ix, c, 4 Merrill: Plantae W enzelianae, 11 357 
one-half on both surfaces. Stamens 6, less than 1 mm long. 
Carpels 6, pubescent, about 1 mm long. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, in forests, altitude about 500 meters, 
C. A. Wenzel 682, May 18, 1914. 
Apparently most closely allied to Orophea unguiculata Elm., distin- 
guished by its differently shaped leaves, and more numerous, ascending 
nerves. 
LAURACEAE 
BEI LSCH M I EDI A Nees 
BEI LSCH M I EDI A LEYTENSiS sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, usque ad 20 m alta; foliis oppositis, coriaceis, 
nitidis, oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm 
longis, obtusis vel obscure obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 8, subtus distinctis ; paniculis pseudo-terminali- 
bus, usque ad 9 cm longis, floribus circiter 4 mm longis; fruc- 
tibus anguste obovoideis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, apice rotundatis 
vel minute apiculatis. 
A glabrous tree reaching a height of about 20 meters, the 
branches terete, gray or brownish, the terminal buds oblong- 
ovoid, swollen below, narrowed above into a stout, acuminate 
beak, dark-brown, usually about 1 cm long. Leaves opposite, 
coriaceous, sometimes subcoriaceous, shining, oblong-ovate or 
elliptic-ovate, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 wide, obtuse or shortly 
and obtusely acuminate, base acute, margins usually slightly 
revolute; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, 
distinct, anastomosing, the reticulations rather close, distinct; 
petioles 7 to 17 cm long. Panicles in the uppermost axils, 
pseudo-terminal, few, comparatively few-flowered, about 9 cm 
long. Flowers yellow, 4 mm long, their pedicels about 4 mm 
long, racemosely or subumbellately disposed on the ultimate 
branchlets. Perianth-tube funnel-shaped, about 1.5 mm long, 
the lobes elliptic-oblong, obtuse, about 2.5 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, 
the inner three a little narrower than the outer ones. Fertile 
stamens 9, in three rows, the outer 6 with introrse anthers, the 
inner three with extrorse ones, all anthers 2-celled, the innermost 
row reduced to subsessile or very shortly stalked, broadly ovoid, 
acute staminodes about 1 mm long and wide. Ovary narrowly 
ovoid, glabrous, narrowed upward into the short style, the ovary 
and style about 1.8 mm long. Fruit narrowly obovoid, dark- 
brown, shining, smooth, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 1 to 1.4 cm in dia- 
meter, narrowed below, the apex rounded, often with a small 
apiculus. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 183, 501 (type), the former in fruit, 
June, 1913, the latter with flowers and fruit, September, 1913; For. 
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