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inside. Stamens 4, the filaments about 4.5 mm long, flattened, 1 mm 
wide and of about the same width throughout, the anterior face at the 
base of the anther bearded with long hairs; anthers about 1 mm long, 
the back and apex of the connective very densely bearded with numerous, 
pale, rather stout, soft hairs about 4 mm long, the tips of the hairs 
somewhat club-shaped. Disk prominent, truncate. Ovary conical, gla- 
brous, strongly wrinkled, tipped by the very short style. 
Basilan, Hallier s. n., January, 1904 (type). Mindanao, District of Zam- 
boanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9176 Whitford & Hutchinson, December 9, 1907, 
in dipterocarp forests at an altitude of about 20 m. 
A species in gross characters very similar to Urandra apicalis Thwaites, of 
Ceylon, but distinguished at once by its truncate calyx. 
Uranttra elliptica sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra circiter 30 m alta; foliis coriaceis, ellipticis vel late 
ellipticis, utrinque late rotundatis vel apice abrupte brevissime acumi- 
natis, coriaceis, nitidis, circiter 10 cm longis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5; 
fructibus globosis, 1.5 cm diametro. 
A glabrous tree about 30 m high, the trunk 90 cm in diameter. Branches 
terete, smooth, brown-olivaceous or reddish-brown. Leaves alternate, 
coriaceous, shining and of about the same color on both surfaces, elliptic 
or broadly elliptic, 8 to 11 cm long, 6 to 9 cm wide, equally and very 
broadly rounded at both ends, or the apex very abruptly and shortly 
acuminate; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, distant, curved- 
ascending and faintly anastomosing, the reticulations lax, not prominent ; 
petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescence (young) axillary, peduncled, 
of three or four spicately arranged, short branches, each branch with 
about 6 pairs of densely imbricated, distichous, broadly ovate, brown, 1 mm 
long bracteoles. Flowers unknown. Fruit globose, yellow and somewhat 
fleshy when fresh, about 1.5 cm in diameter, one or two developing from 
each branch of the inflorescence, the rachis slightly elongated, thickened, 
the peduncles of the fruits stout, 1 to 1.5 cm long. ' 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Duale, For. Bur. 20003 Topacio, September 14, 
1909, in semi-open flat country, altitude about 100 m. 
Well characterized by its broadly elliptic leaves. 
SABIACEiE. 
MELIOSMA Blume. 
Meliosma reticulata sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, circiter 4 m alta, ramulis, foliolis ad nervos, petiolis, 
paniculisque dense f errugineo-villosis ; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 5 
ad 11, ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, utrinque valde reticulatis, 
apice rotundatis vel abrupte brevissime acuminatis, margine distanter 
denticulatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, prominentibus ; paniculis termina- 
libus, foliis subaequalibus ; floribus numerosis, subsessilibus. 
