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rariter rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8 ; infloreseentiis masculinis 
spicatis, spicis densis, densissime pubescentibus, solitariis vel fasciculatis. 
terminalibus, 3 ad 7 cm longis, circiter 3 mm diametro, floribus 5- rariter 
6-meris, calycis lobis brevibus, densissime pubescentibus; infloreseentiis 
femineis spicatis, spicis terminalibus, solitariis ; stigmatibus terminalibus. 
A tree more or less pubegeent in all parts, 10 to 15 m high. Branches 
terete, reddish- or grayish-brown, nearly glabrous, lentieellate, the younger 
branchlets densely and softly pubescent. Leaves oblong to ovate-oblong, 
6 to 12 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, membranaceous or subchartaceous, more 
or less shining, in the typical form densely and softly pubescent on both 
surfaces, entire, the apex rather abruptly and somewhat broadly acu- 
minate, the acumen apiculate, base rather broad, cordate or subcordate, 
sometimes rounded; nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, 
somewhat ascending, laxly anastomosing; petioles softly pubescent, 5 to 
10 mm long. Staminate inflorescence spicate, spikes solitary or fascicled, 
usually terminating the short lateral branchlets, very dense, cylindric, 
very densely pubescent, 3 to 7 cm long, about 3 mm in diameter; calyx 
lobes 5, short, narrowly ovate, acute or obtuse, about 0.G mm long, very 
densely pubescent. Stamens 4 to 6; filaments glabrous, 1.5 to 2 mm 
long. Rudimentary ovary densely lanate. Pistillate inflorescence race- 
mose, the racemes terminating the short lateral branches, solitary, 4 to 6 
cm long, the racliis, calyces and bracteoles densely pubescent, the pedicels 
nearly glabrous ; bracteoles narrowly ovate, more or less acuminate, 1 mm 
long; pedicels glabrous or nearly so, 1 to 1.5 mm long. Calyx cylindric- 
cupshaped, 1 mm in diameter, pubescent, Obscurely 5-toothed. Ovary 
narrowly elliptic, equilateral, with few scattered hairs; styles terminal, 
each cleft, and the arms also cleft. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 111k, k56k Ramos, the former 
with staminate, the latter with pistillate flowers; from the same province also 
Merrill 2813, and For. Bur. 3160 Ahern’s collector. 
A species well characterized by its very dense cylindric staminate spikes 
which are very densely pubescent, its more lax racemose pistillate spikes, and 
its softly pubescent leaves which are acuminate, the base cordate or subcordate 
and usually oblong or ovate-oblong. Probably as closely allied to A. ghaesembilla 
Gaertn., as to any other species, but very different in vegetative characters. 
ACTEPHILA Blume 
Actephila dispersa (Elmer) comb. nov. 
Pimelodendron dispersum Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 308. 
Arbuscula glabra, circiter 3 m alta; foliis submembranaceis, oblongis 
vel obovatis, integris, nitidis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, apice acutis, vel obscure 
acuminatis, vel obtusis, basi subacutis vel abrupte obtusis, nervis utrinque 
9 ad 13; petiolo 2 ad 4 cm longo; floribus ignotis; fructibus axillaribus, 
longe pedunculatis, pendulis, depresso-globosis, circiter 2 cm diametro, 
obscure trigonis, trilocularibus, loculidice dehiscentibus ; seminibus in 
loculis 2. 
