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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1919 
nervis utrinque circiter 18, valde perspicuis ; floribus axillaribus, 
pedicellatis, circiter 4 cm iongis; calycis lobis 1.5 ad 2 cm longis; 
petalis crasse coriaceis, exterioribus circiter 1.5 cm latis, inte- 
rioribus angustioribus, infra contractis, basi leviter inflatis; 
carpellis anguste oblongis, pubescentibus, ovulis 2, superpositis. 
A shrub, 2 to 3 m high, glabrous except the petioles and the 
midribs on the lower surface toward the base. Leaves char- 
taceous, oblanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, about 50 cm long, 
11 to 18 cm wide, the upper surface grayish when dry, shining, 
the lower surface brownish, apex somewhat acuminate, narrowed 
below the middle to the abruptly rounded and prominently cor- 
date base, the base 5 to 8 cm wide, the basal lobes somewhat 
amplexicaul ; lateral nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, curved, arched, anasto- 
mosing ; petioles \&ry stout, 8 to 10 mm long, pubescent. Flowers 
yellow or reddish-yellow, axillary, solitary, at maturity about 4 
cm long, their pedicels up to 1.5‘ cm long, each with an ovate, 
acuminate, basal bracteole about 1 mm long. Calyx-lobes ovate 
to oblong-ovate, acute or obtuse, chartaceous, 1.5 to 2 cm long. 
Petals about 3.5 cm long, thickly coriaceous, glabrous, the outer 
three about 1.5 cm wide, the inner three about 1 cm wide, acute 
or obtuse and distinctly narrowed below the middle and above 
the slightly inflated base. Stamens indefinite, the anthers oblong, 
2.8 mm long. Carpels numerous, narrowly oblong, pubescent, 
the stigmas densely pilose; ovules 2, superposed. 
Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 30983 (type), 
36873 Ramos & Edano, April and May, 1918, along small streams 
in forests. 
This remarkable species is prominently characterized by its 
unusually large leaves which are narrowed below to the abruptly 
rounded and prominently cordate, somewhat amplexicaul base; 
the petioles are unusually short, some of the leaves being sub- 
sessile. It has no close alliance among the Malayan species 
known to me. 
PSEUDUVARIA Miquel 
PSEUDUVARIA GRANDIFLORA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, plus minusve cinereo-pubescentibus, 
novellis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, usque 
ad 20 cm longis, obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 
nervis utrinque 8 ad 11, curvato-adscendentibus, perspicuis; flo- 
ribus axillaribus, numerosis, fasciculatis, longe pedicellatis, cir- 
citer 1.5 cm longis. 
A tree, about 5 m high, the branches dark grayish-brown. 
