vni. c. 5 Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae 375 
Var. PARVUM var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis minoribus, 5 ad 10 cm longis, 2.5 ad 4 
cm latis, calycis lobis 3 mm longis. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 103, June 12, 1913, in forests, a tree 
about 15 m. high, the flowers white. 
The species is well characterized by its hirsute, spreading hairs, its 
entire, caudate-acuminate (or in the variety merely acuminate) leaves, 
its racemose, few-flowered racemes, its cylindric, relatively long flowers, 
and its densely hirsute and hirsute-ciliate disk. The variety proposed 
differs in its much smaller, somewhat differently shaped, less acuminate 
leaves, but in all floral characters, except in minor points as to dimensions, 
which may be due to state of development, it is essentially the same as 
the species. Additional material will show whether or not the differences 
are permanent or only trivial. 
MELIACEAE 
DYSOXYLUM Blume 
DYSOXYLUM PLATYPHYLLUM sp. nov. (§ Eudysoxylum.) 
Arbor 12 m alta, glabra; foliis alternis, 30 ad 40 cm longis, 
foliolis 5, ovato-ellipticis, chartaceis, in siccitate nitidis, pallidia, 
usque ad 20 cm longis et 9 cm latis, acuminatis, basi plus minusve 
inaequilateralibus ; paniculis axillaribus multifloris, pyramidatis, 
circiter 15 cm longis, ramis paucis; floribus 4- vel 5-meris, 
circiter 9 mm longis, petalis intus minutissime puberulis; tubo 
libero, extus glabro, mtus hirsuto; discus tubulosus, hirsutus; 
ovario glabro, 4-loculare. 
A tree about 12 m high, the trunk 30 cm in diameter, quite 
glabrous except some parts of the flowers. Branches terete, 
brownish-gray, somewhat lenticellate, sparingly rugose when dry, 
somewhat shining. Leaves alternate, 30 to 40 cm long, the 
rachis somewhat angled. Leaves 5, pale, shining when dry, 
tough, chartaceous, ovate-elliptic to broadly elliptic, 15 to 20 cm 
long, 7 to 9 cm wide, the apex prominently and rather abruptly 
acuminate, the acumen acute or blunt, the base mostly rounded 
on one side, acute on the other, always distinctly inequilateral ; 
petiolules 5 to 10 mm long; lateral nerves about 10 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, brownish, scarcely 
anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so. Panicles 
in the upper axils, glabrous, solitary, 10 to 15 cm long, pyramidal, 
the primary branches few, usually 3 or 4, 10 cm long or less. 
Flowers white, numerous, fragrant, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm 
long. Calyx broadly cup-shaped, 2.5 mm long or less, usually 
4-lobed, the lobes short, broadly ovate, obtuse, sometimes extend- 
ing one-half to the base of the calyx. Petals 4 or 5, oblong, 
