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oblong-lancoolate to olliptical-lanceolate, glabrous, subcoriaceous, shin- 
iug above, pale and somewhat glaucous beneath, 10 to Id cm. long, 2 
to 3 cm. wide, the base acute, slightly inerpiilateral, the aj)ex acute oi' 
ol)scurely sharp acuminate; nerves about 15 on each side of the midril), 
indi,stinct, scarcely more prominent than the secondary nerves and lax 
reticulations; petioles glabrous, 5 mm. long. Flowers in fascicles of 1 
to 10 or more on the branches below the leaves, the pedicels slender, 
glabrous, 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long. Caly.x pubescent, the lobes orbiculai- 
reniforni, rounded, about 1.2 mm. long, wider than long. Petals G, 
2-seriate, equal, narrowly ohlong blunt, not or but slightly narrowed 
above, puberulent, 1.6 to 2 cm. long, 4 mm. wide. Stamens about 1 
mm. long, nearly as wide, the connective very shortly produced, truncate, 
concealing the cells. Ovaries many, glabrous, oblong, 1 mm. long, the 
ovules 2, on the ventral suture; stigma elliptical-ovoid, equaling the 
ovary in size. Fruit unknown. 
Mindoro, Boiigabong River (1447 ^YJnt.ford) February 23, 190G (type); (3712 
17. L. Merritl) Mareli 2(1, 1900. Delta of tlie river sliglitly above sea level, in 
fore.sts. A species apparently related to Unona desiixnil lia Hook. f. et Tli., l)ut 
([uite distinct from that species. The flowers have the same color and odor as 
C(iuan;innn. odoraimn Baill. 
MYRISTICACE.E. 
MYRISTICA L inn. 
Myristica nivea Merrill sp. nov. 
A tree aboiit 12 m. high, glabrous. Branches terete, striate, glabrous 
except the innovations. Leaves chartaceons, oblong, the base rounded, the 
apex acute, glabrous above and somewhat shining, beneath glalirous, white, 
the midvein thick; nerves 14 to 15 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
curved, brown, anastomosing near the margin, the secondary and tertiary 
nerves indistinct, the reticulations lax; petioles glabrous, sulcate, rugose 
when dry, 1 to 3 cm. long. Staminate inflorescence axillary, few flowered, 
the peduncle very short, the pedicels 3 mm. long, ferruginous pubescent, 
shorter than the flowers. Flowers suliovoid, 7 to 9 mm. long, fasciculate, 
outside rufous-pubescent, inside glabrous, three parted for the upper one- 
fouith or one-fifth, the basal bract broadly ovate, obtuse, pubescent 
outside. Anthers aliout 10, 3 to 4 mm. long, narrowly linear, connate, 
glahrous, the stipe shorter than the column. Fruit solitary, short and 
thickly pediceled, broadly ovoid, suldruncate or rounded at the base, 
rounded at the apex, densely rufous juiliescent or puberulent, 3 cm. long, 
file pericarp thick, the aril laciniate nearly to, the base, the areolae narrow. 
Basilan (3454 Hutchinson) December, 1905 (Staminate flowers). Mindanao, 
District of Zamboanga, San Ramon (Copeland) March, 1905 (fruit). 
A species apparently most closely related to Myristica mindanacnsis Warb., of 
the known Philippine species of this genus, differing from it in its fewer nerved 
leaves, fasciculate, ninch larger flowers, and other characters. Myrislira. nirca 
