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Philippine Journal of Science 
1920 
description of the latter, but in any case Koorders 16801 is 
safely an Aporosa, not an Antidesma. 
ANTIDESMA Burman 
ANTIDESMA I M PRESSI N ERVE sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glaber; foliis chartaceis, oblongis ad elliptico-oblongis, 
usque ad 30 cm longis, tenuiter subcaudato-acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 18, supra cum reti venarum impressis, subtus 
valde prominulis; inflorescentiis 5 et ^ spicatis, simplicibus, 
tenuibus, valde elongatis, ? usque ad 50 cm longis, floribus 5- 
meris, dispersis; ovario dense pubescente; stylis terminalibus ; 
fructibus oblique ovatis, leviter compressis, valde reticulato- 
rugosis, circiter 7.5 mm longis, breviter pedicellatis. 
A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the very young parts 
and inflorescences. Leaves chartaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, 
18 to 30 cm long, 7 to 10 cm wide, brownish or olivaceous and 
shining when dry, the base rounded to obtuse, apex slenderly 
subcaudate-acuminate and long-apiculate, the nerves and reticu- 
lations impressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the 
lower surface ; lateral nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, 
arched-anastomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct ; petioles 
5 to 8 mm long, glabrous; stipules narrowly lanceolate, long- 
acuminate, pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Staminate spikes 
axillary, solitary or in pairs, slender, densely ferruginous-pubes- 
cent, up to 20 cm long, the flowers widely scattered, sessile, 
about 2 mm in diameter, their subtending bracteoies pubescent, 
oblong-ovate, about 0.8 mm long. Calyx lobes usually 5, oblong- 
ovate, pubescent, 1 mm long, free nearly to the base. Disk gla- 
brous. Stamens usually 4, their filaments 1 mm long. Pistillate 
inflorescences very slender, apparently pendulous, up to 50 cm 
long, more or less pubescent, the lower part naked, the upper 
part with usually widely scattered sessile flowers. Calyx lobes 
ovate, about as large as those of the staminate flowers. Ovary 
ovoid, densely ferruginous-pubescent; stigmas three, terminal, 
about 1 mm long, cleft nearly to the middle. Fruits obliquely 
ovate, somewhat compressed, base rounded, 7 to 8 mm long, 6 
mm wide, prominently reticulate-rugose when dry, slightly pu- 
bescent when young, soon becoming glabrous ; styles terminal. 
Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31W9 (type), 
31268, 31020 Ramos & Edano, April and May, 1918, in forests 
along small streams. 
This species is manifestly allied to Antidesma cumingii MuelL- 
