366 MEKIULL. 
Mindanao. Pierre gives the locality as "Philippines" but Vesque erroneously 
adds "Manila." 
14. Garcinia rubra sp. nov. § Oxt/carp'us. 
Arbor vel arbuscula, 3 ad 10 m alta; ramis ramulisque tenuibus, 
terotibus; foliis menibranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, 
apice valde acuniinatis, basi acutis, nervis 10 ad 12 utrinque, subtus 
distinctis, reticulis laxis; floribus masculinis axillaribus, fasciculatis, 
sessilibus^ 4-meris, mbris, circitcr 4 mm longis; Pta.minibus 4; ovarii 
rudimento nullo. 
A shrub or small tree^ 3 to 10 m liigli. Branches slender, terete, dark- 
reddish-brown, more or less wrinkled when dry, the branehlets frequently 
paler. Leaves membranaceous, ol>long-elliptie or oblong, 9 to 13 cm 
long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, slightly shining, the apex gradually and rather 
long slenderly acuminate, the base acute; nenes 10 to 12 on each side 
of the midrib, distinct, obscurely anastomosing near the margin, the 
reticulations veiy lax; petioles slender, 1 cm long or less. Staminate 
flowers sessile in many-flowered fascicles on warty protuberances in the 
axils of leaves or more frequently in the axils of fallen leaves, red, 
cylindrical. Sepals 4, subequul, or})icular-ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm 
long. Petals 4^ 4.5 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, oblong, obtuse or 
acute. Anthers 4, basifixed, about 1 mm long, oblong-obovoid, apparently 
2-celled, sessile at the apex of the 1 mm long androgynophore ; rudi- 
mentary ovary none. Fruit depressed-globose, nearly 2 cm thick and 
1.5 cm long, when dry with about 7 rather prominent ridges, and with 
the same number of cells, each with a single seed. 
The type of this species was collected by R. C. McGregor, vo. i92, Baco River, 
^Mindoro, April, 1905, it is represented also by the following specimens from 
the same locality: Merrill ^f05Jf, For. Bur. G20Jt, 620S Mcrritt, as well as by 
additional material from other parts of Mindoro, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. Jf322 
Mcrritt; Pola, Merrill 2JioO ; Abra de Hog, For. Bur. 8116 Merritt; Bongabong 
River, Whitford 1375; Camantigue, For. Bur. 3657 Merritt; Paluun, For. Bur. 
997 If Merritt. From the material available, I can . see no valid reason for 
distinguishing the following: LrzoN, Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 2636 Ramos: 
Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 10-j3.'t Ciirrun. Mi:sua.\ao, Lake Lanao, Camp 
Iveithley, Mrs. Clemens 745, and one specimen without number. 
Garcinia rubra is very similar to G. hinucao (Blanco) Choisy in gross char- 
acters, but the leaves are of different shape, more acuminate, not so much 
narrowed towards the base, while the male flowers are quite different. The fruit 
of the two species is similar, but smaller in the present one than in G. hinucao. 
It is well characterized by its narrow, red, faficicled four-antherod flowers. 
15. Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy Guttif. Ind. 34; PI. & Tr. Mem. Guttif. 
(1862) 205; Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. Enum. XXVIIl; Vesque in DC. Monog. 
Phan. 8 (1S93) 454; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (190G) 75; Philip. Journ. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 97. 
Stalagmites dulcis Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 18, non Roxb. 
Garcinia 'Juodccawlra Pierre Fl. Forest. Cocliinch. Eiuim. XXVIIl, t. 84, /■ E; 
Vesque 1. c. 443. 
Vamhogia hinucao Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 434; ed. 2 (1845) 302; ed. 3,2:197. 
