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MERRILL. 
about 3 mm long, sessile or short pedicellate, the bracteoles small. Calyx- 
tube about 1.5 mm long, pubescent, cylindric; perianth-lobes pubescent 
on the outside, subequal, oblong, about 2 mm long, acute or blunt. 
Stamens as in other species of the genus, the filaments short, glabrous. 
Staminodes 1.5 mm long, stipitate, acuminate. Fruit unknown. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga ( ?), For. Bur. 65^8 Hutchinson, March, 1907. 
N. v., Ducatcin, Masagcunadug. 
A species well characterized by its leaves which are shining and glabrous above, 
and nearly white beneath, the midrib and lateral veins ferruginous, the reticula- 
tions not distinct, and its panicles which are about one-half as long as the leaves. 
The timber is used for house-posts. 
Cryptocarya palawanensis sp. nov. 
Arbuscula circiter 3 m alta; foliis cliartaceis, oblongis, usque ad 35 
cm longis, 10 cm latis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, utrinque glabris, 
costa nervisque exceptis; nervis utrinque circiter 15; paniculis axillaribus, 
foliis multo brevioribus, pubescentibus ; perianthiis segmentis subaequali- 
bus, pubescentibus, 2.5 mm longis; fructibus ovoideis, 1.5 cm longis, 
nigris, nitidis, glabris. 
A shrub about 3 m high. Branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 
chartaceous, oblong, up to 35 cm long, 10 cm wide, the apex rather 
strongly acuminate, the base acute, somewhat shining and glabrous on 
both surfaces except the midrib and lateral nerves which are somewhat 
pubescent, the upper surface olivaceous, the lower brownish ; nerves about 
15 on each side of the midrib, beneath very distinct, obscurely anastomos- 
ing, the primary reticulations lax, the ultimate ones dense; petioles 
pubescent, about 1 cm long. Panicles axillary, pubescent, 8 to 10 cm 
long, the branches 3 cm long or less. Flowers pedicellate or sessile, 
pubescent, the tube cjdindric, quickly inflated, somewhat longitudinally 
striate, the perianth-lobes 6, subequal, pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Fruit 
ovoid, black, shining, glabrous, 1.3 cm long. 
Palawan, near the Iwaliig Penal Settlement, For. Bur. JflJfl Curran, April, 
1906, along the banks of tidal streams. 
A species characterized by its rather large leaves and comparatively short 
panicles. 
Cryptocarya pallida sp. nov. 
Arbor vel arbuscula; ramis teretibus nigricantibus, glabris, ramulis 
plus minus pubescentibus; foliis ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, chartaceis, 8 ad 
11 cm longis, 3 ad 5 cm latis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis vel rotundatis, 
supra olivaeeis, glabris, nitidis, subtus subalbidis, parce pubescentibus, 
costa nervis reticulisque brunneis ; paniculis axillaribus, plus minus pubes- 
centibus; fructibus ellipsoideis, 2.5 cm longis, 1.5 cm diametro, glabris, 
nitidis, utrinque apiculatis. 
A shrub or tree, nearly glabrous. Branches terete, dark-colored, glab- 
rous, the branchlets somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, 
ovate to elliptic-ovate, 8 to 11 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, the apex rather 
