254 The Philippine Journal of Science 1020 
but distinguished from it and its congeners by a number of 
characters. 
HORSFI ELD! A RAMOSII sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis et inflorescentiis et foliis subtus secus 
costam castaneo-stellato-pubescens, ramulis ultimis haud linea- 
tis; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 13 ad 
17 cm longis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter acute acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 15, reticulis laxis, subobsoletis ; inflorescentiis 
5 axillaribus, 2 ad 3 cm longis, paucifloris, racemosis vel de- 
pauperato-paniculatis ; floribus globosis, 2 mm diametro. 
A tree, the branchlets and lower surface of the leaves along 
the midrib stellate-pubescent with short, castaneous hairs, the 
indumentum somewhat deciduous, the branches glabrous, the 
ultimate branchlets without longitudinal lines. Leaves oblong 
to oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 13 to 17 cm long, 4 to 6 cm 
wide, narrowed below to the acute or somewhat decurrent base, 
and above to the slenderly and sharply acuminate apex; lateral 
nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, obscurely anasto- 
mosing, the reticulations lax, indistinct or obsolete; petioles 8 
to 12 mm long, stellate-pubescent when young, becoming gla- 
brous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary and from the axils of 
fallen leaves, stellate-pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long, few-flowered, 
racemose or depauperate-paniculate, the primary branches when 
present few, about 3 mm long. Perianth glabrous, globose or 
ovoid, 2-valved, about 2 mm in diameter, the pedicels about 2 
mm long. 
Bucas Grande, Bur . Sci. 350J+7 Ramos & Pascasio, June 11, 
1919, in dry forests at low altitudes. 
This species is apparently most closely allied to Horsfteldia 
obscurinervia Merr., but is readily distinguished by its casta- 
neous, stellate indumentum on the branchlets, inflorescences, 
and lower surface of the leaves. The two species are not, how- 
ever, directly comparable, as of the latter the staminate flowers 
are known and of the species described above only the pistillate 
ones. 
MYRISTiCA Linnaeus 
M YR1STICA LAXIFLORA sp. nov. 
Arbor, subtus foliis et ramulis et inflorescentiis ferrugineo- 
pubescens; foliis lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, 
10 ad 15 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice acutis 
vel leviter acuminatis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus subcupreis, 
