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ing, coriaceous, often ± falcate, lanceolate or narrowly lant;eolate, up- 
wardly distinctly narrowed, 7-15 cm long and 9^13 mm broad, in young 
specimens. to 25 cm -long and to 17-19 mm broad, midrib prominent 
above in a narrow furrow, below, broadisb, prominent. Male catkins 
narrowly cylindrical, 2.5-5 cm long, especially spreading or pendulous, 
single or 2 or 3 fasciculate, sessile, suiTounded at base by numerous rigid, 
thick, coriaceous, or upwardly more tenuous, broad, obtuse or acute scales; 
anthers narrowly apicidate, short, acute or obtusish. Female flowers 
solitary; peduncles 12-20 mm long; receptacle flesliy, scales 2 unequally 
long, connate, apex obtuse fleshy, acutish, 9 mm long, 3 mm broad, 2 
subulate bracts at base, tenuous, deciduous, to 5 mm or more in length; 
ovule single, ovoid, apex slightly obtusely produced. Seeds 12-10 mm 
long, narrowly ovoid, upwardly slightly attenuate, rotundato, slightly 
inequilateral, testa thick, coriaceous-fleshy, integument and epimatiuni 
equally developed; receptacle dilated beneath the seed, broadly cylin- 
drical, 11 mm long, 9 mm 1)road. 
Luzo^-, Province of Tavabas, Merrill 1992, Hugger, April 1003: roLirxo, Bur, 
8ci, 10779 McGregor, Nov. 1009. MrxDORO, Merrill 57G8, Nov. 1906. 
Var. brevipes Blume 1. c. 
Leaves narrower and thicker. Peduncle of female flower equaling 
the length of the receptacle. Seed ellipsoid-globose. 
The following numbers are of rather doubtfuldetermination; but I am placing 
them here for the present. .... , . ? T?«nrr,i»f 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Bur. 8oi. 7286 Ramos: Subprovmce of Ben.ne . 
Loker s. ;,., For. Bur. 10826, 10891, Curran, For. Bur. l^m UerrM, For. Bu, . 
Ikm Darling. JIixdoko, Merrill 5615, For. Bur. ll-',03 MernU. 
All of our material has been collected in the mountains. K1,^M^• 
Distribution: Monsoon region and central Asiatic region: ^^P';' ; J^'^ ^ :^; 
Jowai; China; Java; Snn.atra; Borneo; Celebes; Moluccas; New Gmnea, Malay 
Peninsula; Philippines. 
10. Podocarpus philippinensis sp. nov. Plate XXX. 
^ Arbor 20-30 m alta, cortioe piano; rami erecti, teretiuscu .; g^ 
mae ramulorum globosae pertdis ovatis, crassis, «'="^'^^;=f f, ' ^ 
erecta vel ereeto-patentia, coriacea, lanceolata, recta vel ^"^f "t^';;" 
perne acuta, inferne scnsini in pctiolum brevem, cra.sm.cuh m an us^ 
tata, 13-17 cm longa, 9-18 mm lata. Flores ma.cuh Jg^"* "J^" ^ 
feminei solitarii; p«limcnlus 5-8 mm longus; receptaculum carno.nm, 
squamis 3 eflormatnm. Semina ellipsoid ea-globosa, glauca^ 
Large straight trees, 20-30 m tall, with smooth -ddish-bro u fL.ky 
bark. \eaves'long, linear-lanceolate, acute, more or »- l^v, tl n r^ 
rowed to the base, 13-17 cm long, 9-18 nmi wide. Slann^ e 
unknown. Prnit on a slender peduncle 5-8 mm long, ^vojnut^^ ^^^ 
at base of receptacle. Eeceptacle swollen, fl^^^^^'/^t '^,^7^0 "m 
eaten, sometimes wider than the fruit when fresh, when dry 8-10 mm 
