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MERRILL. 
COLUMBIA MEGACARPA sp. nov. 
Arbor (22 m alta fide Manalo) ; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, cir- 
citer 20 cm longis, rectis vel leviter falcatis, basi valde oblique 
cordatis, apice longe acuminatis, margine irregulariter repando- 
dentatis, supra, nerviis exceptis, glabris vel subglabris, subtus 
dense molliter cinereo-pilosis ; fructibus dense pubescentibus, 2 
ad 3 cm longis, 3-alatis. 
A tree, 10 m high or more. Branches terete, rather stout, 
brownish, strongly pubescent with long, spreading, yellowish- 
brown hairs. Leaves alternate, oblong, coriaceous, about 20 cm 
long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex rather long acuminate, the base 
strongly and obliquely cordate, both lobes rounded, but one much 
broader than the other, the margins irregularly repand-dentate, 
the upper surface brown, shining when dry, glabrous or nearly 
so except the somewhat pubescent nerves, the lower surface 
softly and densely stellate-pilose with cinereous hairs; petioles 
stout, densely pilose with spreading hairs ; basal nerves reaching 
to or above the middle of the leaf. Flowers unknown. Panicles 
in fruit ample, terminal and in the upper axils, pilose with long, 
soft, spreading, yellowish-brown hairs. Fruits oblong-ovoid in 
outline, 3-winged, 2 to 3 cm long, nearly 2 cm wide, densely 
subcinereous-pubescent or puberulent throughout, the portions 
opposite the seed-bearing parts also densely pilose with long, 
spreading hairs. 
Palawan, about one mile north-east of Tanabag, For. Bur. 7^16 Manalo, 
December, 1906, in flat forests near sealevel, locally known as anilao. 
A species manifestly allied to Columbia serratifolia (Cav.) DC., but 
distinguished at once by its very much larger fruits. The fruits are 
considerably larger than those of any other species of the genus known to 
me, and apparently dehisce tardily. 
Imperfect material, possibly a mixture, collected in Palawan by Mr. 
Curran (For. Bur. 3587), may also be referable here. 
GREWIA L. 
GREWIA EDULISsp. nov. § Omphacarpus. 
Arbor parva, ramulis subtus foliis inflorescentiisque simpli- 
citer pilosis; foliis breviter petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, subcoria- 
ceis, usque ad 18 cm longis, acuminatis, aequilateralibus, integris ; 
fructibus pyriformibus, carnosis, 2.5 ad 3 cm longis, puberulis. 
A small tree, the branchlets, petioles, inflorescence, and lower 
surface of the leaves more or less pubescent with simple, not 
stellate, hairs. Branches terete, grayish-brown, glabrous, the 
branchlets rather densely pubescent with short, brownish, spread- 
ing hairs. Leaves oblong-ovate, equilateral, 15 to 18 cm long, 5 
