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MEMECYLON Linn. 
Memecylon venosum !M^erriII sp. nov. 
Arbor parva; ramnlis tenuibus^ tetragonis, angustissime 4-alatis; foliis 
subficssilibiis^ elliptico-ovatis^ ad 10 cm longis^ valde acuniinatis, basi 
late rotundatis vel cordatis, valde 3-nerviis, nervis lateralibus rcgulariter 
arcuatis; cymis axillaribus; floribiis in apicc ramulorum capita to- 
umbellatis. 
A small tree, the branches terete, slender, reddish-brown, the branch- 
lets slender, 4-angled and narrowly winged on the angles. Leaves sub- 
sessile, elliptical-ovate, coriaceous, shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 5 cm 
wide, the base broad, round or cordate, the apex strongly acuminate, 
acumen blunt, about 1 cm long; primary nerves 8 or 9 on each side of 
the midrib, very prominent, spreading, arcuate-anastomosing and forming 
a pair of lateral nerves, the reticulations coarse, very prominent; petioles 
very short. Cymes axillary, solitary, about 4 cm long, the peduncles 1.5 
cm long, the branches whorled, each bearing a subglobose umbellate head 
of many flowers about 1 cm in diaincter. Pedicels about 3 mm long. 
Calyx funnel shaped, truncate, 2 mm long and wide. Petals orbicular- 
ovate or subreniform, about 1.3 mm long, sometimes 1.5 mm wide. 
Pilaments 2 mm long; anthers 1.2 mm long. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens Jfii2, September, 1900, 
also three sheets without numbers, same date and locality. 
A species closely allied to Memecylon paniculatum Jackj differing from that 
species in its differently shaped much more acuminate and shorter leaves, more 
prominent reticulations, and shorter inflorescence. 
ARALIACEiE. 
BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms. 
Boerlagiodendron mindanaense Merrill sp. nov. 
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Arbor glabra, 5 ad (> m alta; foliis fere ad basin palmato 10-14-lobalis, 
coriaceis vel snbeoriaceis, basi cordatis, lobis irregulariter et grosso incisis; 
fioribus 5- vel G-meris; fnictibus in capitula ovoidea vel ellipsoidea 3 ad 
4 cm longa congestis. 
A tree 5 to fi m high (Copeland), 10 m high (Clemens), glabrous 
tliroughout. Leaves 60 cm long or less, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 
palinately 10- to lldobed, the lobes reaching nearly to the base, 8 to 15 
cm wide, oblong, irregularly toothed and coarsely irregularly, incised, 
acuminate, the l>ase cordate; petiole r)0 em long or less, stout, witli about 
three prominent crests at the base. Umbels compound, the peduncles 
stout, about 1) cm long, each subtended by oblong, coriaeeouri, about 3 cm 
long, more or less setose bracts, bearing at the apex a central sessile head 
of sterile flowers, subtended by bracts similar to the l)asal ones but shorter, 
and two lateral branches about D (riu long, these lateral branches with a 
