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tacea, nervis lateralibus sat approximatis procurvis longius 
ante marginem anastomosantibus subtus prominentibus, reti 
venarum supra vix, subtus sat conspicuo, glaberrima, supra 
laevia splendentia, subtus subopaca, olivaceo-viridia, impunc- 
tata, epidermide valde mucigera (muco aqua expanse particulas 
tarde deliquescentes includente), glandulis microscopicis im- 
mersis clavatis aliisque verruciformibus (generis more) ornata; 
paniculae terminales amplissimae, iterum et iterum ramosae, 
rhachi ramisque 3-angularibus sulcatis cymulas (dichasia vel 
cincinnos) stipitatas gerentibus sordide alutaceo-tomentellis ; 
flores generis; fructus abortu 1-locularis, 1-coccus, oblique glo- 
bosus, styli reliquiis ad medium latus apiculatus, loculis abortivis 
infra stylum vix prominulis, reticulato-rugosus, tomento brevi 
setaceo ochraceo-sufferrugineo indutus, intus spadiceus glabrius- 
culus pilis brevibus pachydermicis vix nisi ad seminis inser- 
tionem adspersus; loculorum abortivorum gemmula paullulum 
aucta funiculi margine superiore in membranulam extenuate 
(quasi arilli vestigio sub semine ipso evanido) cincta; semen obo- 
voideum, testa tenuiter coriacea badia ; embryo ovoideus vel sub- 
globosus, cotyledonibus piano-con vexis lateraliter oblique juxta- 
positis stomatophoris amyligeris crystallorum concretionibus 
persitis, radicula infra medium dorsum papilliformi, testae 
foveola excepta. 
Arbor 12-13 m alta, trunco 40 cm crasso. Rami 1 cm crassi. 
Folia petiole ad 12 cm longo adjecto ad 50 cm longa; foliola cum 
petiolulis 8-15 mm longis 12-16 cm longa, 4.5-5 cm lata. Panic- 
ulae 30-50 cm longae, ramis erectis. Alabastra diametro ca. 
3 mm. Fructus (siccus) diametro 1.8 cm. 
In Philippinarum insulis Leyte et Luzon: R. Rosenbluth n. 12631 (Leyte, 
in valleculis silvaticis, alt. 60 m, m. Mart. 1909, fr.; comm, ex Hb. Manil., 
ut et seq.) ; F. W. Darling n. 18689 (Luzon, prov. Tayabas, Guinayangan, 
alt. 30 m, m. Nov. 1909, fl.). 
11. LEPISANTHES VIRIDIS Radik. 
Arbor parva; folia 4-juga, petiole elongate striato subhirsuto; 
foliola opposita, oblonga, breviter acuminata, basi obtusa petio- 
lulis supra sulcatis insidentia, chartacea, nervis lateralibus pro- 
curvis, utrinque viridia, praeter nervum medianum subtus laxe 
pilosum subglabra, glandulis (supra profundius subtus parum) 
immersis omata, epidermide paginae inferioris sparsim (hie illic 
in cellulis geminatis) crystallorum concretiones parvas gerente; 
thyrsi ad foliorum cicatrices fasciculati, sat dense cincinnos sti- 
pitatos gerentes, alabastraque cano-tomentella ; flores mediocres, 
breviter pedicellati; sepala exteriora tomentella, interiora seri- 
