x, c, 4 Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae, 111 271 
Leyte, Masaganap, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 1152, September, 1914, in 
forests, altitude about 700 meters. 
A species greatly resembling- Myristica fatua Houtt. and manifestly closely 
allied to it. It differs especially in its much more numerously nerved leaves 
which are ultimately glabrous. It is well characterized among the Philip- 
pine species by its very short, fascicled male inflorescence, the flowers 
arranged at the apices of short, stout, simple or forked tubercles, the 
tubercles generally about 5 mm long and thick. 
LAURACEAE 
BEILSCHMIEDIA Nees 
BE I LSCH M I EDI A NERVOSA (Elm.) comb. nov. 
Linociera nervosa Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1652. 
Beilschmiedia leytensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 357. 
The type of Linociera nervosa Elm. was a fruiting specimen, the dupli- 
cates having been distributed under Pygeum. It is in all respects a Beil- 
schmiedia and excellently matches my type of Beilschmiedia leytensis. Mr. 
Elmer’s specific name, being the earlier, is here retained. I refer here 
also the following specimens: Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, For. Bur. 
17955, 20581 Miranda. Palawan, Lake Manguao, Merrill 9b52. It seems 
to be closely allied to B. sphaerocarpa H. Lecomte, of Indo-China. 
CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 
CRYPTOCARYA PARVIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor, ramulis junioribus subtus foliisque junioribus plus 
minusve ferrugineo-puberulis, ramulis infructescentibusque gla- 
bris; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis ad lanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm 
longis, coriaceis, pallidis, nitidis, subtus glabris glaucescentibus, 
apice acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6 , subtus pro- 
minentibus; fructibus subellipsoideis, glabris, nitidis, in siccitate 
nigris, nitidis, laevis, circiter 12 mm longis. 
A tree, the very young branchlets distinctly ferruginous-puber- 
ulent, the older ones slightly so, becoming glabrous, the very 
young leaves slightly puberulent on the lower surface, otherwise 
glabrous (flowers unknown). Branches slender, terete, dark 
brown, the branchlets slender. Leaves somewhat coriaceous, 
oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm 
wide, apex rather slenderly and gradually acuminate, base acute, 
the upper surface pale or pale olivaceous when dry, very smooth 
and shining, the lower much paler, glaucous- white ; lateral nerves 
5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, 
somewhat ascending and slightly curved, the reticulations dis- 
tinct; petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Panicles apparently short, the 
infructescences 5 cm long or less, terminal, and in the upper 
axils with very few short branches. Fruits subellipsoid, obtuse, 
subequally and slightly narrowed at both ends, smooth and shin- 
ing when dry, black, glabrous, not at all wrinkled or furrowed. 
