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the fruits ferruginous-pubescent, otherwise glabrous (inflores- 
cences unknown) . Leaves coriaceous, oblong, 13 to 18 cm long, 
4 to 5.5 cm wide, the base obtuse to rounded, the apex obtuse 
or very broadly obtuse-acuminate, the lower surface distinctly 
paler than the upper, sometimes slightly glaucous ; lateral 
nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, somewhat impressed 
on the upper surface, slightly projecting on the lower surface, 
the reticulations nearly obsolete; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. 
Fruits solitary, ellipsoid or cylindric, brown and minutely fer- 
ruginous-pubescent when mature, rugose, about 7 cm long, the 
seed smooth, shining, about 4 cm long, the aril laciniate nearly 
to the base. 
Luzon, Cagayan Province, San Vicente, For. Bur. 2^277 Ber- 
nardo, August 12, 1915, in dense forests at low altitudes with 
the local Negrito name ngabngab. 
A species apparently belonging with Myristica philippensis 
Lam. but with much smaller, entirely glabrous leaves. 
KNEMA Loureiro 
KNEMA ACUMINATA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 12 m alta, ramulis fructibusque ferrugineo- 
pubescens; foliis subcoriaceis, lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 
3 ad 13 cm longis, basi acutis, sursum angustatis, tenuiter acu- 
minatis, supra subolivaceis, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, vix 
glaucescentibus, nervis utrinque 8 ad 12, perspicuis; fructibus 
subglobosis ad ovoideis, 1.5 ad 2 cm longis. 
A tree, about 12 m high, the branchlets and fruits ferruginous- 
pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceo- 
late, entire, 9 to 13 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide, the base acute 
or somewhat decurrent-acuminate, the apex slenderly acuminate, 
the upper surface somewhat olivaceous, glabrous, the lower pale 
but scarcely glaucous, glabrous or nearly so; lateral nerves 
distinct, 8 to 12 on each side of the midrib, the reticulations 
fine, rather close; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Fruits subglobose 
to ovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long, ferruginous-pubescent, their pedicels 
about 7 mm long, usually 3 borne on a common, very short, 
axillary peduncle at most 5 mm in length. 
Luzon, Isabela Province, Ilagan, For. Bur. 11266 Klemme, 
May 18, 1908, in dense level forests at low altitudes. 
A species probably most closely allied to Knema vidalii Warb., 
but easily distinguished by its slenderly acuminate, few-nerved 
leaves. 
