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oblong, 3.5 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, slightly pubescent outside, 
apex acute or obtuse, more or less indexed. Staminodes none. 
Ovary oblong-ovoid, somewhat hirsute, 2 mm long; stigma shal- 
lowly cup-shaped, about 1.3 mm in diameter. Fruit narrowly 
ovoid, somewhat compressed, about 2 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, 
wrinkled when dry, the pseudostipe about 8 mm long, the per- 
sistent petals recurved, pulp scanty, the endocarp crustaceous, 
coarsely foveolate. 
Camiguin de Mindanao, Panatayuan, Bur. Sci. 14674 Ramos, March 
28, 1912, in forests, the flowers greenish-yellow. 
Quite distinct from our other Philippine species, Miquelia cumingii Baill., 
and readily recognizable by its prominently reticulate leaves and its sparse 
pubescence of short, pale, hirsute hairs. 
PLATEA Blume 
PLATEA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 
Platea latifolia Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 58, non 
Blume. 
Species P. latifoliae Bl. affinis, differt foliis minoribus, basi 
acutis, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque ferrugineo-lepidotis, 
vix tomentosis, fructibus minoribus. 
A dioecious tree 8 to 20 m high, the branches terete, nearly 
black when dry, glabrous, the branchlets densely lepidote, the 
scales minute, older ones pale, the younger ones ferrugineous. 
Leaves oblong-ovate, coriaceous 7 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 6.5 cm 
wide, the apex rather prominently acuminate, the base acute, 
the upper surface dark-colored when dry, glabrous, somewhat 
shining, the lower pale, densely lepidote; lateral nerves 10 to 
12 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, 
darker colored than the surface itself, usually anastomosing; 
petioles 2 to 3 cm long, more or less lepidote. Male panicles 3 
to 6 cm long, narrow, interrupted, the rachis, branches, and 
calyces ferruginous-lepidote, the scales somewhat ciliate, not 
tomentose, the lower branches 2 cm long or less, the upper ones 
reduced to fascicles of flowers. Flowers sessile, glomerate, 
numerous, the buds globose or depressed-globose. Calyx about 
2 mm in diameter, the sepals nearly free, ovate, acute, about 1 
mm long. Petals narrowly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, slightly 
united at the base, glabrous, 2.5 to 3 mm long. Anthers broadly 
elliptic, about 1.2 mm long. Male racemes axillary, solitary, 
about 2 cm long, 3- to 5-flowered, ferruginous-lepidote, the 
pedicels very stout, 2 to 3 mm long. Calyx somewhat cup- 
shaped, the lobes very broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, about 
2.5 mm long, 3 mm wide. Ovary densely stellate-lepidote, the 
