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AGROSTISTACHYS Dalzell 
AGROSTISTACHYS LEPTOSTACHYA Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanz- 
enreich 57 (1912) 102. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33688 Ramos 
6 Edaho, November 30, 1918, in forests near small streams at 
low altitudes. 
This species has previously been known only from Borneo. 
The Philippine material is an exact match for our series of 
Bornean specimens including Hose 162, cited in the original 
description. 
CLAOXYLON Jussieu 
• 
CLAOXYLON ELLIPTICUM sp. nov. § hidica. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, ramulis inflorescentiisque adpresse 
hirsutis; foliis ellipticis, chartaceis, usque ad 14 cm longis, basi 
rotundatis ad subobtusis, apice abrupte acuminatis, nervis utrin- 
que 5, subtus valde prominulis, margine minute et distanter 
glanduloso-denticulatis ; inflorescentiis $ axillaribus solitariis, 
petiolo subaequantibus ; floribus circiter 7 mm diametro; sta- 
minibus circiter 30, glandulis elongatis, oblongis, supra per- 
spicue albido-ciliatis. 
A shrub or small tree, the branches and inflorescences rather 
prominently appressed-hirsute, the indumentum on the younger 
parts fulvous. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 9 
to 14 cm long, 4.5 to 7.5 cm wide, base rounded to subobtuse, 
apex rather abruptly acuminate, the acumen broad, acute, 
margins distantly and minutely glandular-serrulate, greenish- 
olivaceous when dry, shining, both surfaces minutely papillate- 
scaberulous ; lateral nerves 5 on each side of the midrib, curved- 
ascending, arched-anastomosing, very prominent, primary nerves 
and larger reticulations more or less pubescent; petioles 1.5 to 
3 cm long, appressed-pubescent, eglandular. Staminate inflo- 
rescences axillary, solitary, equaling or shorter than the petioles, 
simple, flowers white, short-pedicelled, in bud fulvous-hirsute 
as are other parts of the inflorescences. Flowers about 
7 mm in diameter. Sepals 3, oblong-obovate, narrowed below, 
4 to 5 mm long. Stamens about 30; filaments 2.5 mm long, 
glabrous, the interstaminal glands narrowly oblong, 2 mm long, 
conspicuously ciliate at their apices, the cilia white, about 1 mm 
long. 
Panay, Antique Province, Culasi, Bur. Sci. 32303 McGregor, 
May 18, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude 800 meters. 
