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ROBINSON. 
THEACEiE. 
ADINANDRA Jack. 
Adinandra elliptica sp. nov. 
Arbor parva; floribus solitariis, longe pedicellatis, albidis, pentameris; 
sepalis exterioribus pubescentibus, omnibus margine glanduloso-denti- 
culatis; foliis ellipticis, sericeo-tomentosis vel glabrescentibus. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, at anthesis 9—1 1 mm in diameter, borne 
on pedicels 3. 2-3. 5 cm long: sepals 5, imbricate, 6.5-7 mm long, 4.5-5. 5 
mm wide at base, broadly ovate, rounded and conspicuously mucronate 
at the apex, glabrous within, the two outer silky-pubescent on the outer 
surface, the three inner with scattered hairs along the middle, all glandu- 
lar-denticulate on the margins; petals 5, whitish, oval, 5-6 mm long, 4 
mm wide in the middle, silky-villose on the other upper half, elsewhere 
glabrous; stamens 25-30, inserted on the base of the corolla, the fila- 
ments 0.6-0. 8 mm long, the anthers 1.8-2 mm long, densely pubescent, 
especially on the margins but not on the connective; pistil at anthesis 
11 mm long, ovary pubescent, 4-celled, many-ovuled, 3.5 mm in diam- 
eter; ovules 0.2 mm long, obliquely obovate to circular in outline, 
testa yellowish -brown ; style undivided, 2.5 mm long, lanceolate, elongat- 
ing in fruit, and then sometimes swollen in the second fourth of its 
length from the base, glabrous or nearly so; fruit, perhaps not quite 
mature, globose, 7.5 mm in diameter, 4-celled, the style 1 cm long ; seeds 
1.5-1. 8 mm long, reniform, the testa black, hardly lucid, with 6-8 rows 
of tubercles visible on side view. 
A small tree reaching 9 m in height, its trunk 17.5 cm in diameter; 
bark of the ultimate branches light-brown to purplish-black, lightly 
striate, silky-ferruginous-tomentose or glabrescent ; leaves alternate, the 
lamina elliptic, rarely oblong or oval, the youngest excepted 6-10.5 cm 
long, 2.3-3.65 cm wide, narrowed at the base, usually abruptly, into a 
silky-tomentose or glabrescent petiole 2.5-6 mm long, prolonged at the 
apex into an acute or obtuse acumen 3-13 mm long, the margins 
obscurely glandular-serrate, at least in dried specimens often revolute, 
glabrous on the upper surface except sometimes at the very base, the 
under surface of young leaves villose, especially on the midrib and 
margins, that of older leaves glabrous or nearly so; veins slightly im- 
pressed on the upper surface, and projecting from the under surface; 
primary lateral veins on each side of the midrib 12-15, arched-anas- 
tomosing, forming two marginal veins, one very near to the margin, the 
other more remote, about 11-16 mm from the margin; venation of all 
orders almost equally conspicuous. 
Type collected at Sablan, Province of Benguet, Luzon, by R. S. Williams, 
no. 1369, in flower and fruit, November 18, 1904; also represented by Williams 
1115, Baguio, Province of Benguet, in late flower, June 29, 1904. 
