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axillaribus, solitariis^ pcdimcnlatisj dichotomic, dense fulvo-pnl)eseenti- 
biis; calycis laciniis ad 3 mm longis^ anguste ovatis; petalis 5, glahris, 
oblongis vel oblongo-si)atiilatis, apice fissis; ovario 3-loculare, doiise villoso. 
A scanduni shrub, the brandies densely pubescent, in age becoming 
nearly glabrous. Leaves alternate^ coriaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 4 to 7 
cm wide, gradually narrowed from the middle to the obscurely acuminate 
apex and to the acute base, the upper surface shining, glabrous except 
the nerves which are pubescent, beneath densely pubescent; nerves about 
8 on each side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations distinct; 
petioles densely fulvous-pubescent, 5 mm long or less. Cymes rather 
densely flowered, axillary, solitary, dichotomous, densely pubescent, in- 
cluding the peduncle 4 to 5 cm long, 3 to 4 mm wide. Calyx densely 
pubescent outside, glabrous within, the lobes about 3 mm long, narrowly 
ovate, acute. Petals 5, free, glabrous, oblong to oblong-spatulate, 3 mm 
long, 1 mux wide, cleft at the apex. Stamens glabrous; filaments 2.5 
mm long; anthers 0.5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, triangular in cross section, 
3-celled, densely pubescent. Fruit (immature) densely ferruginous- 
hirsute, obovoid, 1-celled, about 1.5 cm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. ScL 1128 Ramos, July, 1906; Anti- 
polo, For. Bur. 3151 Ahern's collector, June, 1905; Vidal 469, in Herb. Ivew; 
Province of L:\guna, Los Bafios, Elmer, April, 1906. 
Allied to ChaiUctia deficxifolia Turcz., of the Malay Pcuinsula, but apparently 
distinct. 
EUPHORBIACE/E. 
M ALLOT us Loiir. 
Mallotus anisophyllus Hook. f. I'l. Brit. Ind. 5 (18S7) 430. 
Palawan, Bur. 8ci. 787, 883 Foxworthy, May, 1906. 
Jlulay Peninsula and Borneo; new to the Philippines. 
ANACARDIACEJ5. 
PISTACIA Linn. 
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Pistacia philippinensis Merrill & Kolfe sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 8 m alta; foliis 10 ad 18 em longis; imparipinnatis, 
9-jugatis, foliolis glabriusculis, integris, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, 
valde inaequilatcralibus; inflorescentiis femineis paniculatis, diffusis, 
usque ad 15 cm longis; drupis 5 mm longis, ovoideis, leviter compressis, 
rugosis. 
A tree al^out 8 m liigii with odd pinnate about 9-jugate leaves, tlie 
leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, strongly inequilateral, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 5 
to 8 mm wide, the i)anicles terminal and lateral, 15 cm long or less, 
the mature fruits ovoid, about 5 mm long. Branches reddish-brown, 
slender, terete or somewhat angled, lenticellate, glabrous, the young grow- 
ing tips frequently somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, 10 to 18 cm 
long, the rachis slender, glabrous; leaflets about 9 pairs, strongly in- 
equilateral, membranous wlien young, becoming Arm and subcoriaceous 
