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mens numerous, 2 mm long, the filament 0.3 to 0.4 mm, the connective 
flattened above the anther-cells and concealing them from above ; carpels 
about 20, 2 to 2.5 mm long, densely clothed with shining silky golden- 
brown pubescence; ovules several (about 8), arranged in one longitudinal 
row, quadrate, about 0.12 mm long. 
Probably a small tree, the bark of the younger portions gray or pinkish- 
gray, wrinkled : leaves with stout pubescent petioles 4 to 10 mm long, 
the lamina chartaceous, oblong-oblanceolate, 30 to 48 cm long, 5.5 to 11 
cm wide, the narrowed base slightly auricled, the apex forming a slender 
blunt acumen 3 to 4.5 cm long; primary lateral veins 15 to over 20, 
inconspicuous on the upper surface, but conspicuous on the under, as 
are the secondary and tertiary venation; midrib rather densely pubes- 
cent on the under surface, the primary veins slightly so, leaf otherwise 
glabrous. 
Polillo, Bur. Sci. 10352 McGregor (type). Luzon, Province of Isabela, San 
Luis, Bur. Sci. 7999 Ramos, fruiting but apparently quite the same. A species 
quite distinct from any other in the genus by reason of the united petals, the 
condition as evident in full flower as in bud. This has naturally cast suspicion 
upon the generic position here assigned but it seems in all other respects to fall 
within the limits of Unona. 
, Uvaria littoralis Blume FI. Jav. Anon. (1828) 26, pi. 7: Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. 
Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1865) 7. 
Unona littoralis Blume Bijdr. (1825) 16. 
Ajmarently represented by 9254, 10328. While this species has previously not 
been reported from the Philippines, this is rather a new and somewhat doubtful 
disposition of old material than a new discovery. There has been from the first 
much difference of opinion as to whether U. ovalifolia and U. littoralis should 
be held distinct, Miquel considering them separable on account of the thickened 
fruiting receptacles of the latter. The Polillo specimens are indecisive on this 
point, as one is in bud and the other in flower, but fruiting material from other 
Philippine localities which matches them well, has a well thickened receptacle. 
One of the Polillo collections was made on the coast, the exact locality of the 
other was not noted. The leaves are thinner than those of the majority of 
Javan specimens of this species in this herbarium, but quite as thick as those 
of X-A-51, from Buitenzorg, named as U. littoralis var. miquelii Boerl. Collec- 
tions from Tayabas, Sorsogon, Mindoro, Panay, and Mindanao, seem also to be 
referable here. 
Uvaria scandens C. B. Rob. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35 (1908) 69. 
Represented by 9278, 10389. This seems to me exactly the same species as 
U. zschokkei Elmer, but the priority is not certain: probably U. scandens is 
slightly the older. While the specific name is indicative of my insufficient idea 
of the habit of the genus at the time it was given, it is very appropriate, as 
the Polillo plant is a fine liane, its apex lost from sight in tall trees at about 
15 m, while its stems were in view, rambling through the forest for at least 
three times as far. 
Other species: Annona squamosa Linn., 9161, local name atis, apparently 
abandoned from cultivation: Artabotrys rolfei Vidal, 9262, 9267: Mitrephora 
lanotan (Blanco) Merr., 10343: Phaeanthus ebracteolatus (Presl) Merr., 6856, 
probably, fruiting. 
