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MERRILL. 
Probably as closely allied to Semecarous perrottetii March., as to any 
other species, but at once distinguished by its indumentum, its more or 
less pubescent fruits (at least the hypocarpium) , and its very large panicles. 
SEMECARPUS OBTUSIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 20 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 
ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, crasse coriaceis, apice late 
rotundatis, basi acutis, in siccitate supra subolivaceis, nitidis, 
subtus pallidis, glaucescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 10, valde 
prominentibus ; paniculis terminalibus pyramidatis, quam folia 
multo longioribus, plus minusve ferrugineo-hirsutis ; floribus 5- 
meris. 
A tree about 20 m high, the branches slender, terete, grayish, 
sparingly lenticellate. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic or sub- 
elliptic, 7 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm wide, the apex very broadly 
rounded, the base abruptly acute, glabrous, when dry the upper 
surface olivaceous, shining, the lower surface pale, glaucous; 
lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent 
on the lower surface, spreading and somewhat ascending, curved, 
anastomosing, the primary reticulations lax, distinct, leaving the 
nerves at right angles, the ultimate ones indistinct; petioles 8 
to 15 mm long. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, about 20 cm long, 
the branches scattered, the lower ones up to 12 cm in length, 
the younger parts rather prominently ferruginous-pubescent or 
hirsute. Flowers subglomerately arranged on the ultimate 
branchlets, sessile, 5-merous, numerous. Male flowers: Calyx 
2 mm in diameter, 5-lobed, the lobes obtuse or rounded. Petals 
oblong-ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm long. Disk ferruginous-pubescent. 
Anthers 0.8 mm long. 
Balabac, in forests, Bur. Sci. 512 Mangubat, March 4, 1906. 
A species distinguishable at once by its elliptic, broadly rounded leaves 
which are olivaceous above and glaucous beneath. 
SEMECARPUS PAUCINERVIA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva circiter 10 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; 
foliis anguste oblongo-obovatis vel oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, 
nitidis, apice late rotundatis, basi acutis, usque ad 9 cm longis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 8, arcuatis, subtus distinctis; paniculis 
leviter hirsutis, laxis, quam folia multo longioribus, multifloris, 
floribus $ in fasciculis racemosis, distincte pedicellatis, 5-meris. 
A small tree about 10 m high. Branches terete, grayish, 
slightly lenticellate, shining, slender, glabrous, the growing parts 
slightly pubescent. Leaves narrowly oblong-obovate to oblong- 
elliptic, 5 to 9 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, coriaceous, the apex 
