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19. ASTRONIA PULCHRA Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1885) 136; Cogn. 
in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 1097. 
Astronia cuemosensis Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 4 (1911) 1204. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Ifugao, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19668 McGregor, 
February, 1913: Province of Rizal, Angilog, Loher 6293, March, 1906: 
Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, Elmer 6827, For. Bur. 2757 Meyer 
(both with larger leaves than the type, 8 to 12 cm long) : Province of 
Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 776Jf Curran & Merritt: Province of 
Albay, For. Bur. H.283 Aguilar: Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 105^9 
Curran. Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15361 Ramos. Negros, Cuernos Moun- 
tains, Elmer 10356, 10231^ (type number of A. cuemosensis Elm.); Mount 
Silay, Whit ford 1523. Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Elmer 
11630. 
Var. O BO VAT A var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis obovatis, fructibus majoribus, circiter 
4 mm diametro. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, Bur. Sci. 5013 Ramos, 
November, 1907. 
In vegetative characters, other than the shape of its leaves, and in its 
indumentum this form is quite the same as typical Astronia pulchra Vid. 
The fruits are decidedly larger. 
Astronia pulchra Vid. was based on Vidal 2^5 from Mount Iriga, Province 
of Camarines, Luzon, and it has been interpreted here from the description 
only. A memorandum received from Kew in 1910, regarding the type, 
states that the type specimen could not then be found, nor could Dr. C. B. 
Robinson find it there a year later. The material here referred to A. pulchra 
agrees in all particulars with the description, and presents comparatively 
little variation in essential characters; the dense, brownish indumentum 
which is composed of small appressed scales distinctly visible under a lens 
is characteristic. 
In describing Astronia cuemosensis as a new species, Mr. Elmer states 
“Quite different from the description of A. pulchra Vid.” A careful exami- 
nation of the type material, and a comparison with Vidal’s description does 
not indicate to me any characters by which A. cuemosensis Elm. can be 
distinguished from A. pulchra Vid; in Astronia cuemosensis the leaves are 
apparently 3-plinerved instead of 3-nerved, but this difference is more 
apparent than real, for the lateral nerves follow the midrib closely to the 
very base of the leaf, leaving the midrib at 3 mm or less above the base. 
The same character is found on some of the other specimens cited here. 
20. ASTRONIA BICOLOR sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 10 ra alta; partibus junioribus foliis inflores- 
centiisque plus minusve lepidotis; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, usque 
ad 13 cm longis, coriaceis, acuminatis, basi decurrento-acumin- 
atis, 3-nerviis vel obscure 3-plinerviis, subtus pallide griseis, 
densissime et minute lepidotis ; paniculis parvis ; floribus 5-meris, 
circiter 2 mm diametro, calycibus extus parcissime lepidotis vel 
subglabris. 
