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MERRILL. 
HOMALANTHUS A. Juss. 
Homalanthus bicolor sp. nov. 
Arbuscula glabra, eirciter 2 m alta; foliis longissime petiolatis, cordato- 
ovatis, breviter acuminatis, basi latis, leviter cordatis, interdum leviter 
peltatis, glabris, chartaceis, supra olivaceis, subtus glaueo-pallidis, nervis 
utrinque 11 ad 15, petiolo 8 ad 20 cm longo ; floribus ignotis ; fructibus 
in racemis congestis, obovoideis vel obovoideo-orbicularihus, compressis, 
griseo-brunneis, loculicide 2-valvatis. 
A glabrous shrub about 2 m high. Young branches dark-brown, 
glabrous. Leaves alternate, very long-petioled, cordate-ovate or subor- 
bicular-ovate, the base broad, cordate, the apex shortly acuminate, entire, 
7 to 13 cm long and nearly as wide, chartaeeous, glabrous, the upper 
surface olivaceous, the lower very pale, subglaucescent ; petiole 8 to 20 
cm long, glabrous, with two more or less prominent glands at the apex, 
sometimes peltately inserted about 5 mm from the margin of the leaf, 
more often marginally inserted; stipules caducous, thin, brown, lanceo- 
late, sharply acuminate, about 7 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit 
crowded, racemose, the racemes about 4 cm long; pedicels spreading or 
somewhat reflexed, about 8 mm long ; fruit obovoid or orbicular-obovoicl. 
compressed, about 8 mm long, grayish-brown, 2-celled compressed at 
right angles to the dehiscence, loculicidally 2-valved, crowned by the style 
which is nearly as long, and which is cleft nearly to the base. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. Jfi'22 M earns 
& Hutchinson, altitude about 350 ni. Moro Topi. 
A species allied to Homalanthus populneus Pax, and to H. fastuosus F.-Vil., 
and somewhat intermediate between the two, distinguishable from the former by 
its much larger leaves and larger fruits, and from the latter by its non- or but 
slightly peltate leaves. 
MACARANGA Thouars. 
Macaranga congestiflora sp. nov. § Pachystemon. 
Arbor parva eirciter 4 m alta ; foliis sub orbicular ibus, subintegris vel 
leviter trilobatis, apice breviter acuminatis, basi late peltatis, supra nitidis, 
subtus paree hirsutis, glandulosis, radiato 8-nerviis; petiolo 10 ad 15 cm 
longo; inflorescentiis axillaribus caulinisque, 1 ad 3 cm longis, femineis 
racemosis, masculinis breviter racemoso-paniculatis, congestis, bracteis 
pectinato-laciniatis, ceraceo-glandulosis, pubescentibus ; ovario 2-4-loc- 
ulare. 
A small tree about 4 m high. Branches dark-brown, glabrous or more 
or less pubescent, the young branc-hlets slightly brownish-pubescent. 
Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, broadly peltate, suborbicular, subentire 
or slightly and broadly 3-lobed,.the apex slightly acuminate, base rounded, 
10 to 20 cm in diameter, subcoriaceous, rather pale when dry, the upper 
surface glabrous, shining, the lower somewhat hirsute, especially on the 
nerves, and with numerous scattered waxy glands; nerves radiate, the 
