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1. Cleistanthus orgyalis (Blanco) Merr. Bur. Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 
(1905) 75. 
Gluta orgyalis Blanco FI. Filip, ed. 2. (1845) 451. 
G neorum tricoceum Llanos in Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Madrid 4 (1859) 508; non 
Linn. Sp. PL (1753) 34. 
Flowers monoecious, in axillary, scaly-bracted fascicles : male flowers 
borne on densely ferruginous-villose pedicels 1 mm long, calyx 3 mm 
long, divided for nearly 2 mm into 5 lanceolate obtuse lobes, glabrous; 
petals 0.8 mm long, obovate in outline, the claw 0.25 mm long, the lateral 
lobes comparatively short, the terminal lobe comparatively long, obtuse, 
obscurely denticulate ; disk flat, inconspicuous ; androgynophore 1 mm 
long, the filaments 0.5 mm long, the anther-lobes oblong, 0.6 mm long, 
0.3 mm wide; rudiment of ovary fallen: feinale flowers not seen: fruit- 
ing calyx sessile, otherwise as in the male; disk forming 5 lobes 0.6 mm 
long, 1 mm wide, rounded at the upper outer angles, slightly incurved 
along the upper margin, and contracting to a subcentral apical acumen ; 
capsules brown, glabrous, globose, 7 mm in diameter, borne upon a stalk 
2.5 mm long, 3-lobed, 3-celled, each cell containing 2 seeds 4.5 mm long 
and 1.8 mm wide; testa brown, embryo 4 mm long, its radicle 1.5 mm 
long, width across the cotyledons when outspread 5 mm. 
A slender, woody bush 1-2 m high, the bark of the ultimate branches 
grayish, slightly striate, glabrous; young shoots densely brown pubescent; 
leaves borne on pubescent petioles 1.5-2. 5 mm long, the lamina lanceolate 
or narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong, 2—4.6 cm long, 7-12 mm wide, 
acute at the base, the margins entire and near the base somewhat re- 
volute, the apex obtuse or very obtuse, the upper surface of the leaves 
glabrous or on young leaves pubescent with long appressed hairs, the 
under surface lepidote; primary lateral veins 8-10. 
Luzon - , Province of Bulacan, Norzagaray, For. Bur. 7.169, 7171/., 7175 Curran, 
in fruit with an occasional very late flower, June 16, 17, 1907. 
These specimens come from within a very few miles of Blanco’s type locality, 
and agree with his description so very closely that they certainly represent his 
species. They do not at all agree with Naves’ plate supposed to represent it, and 
are also different from C. blancoi Vidal. 
2. Cleistanthus apiculatus sp. nov. 
Arbor monoica, floribus fasciculatis, breviter pedicellatis, pentameris, 
sepalis lanceolatis, petalis parvis, obovatis, trilobatis, masculinis disco 
subpiano, androgynophoro apice filamentis - candelabrif ormibus et ovario 
rudimentario ; femineis disco late libero margine dentato, ovario glabro; 
foliis coriaceis, anguste ellipticis vel lanceolatis, integris, basi acutis, 
apice acuminatis apiculatisque. 
Flowers monoecious, i yellow, in bracted axillary fasicles, borne on 
pedicels about 1 mm long, the calyx 3.5 mm long, divided for about 
two-thirds of its length into 5 lanceolate, obtuse lobes, 1 mm wide at 
their base and having a somewhat prominent mid-vein ; petals 5, inserted 
