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face paler than the upper and more prominently setose; lateral 
nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent; petioles 
densely setose, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes axillary, solitary, pe- 
duncled, rather few-flowered, up to 5 cm in length, densely ap- 
pressed-setose, the pedicels up to 1 cm in length, bracts apparent- 
ly small, deciduous. Outer three sepals broadly ovate, densely 
setose, about 6 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, the inner two about 7 
mm long, thinner, glabrous except for the setose median part, 
elliptic-ovate, petaloid. Ovary glabrous, ovoid; styles 3 or 4, 
free to the base, 4 to 5 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Dahican River, Phil. PI. 1134 Ramos (type), 
September, 1912, distributed as Saurauia altissima Zipp.: Province of 
Camarines, Mount Cauayan, Bur. Sci. 22181 Ramos, December, 1913. 
A species manifestly allied to the Bornean Saurauia ferox Korth., but 
differing in many details, and readily distinguished by its fewer lateral 
nerves; in the present species the lateral nerves are about 12 pairs, while 
in Korthals’ species they are about 18 pairs as indicated by his figure. 
SAURAUIA ELMERI sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, ramulis foliis utrinque petiolis flori- 
busque plus minusve setosis; foliis oblongo-obovatis, chartaceis, 
usque ad 11 cm longis, acuminatis, basi obtusis vel subacutis, 
utrinque parce setosis, nervis utrinque circiter 9; floribus axil- 
laribus, solitariis, longe pedicellatis, circiter 1.4 cm diametro, 
stylis 3, basi unitis, 3 ad 4 mrn longis. 
A shrub or small tree, the branches glabrous, pale-brownish, 
the young branchlets rather densely appressecl-setose and some- 
what furfuraceous. Leaves chartaceous, brown when dry, 
oblong-obovate, 8 to 11 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, sharply acumi- 
nate, base narrowed, acute to somewhat obtuse, the lower surface 
paler than the upper, both with scattered setae on the midrib and 
lateral nerves and fewer ones on the reticulations, the setae short, 
subappressed or somewhat spreading, the margins setose-ser- 
rulate; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, promi- 
nent ; petioles setose, 8 to 14 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, 
their pedicels slender, setose, about 1.5 cm long. Sepals ovate, 
obtuse to acute, 4 to 5 mm long, the outer three prominently 
setose with slender, more or less spreading, brownish, 1 to 1.5 
mm long setae, the inner two petaloid, glabrous except for the 
slightly setose median part. Stamens 20, the anthers about 1.6 
mm long. Corolla 1.6 mm in diameter, the lobes oblong-obovate, 
irregularly retuse, about 6 mm long, 3 mm wide. Ovary ovoid, 
glabrous ; styles 3, united for the lower 1 mm, the arms about 3 
mm in length. 
