NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 
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HOMALIUM Jacq. 
Homalium curranii sp. nov. § Myriantheia. 
Arbor circiter 16 m alta, glabra, inflorescentiis exceptis; foliis oblongo- 
ellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acutis, margine leviter 
crenatis, nervis utrinque 8 ; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, 
paniculatis, folia aequantibus, dense pubescentibus ; floribus 4- vel 5- 
meris; sepal is anguste oblongis, 5 mm longis, pubescentibus; petalis 
sepalis aequilongis, oblongo-spatulatis ; staminibus brevibus, 12 vel 15. 
A tree about 16 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
brown, terete, lenticellate. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 18 to 20 cm long, 
7 to 9 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, acute at both ends, margins slightly 
crenate ; nerves 8 on each side of the midrib ; rather distinct beneath, 
the reticulations rather close; petioles stout, rugose, 1 cm long, Panicles 
terminal and axillary, as long as the leaves, densely pale-pubescent, the 
branches scattered, spreading, few, the lowest ones often 10 to 12 cm 
long, bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, pubescent 4 to 5 mm long, the 
bracteoles similar but much smaller. Mowers greenish-white, very 
shortly pedicelled, racemosely disposed, the buds densely pale-pubescent. 
Sepals four or five, narrowly oblong, obtuse, densely pubescent, 5 mm 
long, 1.5 nun wide. Petals as long as the sepals, less pubescent, oblongo- 
spatulate, obtuse, 1.8 mm wide, base narrowed. Stamens in groups of 
threes opposite each petal; filaments glabrous, about 1 mm long. Ovary 
villous ; styles usually four, glabrous, short. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, near Twin Peaks, For. Bur. 10811 Curran, De- 
cember, 1908, on river banks. 
A species allied to Homalium luzoniense F.-Vill., and to H. villarianum Vid., 
but quite distinct from both in its floral characters. 
HYDNOCARPUS Gaertn. 
Hydnocarpus subfalcata sp. nov. 
Arbor subglabra 5 ad 15 m alta, dioica; foliis subcoriaceis vel coriaceis, 
oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis rectis vel leviter subfalcatis, glabris, 
nitidis, valcle caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis vel rariter obtusis, integris, 
nervis utrinque 5, obliquis, prominentibus ; floribus axillaribus, femineis 
solitariis, pedicellatis, masculinis paniculato-racemosis, sepalis petalis 
staminibusque 5; fructibus pyriformibus, usque ad 6 cm longis, dense 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus, basi valde angustatis. 
A subglabrous dioecious tree 5 to 15 m high. Branches terete, slender, 
gray, the younger branch lets often brown, the growing tips more or less 
ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves alternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-lan- 
ceolate or lanceolate, 8 to 15 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, coriaceous or 
subcoriaceous, straight or slightly subfalcate, shining, usually brownish 
when dry and paler beneath, the margins entire, the apex strongly 
caudate-acuminate usually falcate, the acumen blunt, the base acute, rarely 
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