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f asciculum congestis pubescentia ; petala spathulato-oblonga, 
calyce sesquilongiora, extus praeter apicem intus tota sordide 
villosa ; discus hirsutus ; stamina superne pilosula ; germen 
(fl. $) redimentarium, 2-loculare, tomentosum; fructus-(non 
suppetebant). 
Arbor 5-metraIis. Rami 4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 2-2.5 
cm longo adjecto ca. 20 cm longa; foliola superiora cum petio- 
lulis 5 mm longis 16 cm longa, 7 cm lata, inferiora 13 cm longa, 
6.5 cm lata. Paniculae ad 22 cm longae. 
In Philippinarum insula Luzon: Maximo Ramos n. 7370 (prov. Cagayan, 
m. Mart. 1909, fl.; comm. ex Hb. Manil.). 
18. LITCHl PHILIPPINENSIS Radlk. in litt. ad E. D. Merrill (28. XII. 
1904) ; H. N. Whitford Veget. Lamao Forest, Philipp. Journ. Sc. I 
(1906) pp. 637, 639, 645, 647 (nomen) ; Radlk. in Engl. & Pr. Pfl.- 
Fam., Nachtr. Ill, Erganz.-Heft II, Lief. 3 1907) p. 20^.— Nephe- 
Hum Litcki non "Camb.," Vidal Revis. (1886) p. 97 et 344 n, 722 
et Catal. Hb. (1892) p. 54 n, 722—Litchi sp. nov. "teste Radlk. in 
litt." Merrill Fl. Lamao Forest, Philipp. Journ. Sc. I, Suppl. 1 (1906) 
p. 87.— Vulgo: "Halopag-amo" t. Vidal 1. c; "Alupag carabao" Ta- 
galis t, Maule in sched.; "Alupag amo" in prov, Tayabas t. Merrill 
in litt.; Balanguas in lingua populi Manobo insulae Mindanao, t, 
Elnaer in sched. 
Arbor alta ; ramuli teretes, pallide subf usci, lenticelloso-punc- 
tati, glabri; folia 1-2-juga; foliola lanceolata vel elliptica, sub- 
acuminata vel obtusata, basi subacuta, petiolulis sat longis supra 
sulcatis basi incrassatis suffulta, integerrima vel remote obscure 
crenata, a firmius pergameneo coriacea, nervis lateralibus subflex- 
uosis procurvis subtus prominulis, glaberrima vel subtus perlaxe 
pilis medio affixis aegre perspiciendis adspersa, supra laevissima 
hypodermate fibroso continue (nee ut in Euphoria Gardneri Thw. 
interrupto) instructa, subtus quoque sublaevia reti venarum vix 
prominulo epapilloso areolisque inter venas subquadratis non 
nisi in media parte papillosis, inde vix opaca, potius quodammodo 
nitidula, pallida, in alutaceum vergentia, cellulis secretoriis non 
nisi raris instructa ; flores generis disco puberulo ; fructus generis 
plerumque 1-coccus, ellipsoideus, processibus pyramidato-conicis 
3-5-lateris altioribus quam latioribus acutis supra basin pauUu- 
lum constrictam quodammodo bulbosis epidermide laevi hie illic 
crystallophora instructis cellulis secretoriis fere destitutis de- 
tergibilibus echinatus, viridis, glaber, exsiccando secus medianam 
± fissus; semen basi arillo libero brevi acetabuliformi cinctum. 
Arbor 35 m alta, trunco (1.5 m supra terram) 75 cm crasso, 
ligno duro (parum usitato). Ramuli ultimi 2.5 mm crassi. 
