xi, c, i Merrill: Plants from Sorsogon Province, Luzon 9 
GONIOTHALAMUS Blume 
GON IOTH ALA M US BRUNNEUS sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis 
oblongis, coriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 22 cm 
longis, apice brevissime abrupte acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus, distinctis; floribus rubris, soli- 
tariis, e axilis defoliatis, circiter 5.5 cm longis, petalis exterio- 
ribus circiter 2 cm latis; stylis tenuibus, elongatis; ovulis 1. 
A shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous except the slightly 
pubescent parts of the flower. Branches and branchlets terete, 
pale-brownish. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, brown and shining 
when dry, 15 to 22 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex very shortly 
and abruptly blunt-acuminate, base acute, the lower surface 
paler than the upper, smooth; lateral nerves slender, distinct, 
brown, about 10 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the 
primary reticulations slender, lax ; petioles stout, 5 to 8 mm long. 
Flowers red, in the axils of fallen leaves, solitary, their pedicels 
stout, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Sepals broadly ovate, coriaceous, 
rounded, glabrous, about 8 mm long. Outer three petals coria- 
ceous, oblong, at maturity about 5.5 cm long and 2 cm wide, 
acute, glabrous or with few, minute, scattered, shining, brownish 
hairs; inner three petals thickly coriaceous, oblong-ovate, 1.5 
cm long, 8 mm wide, somewhat pubescent. Stamens indefinite, 
3 to 3.5 mm long, linear, flat. Carpels indefinite, narrowly 
oblong, appressed-hirsute, 2 mm long ; ovules solitary ; style 
slender, glabrous, about 3 mm long; stigma slightly enlarged, 
obscurely and minutely 2-toothed. 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Bulusan Volcano, Bur. Sci. 23680 Ramos, 
September 6, 1915, on damp forested slopes. 
In many respects this species resembles Goniothalamus mindanaensis 
. Merr. ( G . philippinensis Elm.), especially in its leaf characters. It is 
readily distinguished, however, by its oblong inner petals which are 5.5 
cm long and 2 cm wide, those of the species mentioned above being very 
broadly ovate, 3.5 to 4 cm in width. 
LAURACEAE 
CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 
CRYPTOCARYA AFFINIS sp. nov. 
Species C. ilocanae Vid. similis et affinis, differt foliis in sic- 
citate brunneis, nitidis, glabris, nervis utrinque 2 vel 3, ramis 
ramulisque brunneis, laevis, glabris. 
A tree, quite glabrous except the inflorescence which is spar- 
ingly appressed pubescent. Branches and branchlets slender, 
