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nitidissimis, basi acutis, apice caudato-acuminatis, nervis utrin- 
que 7 ad 10, perspicuis; floribus axillaribus, petalis exterioribus 
late ovatis, obtusis, 2.5 mm longis, interioribus arcuatis, 8 ad 
9 mm longis; staminibus circiter 40. 
A tree, about 7 m high, glabrous except the younger parts 
and the flowers. Branches slender, terete, nearly black when 
dry, glabrous, the branchlets sparingly pubescent. Leaves lan- 
ceolate, 6 to 14 cm long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, chartaceous, strongly 
shining when dry, base acute, narrowed upward to the slenderly 
caudate-acuminate apex, the lower surface slightly pubescent 
on the midrib; lateral nerves 7 to 10 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, anastomosing; petioles 3 
to 5 mm long. Flowers axillary, greenish, solitary or in pairs, 
their pedicels 7 to 10 mm long, finely pubescent, bearing a small 
bract at the middle 1 mm long or less and wider than long. 
Sepals broadly ovate, rounded, pubescent, about 1.8 mm in diam- 
eter. Outer 3 petals broadly ovate, rounded or obtuse, pubescent, 
about 2.5 mm long; inner 3 petals arched, 8 to 9 mm long, pubes- 
cent; the limb 5 mm wide, 2 to 3 mm long, the claw 5 to 6 mm 
in length. Stamens about 40, densely crowded, less than 1 mm 
long. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Sipocot, For. Bur. 25533 Cenabre, 
May 15, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 80 meters. 
A species well characterized in this small genus by its lan- 
ceolate, caudate-acuminate leaves. The specimen presents only 
male flowers. 
POPOWIA Endlicher 
POPOWIA LANCEOLATA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramis tenuibus, glabris, ramulis ferrugineo- 
pubescens; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, 4 ad 6 
cm longis, 1 ad 1.5 cm latis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 
basi cuneatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, supra glabris, subtus 
ad costa nervisque adpresse pubescens; nervis utrinque plerum- 
que 5, tenuibus, adscendentibus, reticulis obsoletis; fruetibus 
globosis circiter 8 mm diametro. 
A tree, about 8 m high, the branches and branchlets terete, 
the former glabrous, nearly black when dry, slender, the latter 
more or less ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, firmly 
chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 4 to 6 cm long, 1 to 1.5 cm wide, 
subequally narrowed to the cuneate base and to the rather 
slenderly acuminate apex, the upper surface glabrous, the lower 
surface paler and appressed-pubescent on the midrib and nerves ; 
lateral nerves slender, ascending, usually 5 on each side of the 
