woody, externally more or less brown- 
pubescent. 
Leyte, in forests near Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15381 Ramos (type), August 
23, 1912, the flowers said to be very fragrant; Cuming 1738 (localized from 
Cuming’s own list o’f localities), Wenzel 6^5. Samar, Philip. PI. 16i0 
Ramos. 
M EIOGYN E LUCIDA Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1715. 
Mindanao, Province of Agusan, Elmer 1898i; For. Bur. 21657 Sherfesee, 
Cenabre, & Ponce. 
