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ANTIDESMA Bunn. 
Antidesma cordato-stipulaceum sp. nov. 
Arbuscula glabra 2 ad 3 m alta; foliis oblongis, chartaceis vel sub- 
coriaceis, nitidis, prominente acummatis, apiculatis, usque ad 20 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque 12 ad 14; stipulis persistentibus, foliaceis, late 
ovatis vel suborbieularibus, basi cordatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis; floribus 
masculinis spicatis, 4- vel 3-meris, calycibus subtruncatis ; staminibus 3. 
rariter 4; floribus femineis racemosis, calycibus breviter obscureque 
5-dentatis, stigmatibus subterminalibus ; fructibus in sicco compressis, 
1 cm longis, basi rotundatis, apice obscure acuminatis. 
A glabrous shrub 2 to 3 m high. Branches slender, terete, glabrous, 
light-gray. Leaves oblong, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, shining, 12 to 
20 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, entire, the apex rather prominently acuminate, 
the acumen blunt, apiculate, base rounded or acute; nerves 12 to 14 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, curved-spreading, anas- 
tomosing; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules foliaeeous, broadly ovate to 
suborbicular, 1 to 2.5 cm long, 1.5 cm wide or less, apex acute, rounded, 
or sometimes somewhat acuminate, base broad, cordate, usually clasping 
the stem. Staminate inflorescence very slender, of 5 to 10 cm long more 
or less fascicled spikes from the leaf axils, or from axils below the leaves ; 
flowers minute, about 1.2 mm in diameter, glabrous, sessile, solitary, 
more or less scattered, the calyx somewhat saucer-shaped, subtruncate or 
very obscurely toothed; stamens usually 3, rarely 4, their filaments 0.5 
mm long. Pistillate inflorescence of slender, axillary, solitary racemes, 
15 cm long or less; flowers more or less scattered in the lower portion, 
somewhat crowded above, their pedicels 1 mm long or less, each subtended 
by a minute, oblong, 0.5 mm long bracteole; calyx somewhat cupshaped, 
obscurely 5-toothed, the margins minutely pubescent; ovary glabrous, 
ovoid; styles terminal or subterminal. Fruit, when dry, compressed, 
narrowly ovate, somewhat inequilateral, base rounded, apex somewhat 
acuminate, 1 cm long, reticulate, reddish, crowned by the somewhat 
falcate styles. 
Mindoro, Baco River, Merrill 1807 , .1(048, the former with pistillate flowers, 
the latter with staminate ones, McGregor 179, 311, the former with pistillate 
flowers, the latter with fruits; Subaan, For. Bur. 6794 Merritt, with staminate 
flowers. 
A very characteristic species, readily recognized by its comparatively large, 
persistent, ovate, cordate, foliaeeous stipules, as well as by its very slender 
inflorescence, the staminate being spicate, and the pistillate racemose. 
Antidesma subcordatum sp. nov. 
Arbor 10 ad 15 m alta, ramulis, inflorescentiis, foliisque plus minus 
pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis vel ovato-oblongis, usque ad 12 cm longis, 
membranaceis vel chartaceis, plus minus nitidis, utrinque dense molli- 
terque pubescentibus, apice acuminatis, basi cordatis, subcordatis vel 
