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brown hairs, the pedicels about 1 cm long, with more numerous 
similar hairs. Seeds 2, rarely 3, about 1 cm long and 5 mm thick, 
prominently ruminate. 
Basilan, near Singal, For. Bur. 18958 Miranda, September 26, 1912, 
altitude about 160 meters. 
A very strongly marked species readily distinguishable by its very large, 
prominently nerved leaves, its solitary cauline flowers, and its cylindric, 
rostrate-acuminate fruits. It apparently belongs in the group with Gonio- 
thalamus curtisii King. 
GONIOTHALAMUS AMU YON (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Uvaria amuyon Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 463. 
Unona cauliflora Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 323; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 235. 
Melodorum fulgens F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 7, non Hook. f. & Th. 
Goniothalamus gitingensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1710. 
The species recently described by Elmer as Goniothalamus gitingensis 
is quite identical with the foi'm I interpret as Uvaria amuyon Blanco. It is 
not an abundant species in the Philippines, but is widely distributed. I 
refer here the following specimens: Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, For. 
Bur. 56^2 Klemme: Province of Pangasinan, Alberto: Province of Batangas, 
Ramos: Sibuyan, Elmer 12507. Bohol, Bur. Sci. 1229 McGregor. Its 
name in Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan is sagiat; in Batangas and in Bohol 
amuyong or amuyon, and its fruits are used for medicinal purposes. An 
allied form occurs in Tayabas, appearing under the Tagalog name amuyong, 
but it does not agree as well with Blanco’s description as does the present 
form. 
