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FOXWORTHY. 
Leaves oval 12 to 18 cm long, 7 to 10 cm ^vide, shortly acuminate, 
secondary nerves about 12 arcuate-ascending, rather prominent on under 
side of leaf, the younger parts minutely lepidote, 
Mindanao, District of Zanibo.uiiva, For. Bur. 9133, 9S7J, Whitford rf liutvhin^ 
son, Dec. 1907, Jan. VMS. 
Sect. II. Pktalandka Ilas^k. (genus). 
Secondary nerves conspicuous, not approximate, not more than 20 
pairs ; tertian^ nerves generally parallel, approximate, but not conspicuous. 
Stamens 10, on broad short filaments, which are sometimes monadolphous. 
Stylopodium either wanting, or a fleshy rim or tube on the top of the 
m 
truncated ovary. 
The only Philippine species which we know to belong to this section 
is the following. 
8. Hopea acuminata Morr. in Bur. Govi. Lab. l>ubl. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 
30; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (190G) Suppl. 98; Foxworthy in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 
(1907) Bot. 389, 4 (1909) Bot. 514, pL 21, f. GSj Whitford in Philip. Journ. 
Sci. 4 (1910) Bot. 703, Philip. Bur. For. Bull. 10 ^^ (1911) 75, pi 80. 
A tree reaching a height of 40 m, with broadly lanceolate, narrowly 
acuminate, glabrous leaves, 8 cm long or less, and small flowers m uni- 
lateral racemes, which are arranged in terminal and axillary panicles. . 
Branches nearly black when diy, glabrous, striate. Leaves 4 to 8 cm long, 
2 to 3 cm wide, submembranaceous, shining above, the base inequilateral, 
rounded at least on one side of the lamina, the apex long-slender- 
acmninate; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, rather prominent beneath; petioles 5 to 8 
liim long, rugose, glabrous. Inflorescence grayish-stellate-pubescent, the 
panicles 5 to 6 cm long or less, the spicate branches 1.5 cm long or less. 
Calyx rusty-pubescent, the sepals 5, imbricate, the outer two slightly 
larger than the' inner. Petals slightly pubescent on the outside, falcate, 
4 mm long, 1.8 mm wide, obtuse. Stamens 10; filaments thick; anthers 
0.4 mm long, the single appendage slender, equaling the anther m lengt i. 
Ovary glabrous, 3-celled, each cell 2-ovuled; style short; stylopodium 
Fruit glabiWs, the two wings oblong, about 2 cm long, 5 mm wide, 
the apex rounded. ■ } f -i- 
A tall tree, with a slender, straight trunk, growing in the lull lores 
from an altitude of 100 to about 800 m above the sea. 
Luzon, Province of Caj^-ayan, For. Bur. 11209 Gurran: Province of Ilocos Nor^e, 
For, Bur. 13S60, 1381^ Merritt d Darling: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, ^^^' ^^^ 
108S7 Curran, For. Bur. 18028 Merritt: Province of La Union, For. Bur. 
Paraiso: Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. lJf3o1 Villamil: Province ^^ J^^ ^^[ 
For. Bur. 15/,0o J.^a»w: Province of Xueva Eeija, For. Bur. 22381, ^^'^^^ r^ j^^^^ 
Province of Bulacan, Bur. Sci. 12269 Foxworthy: Province of Bataan, Fof^ ^^^^ 
180 Borden, May 1904, in flower, (type), Whitford 335, May 1904, in ^^^,^| 
For. Bur. 1113, 12^5 Borden, For. Bur. 1502 Borden, Aug. 1904, in ^J^"^; ^^.^,^^ 
3804, Aug. 1904, in fruit, Bur. Sci. 1563 Foxicorthy, For. Bur. 1//91, 1159o tut 
none. 
