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region and is not known from any other locality. Cuming 1236, 
from Ilocos Norte Province, is an excellent match for the type. 
Bur. Sci. 7626, 7667 Ramos and For. Bur. 15222 Merritt & 
Darling, from the same province, also represent the same species. 
The flowers are typical of Pavetta, differing from the majority 
of the species in the genus in being 5-merous rather than di- 
merous; the fruits are 2-celled, each cell with a single cupped 
seed. 
T! MON I US de Candolle 
TIMON1US AURICULATUS sp. nov. 
Species T. hirsuto affinis, differt foliis basi perspicue auricu- 
lato-cordatis. Frutex vel arbor parva, ramulis et foliis et in- 
florescentiis perspicue hirsutis; foliis chartaceis ad coriaceis, in 
siccitate brunneis, oblongo-obovatis, 9 ad 20 cm longis, apice 
rotundatis ad late acutis, deorsum angustatis, basi perspicue 
auriculato-cordatis, nervis utrinque circiter 9 ; inflorescentiis 
pedunculatis, dichotomis, 3 ad 5 cm longis, ramis primariis 1 ad 
2 cm longis; floribus paucis, sessilibus, calycis truncatis, per- 
spicue longe hirsutis. 
A shrub or small tree, the branchlets, leaves, and inflorescences 
prominently hirsute with long, spreading, brownish hairs, the 
branches glabrous, terete. Leaves chartaceous to coriaceous, 
brown when dry, oblong-obovate, 9 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 9.5 cm 
wide, the apex rounded to broadly acute, the base narrowed and 
distinctly auriculate-cordate, 8 to 40 mm across the basal lobes; 
lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, rather slender, 
distinct, curved-ascending, the reticulations evident; petioles 4 
to 10 mm long, hirsute; stipules deciduous. Inflorescences in the 
uppermost axils, peduncled, 3 to 5 cm long, dichotomous, the 
peduncles up to 3 cm in length, the two branches 1 to 2 cm in 
length. Flowers usually 4 to 6 on each branch, sessile, the 
calyces 1.5 to 2 mm in length, truncate, densely hirsute with 
long, spreading, pale brownish hairs up to 4 mm in length. Co- 
rolla not seen. 
Dinagat, Bur. Sci. 35190 (type), 35212 Ramos & Pas casio, 
May, 1919. In forests at low altitudes. 
This species is manifestly closely allied to Timonius hirsutus 
(Elm.) comb. nov. ( Greenia hirsuta Elm., Timonius trichophorus 
Merr.), from which it is at once distinguished by the auriculate- 
cordate leaf bases. The indumentum on the present species is 
very characteristic, consisting of long, spreading, pale brownish 
hairs, these being rather densely disposed on the branchlets and 
