ix, c, 5 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, II 471 
solitary or in pairs, apparently short, the rachis in fruit 2 cm 
long or less. Fruits few, ovoid, about 1.5 cm in diameter 
(immature), rather densely ferruginous-villous, pale-brown 
when dry, 2- or 3-celled, the pericarp brittle. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, near Goa, For. FjJpr. 21245 Alvarez, 
April 5, 1914, in semi-open country, altitude about 300 m. Bur. Sci. 
20567 Ramos from San Antonio, Province of Laguna, Luzon, probably 
represents the same species, but this specimen is with immature male flowers, 
the indumentum somewhat less dense and paler, and the leaves obscurely 
undulate-dentate. In other characters, so far as the specimens are 
comparable, the two appear to be identical. 
A strongly marked species, recognizable by its ferruginous villous 
indumentum, its prominent acinaciform stipules, and its ovoid, villous 
fruits. 
APOROSA BASILANENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta plus minusve pubescentibus ; foliis 
oblongis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 
tenuiter acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel obtusis, nervis utrinque 
6 ad 8, subtus valde prominentibus, curvato-adscendentibus ; in- 
florescentiis 9 ut videtur pedunculatis (floribus non visis), sub 
fructu 2 ad 4 cm longis, solitariis vel fasciculatis, ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus ; fructibus leviter ferrugineo-pilosis, 2-locellatis, 
anguste ellipsoideis, acutis, in siccitate pallide brunneis, stigmate 
persistentibus, brevissime stipitatis ; seminibus 2. 
A tree about 10 m high, the young branchlets, inflorescence, 
and midrib and nerves on the lower surface of the leaves fer- 
ruginous-pubescent. Branches terete, brownish or grayish, 
glabrous. Leaves firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong 
to oblong-elliptic, 12 to 20 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, entire, the 
apex slenderly and sharply subcaudate-acuminate, the base 
rounded or obtuse, both surfaces rather pale and shining when 
dry, the lower paler than the upper which is entirely glabrous, 
the lower surface ferruginous-pubescent on the midrib and 
lateral nerves ; lateral nerves 6 to 8 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, anas- 
tomosing near the margin, the reticulations distinct; petioles 5 
to 8 mm long, pubescent when young, becoming glabrous. 
Flowers not seen. Female inflorescences solitary or fascicled, 
on the smaller branches in the axils of fallen leaves, ferruginous- 
pubescent, the rachis, in fruit, up to 3 cm long, the fruits sub- 
spicately arranged, their pedicels very short. Mature fruit pale- 
brownish when dry, sparingly ferruginous-pilose with rather 
scattered hairs, narrowly ellipsoid, 2 cm long, acute, the pericarp 
brittle, tardily dehiscing, 2-celled, 2-seeded, the seeds about 1 
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