256 MERKILL. 
A species closely allied to Rhododendron lussoniense Eejidle, differing soiuewliiit 
ill tlie shape of tlie leaves, shorter corolla-tnbe and lobes and different color of 
tlie flowers. Rendle speaks of tlie flowers of Jt. lussoyiiense as having been pink 
or tinged with pink, but Whitehead's note on the type in the Herbarium of the 
British Museum says "flowers pure white." 
Rhododendron malindangense sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramis glabris, griseis, ramulis junioribus bruuueis, pu- 
benilis; foliis coriaeeis^ pallidis^ oblongo-ovatis, apice rotimdatis vel emar- 
ginatis, basi cuneatisj utrinque squamulis glaBdiilosis paucis notatis; 
bracteis ovatis^ coriaceis, acutis, marginc breviter ciliato excepto giabris; 
floribus solitariis, 2 cm longis, tubo cjlindraceo; staminibus 10, inaequa- 
libus, giabris; ovario 5-loculare, den&e lepidoto. 
A small tree about 7 m high, the branches terete, grayish, glabrous, 
the younger branchlets red dish- brown, puberulent. Leaves coriaceous, 
pale, oblong-orate, the apex rounded or emarginate, the base cuneate, 
alternate or subverticillately aiTanged at the apices of the branchlets, 
glabrous except for the few scattered glandular scales on both surfaces, 
1.5 to 3 cm long, 7 to 10 mm wide; nerves nearly obsolete; petioles 2 to 
3 mm long. Bracts ovate, brown, rather thin, 6 mm long or less. 
Flowers red, solitary, few, the pedicels slender, 6 to 7 mm long, pu- 
berulent or pubescent. Calyx a small disk about 1.5 mm in diameter. 
Corolla 2 cm long, 4 to 5 mm in diameter, cylindrical, slightly lepidote, 
the lobes 5, ovat-e, rounded, 5 to 6 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, somewhat 
spreading. Stamens 10, unequal; filaments glabrous; anthers 1.4 mm 
long. Ovary oblong, 5-celled, about 3.5 mm long, densely lepidote; 
style glabrous, about 18 mm long. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J^lOd Mearns & 
Hutchinson, May, 1906. Common in forests at about 1,800 m. alt. 
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SAPOTACE^l^:. 
PALAQUIUM Blanco. 
Palaquium retusum sp. nov. 
Arbor ca. 10 m alta; foliis anguste oblongo-obovatis vel oblanccolatis, 
coriaceis, giabris, 20 ad 35 cm longis, 7 ad 12 cm latis, apice rotundatis, 
retusis, basi longe sensim angustatis; nervis utrinque 13, prominentibus, 
ascendentibus ; stipulis oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, 
persistentibus ; floribus pedicellatis, dense ferrugineo-pubeseentibus ; 
ovario 9- vel 10-loeulare. 
A tree about 10 m high. Branches thickened, rugose, glabrous. 
Leaves crowded at the apices of the branches, narrowly oblong-obovate or 
oblanceolate, 20 to 35 cm long, 7 to 12 cm wide, apex broad, rounded, 
retuse, gradually narrowed from the upper third to the acute base, coria- 
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