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a])pressed scale-like liairs, the ii])})er surface quite glabrous or with few 
scales ou the uiiclrib, the margins spinulose serrate, often obscurely so, 
the apex short acuminate, narrowed below to the acute liase; nerves about 
Id on l)oth sides of the uiidi’ib, distinct beneath, anastomosing, the reticu- 
lations netted, distinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm. long. Chmies few tlowere^d, 
strigose, the bracts and bracteoles linear, acute or ajhculate, 3 to 4 mm. 
long, 1 mm. wide. Flowers pink, about 13 mm. in diameter. Sepals 
.-), equal, oblong-ovate of oblong-obovate, ti mm. long, 4 mm. wide, 
rounded at the a]»ex, ontside ferruginous puljescent or ])uberulent and 
bc'set with ])ale, strigose, awl-shaped, scale-like hairs 1 to 2 mm. long. 
Corolla glabrous, the lobes 5, oblong-ovate, irregularh'" retuse at the apex, 
about 7 mm. long, 4 to 5 mm. wide. Stamens 20; filaments more or less 
united, about 2.5 mm. long; anthers nearly 3 mm. long. Ovary minutely 
densely pubescent, 3-celled ; styles 3, al)o,ut 3 mm. long, slightly united 
at the base. 
Luzon, I’rovince of t’izal, Eosol)oso {2002, Ahern’s collecior) ^Marcli, j\Iay, 
1 >)»;■). 
AMOLA( 'EA:. 
Rl NOREA Anbl. 
Rinorea palawanensis s]i. nov. ^ Froi licsin. 
A shruli 2 to 4 m. high with membranous, nearlv glabrous, oblong to 
obovate-oldong, acumijiate leaves and few, axillary, fascicled or race- 
mosely disposed dowers, the anther cells with a short mucro, the con- 
nective with a large, ovate ap])endage. Braiiches gray, becoming gla- 
brous, the younger ones somewhat ])ubescent. Leaves alternate. 15 to 27 
cm. long, ti to 9 cm. wide, ii'regularly crenate-dentate to subentire, shin- 
ing, ])aler beneath, slightly jmbescent on the nerves and midrib l)eneath. 
becoming quite glabrous, usually rather ]).rominently acuminate, narrowed 
below to the ratlier abruptly acute, often somewhat inecpiilateral base; 
nerves 12 to 13 on each side of the midrib, distinct, distant 1.5 to 3 cm., 
anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct. Flowers fascicled or in 
short few dowered racemes, about 5 mm. long, greenish, the intlorescence 
pubescent, the })edicels (i mm. long or less, the sejmls and petals accre.scent 
in fruit and ])crsistent. Se])als narrowly ovate, acute, densely hirsute 
pubescent outside, less so within. Petals narrowly ovate, acute, 3 to 4 
mm. long, somewhat pubescent outside. .Stamens from the margin of 
the disk; anthers broadly ovate, 1.5 to 1.7 mm. long, each cell tipped 
with, short mucro 0.3 mm. long or less, the connective with a broad, ovate, 
acute, subhyaline a])pendage from the middle, nearly 1.5 jnm. long. 
Ovary somewhat ferruginous hirsute; style 2 mm. long, naiTowed above. 
Ca])sule ovoid, 1 cm. long, obtusely ob.scurely 3-angled, glabrous or with 
few ferruginous hairs. .Seeds few, glabrous, shining. 
Palawan, Puci-to Princesa (252 Hermejas) Itoceiiiher, DO"); (;P520 Curran) 
.lanimrv, P)0(i. In forests. 
