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1914 
basi acutis, integris vel subintegris, usque ad 8 cm longis, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 cum reticulis aequaliter distinctis ; 
fructibus ovoideo-ellipsoideis vel oblongo-ovoideis, leviter pubes- 
centibus, 1-locellatis, pedunculatis, 12 ad 15 mm longis. 
A nearly glabrous shrub or small tree, the buds, the younger 
peduncles, and the fruits more or less pubescent, becoming nearly 
glabrous. Branches slender, terete, grayish, lenticellate. Leaves 
firmly coriaceous, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, somewhat inequi- 
lateral but scarcely falcate, 6 to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, 
gradually tapering upward to the distinctly acuminate apex, 
the base acute to obtuse, margins entire or very distantly and 
obscurely undulate-crenate, usually recurved, when dry rather 
pale and equally shining on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 
7 on each side of the midrib, about equally prominent on both 
surfaces, irregular, often scarcely more distinct than are the 
secondary nerves and the reticulations, the latter as prominent 
on the upper as on the lower surface; petioles 2 to 3 mm long. 
Flowers not seen. Fruits axillary, solitary or fascicled, ovoid- 
ellipsoid to oblong-ovoid, rounded, brown or gray when dry, 
slightly pubescent, 12 to 15 mm long, the pericarp scarcely 
wrinkled when dry, 1-celled, the peduncles about 1 cm long, 
usually slightly pubescent. 
Mindoro, Bur. Sci. 21278, 21311 (type) Escritor, July, 1913, the former 
from near Calapan, the latter from Naujan. 
Probably as closely allied to Cyclostemon monospermus Merr. as to any 
other species, but with prominently acuminate, differently shaped leaves 
and larger fruits. 
CYCLOSTEMON PALAWANENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus partibus junioribus exceptis glaber; 
ramulis tenuibus, teretibus, junioribus plus minusve pubes- 
centibus; foliis chartaceis, integris, oblongo-ovatis ad oblongis, 
aequilateralibus, usque ad 13 cm longis, obscure latissime obtuse 
acuminatis, basi acutis ad rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8 ; 
fructibus axillaribus, depresso-globosis, 2-locellatis, usque ad 11 
mm diametro, junioribus plus minusve adpresse hirsutis, peri- 
carpio crustaceo. 
A shrub about 2 m high, glabrous except the younger parts. 
Branches slender, terete, pale-gray, glabrous, the branchlets 
more or less pubescent, the growing tips somewhat appressed 
ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves firmly chartaceous, olivaceous when 
dry, somewhat shining, equilateral or nearly so, oblong-ovate 
to oblong, 8 to 13 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, entire, apex slightly 
acuminate, the acumen broad, blunt, the base acute to rounded; 
