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Flowers apparently fascicled, possibly solitary, axillary, sessile 
or subsessile, 4-merous. Female flowers: Calyx about 3 mm 
long, the lobes somewhat appressed-hirsute, lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Petals 4, narrowly oblong-obo- 
vate, truncate, about one-half as long as the calyx lobes. Ovary 
ovoid, not sulcate, densely hirsute; styles 3.1 mm long, cleft. 
Capsules ovoid or subglobose, crustaceous, slightly longitudinally 
3-sulcate, sparingly pilose, 8 to 10 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, Weber 1562 (type). For. 
Bur. 17796 Curran, Bur. Sci. 13927 Ramos, January, 1912, in forests, alti- 
tude 80 to 180 m, said by Mr. Curran to be one of the commonest shrubs 
in the ridge forests. 
A very characteristic species, distinguished by its narrow, lanceolate, 
short-petioled, long-acuminate, obscurely nerved leaves. In leaf-form it is 
quite different from all the other known Philippine species. 
CYCLOSTEMON Blume. 
CYCLOSTEMON MEGACARPUS sp. nov. 
Species ut videtur C. bordenii Merr. afflnis, differ! fructibus 
multo majoribus, usque ad 3 cm diametro. 
A tree, nearly glabrous (flowers unknown). Branches terete, 
the older ones light-gray, shining, the growing tips more or 
less olivaceous. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, of the same color 
and strongly shining on both surfaces, smooth, glabrous, 11 to 
15 cm long, 3 to 7.5 cm wide, entire, the apex acute or ob- 
scurely acuminate, the base inequilateral, acute on one side of 
the midrib, subacute or somewhat rounded on the other; lateral 
nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent, 
curved-ascending, anastomosing near the margins; petioles 8 to 
10 mm long. Flowers unknown. Fruits globose, 3 cm in di- 
ameter, somewhat gray-pubescent, the indumentum deciduous, 
the pedicels 1.5 cm long, solitary or in fascicles apparently from 
the larger branches or from the trunk, the persistent calyx 
about 8 mm in diameter. Seeds 2 in each fruit. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. H953 Ramos (type), 
June, 1912, Bur. Sci. 13521 Ramos, August, 1910, in forests. 
In vegetative characters the species rather closely resembles Cyclos- 
temon bordenii Merr., but its fruits are very much larger, and are appar- 
ently cauline or borne on the larger branches. 
CYCLOSTEMON RAMIFLORUS sp. nov. 
A praecedente differ! fructibus paullo majoribus, foliis basi 
acutis, aequilateralibus. 
A species manifestly closely allied to Cyclostemon mega- 
carpus, differing in the above characters. Glabrous through- 
out. Branches stout, light-gray, terete. Leaves oblong, coria- 
