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finite, about 1 mm long. Carpels about 8, oblong, appressed- 
hirsute, about 1 mm long; ovules about 4. 
Luzon, Cagayan Province, near Tuguegarao, Bur. Sci. 22733 
Castillo, April 15, 1915, in thickets at low altitudes; Penablanca, 
Adduru 1I^3, sterile, June, 1917. 
This species is well characterized by its lanceolate, elongated 
exterior petals and its long-clawed interior ones, the limbs of 
the latter being broadly ovate-hastate. 
OXYMITRA Hooker f. and Thomson 
OXYMITRA MULTINERVIA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, partibus vetustioribus glaber vel subglaber; 
foliis ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate 
brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, utrinque late rotundatis 
vel apice leviter jretusis; nervis utrinque circiter 22, subtus 
valde prominulis; fructibus ellipsoideis ad obovoideis, 1 ad 1.5 
cm longis, glabris. 
A scandent shrub, in age nearly glabrous. Branches terete, 
brownish, nearly smooth, glabrous, the branchlets sparingly pu- 
bescent, Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, brown 
when dry, shining, the lower surface a little paler than the 
upper, not at all glaucous, 13 to 20 cm long, 8 to 12 cm wide, 
broadly rounded at both base and apex, the lower surface very 
sparingly pubescent along the midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 
about 22 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 
surface, the reticulations subparallel, distinct; petioles 1 to 1.5 
cm long. Fruits dark-brown when dry, glabrous, hard, ellipsoid 
to obovoid, 1 to 1.5 cm long, their pedicels 8 to 12 mm in length. 
Catanduanes, on forested slopes back of Calolbong, Bur. Sci. 
SOJfSe Ramos, December 10, 1917. 
This species somewhat resembles Oxymitra longiflora Merr. 
and the very closely allied and perhaps identical O, ohtusifolia 
Elm., but is readily distinguished by its much more numerous 
lateral nerves. 
OXYMITRA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens partibus junioribus parce ferrugineo-pubes- 
centibus; foliis obovatis ad ellipticis, usque ad 20 longis et 12 
cm latis, basi cordatis, interdum leviter inaequilateralibus, apice 
late rotundatis, truncatis, vel obscure brevissime apiculatis, ner- 
vis utrinque circiter 13, subtus valde prominentibus, supra, costa 
exceptis, glabris, subtus ad costa nervisque leviter pubescentibus ; 
fructibus numerosis, pedicillatis, subglabris, ovoideo-globosis, 
circiter 8 mm diametro, obscure apiculatis. 
