410 The Philippine Journal of Science 1922: ' 
A species well characterized by its simple, racemose infio- 
rescences and its obliquely nerved leaves, the very slender and 
often obscure lateral nerves ascending at an angle of about 
45° and giving the leaf surface a striated appearance; the 
individual nerves are scarcely distinguishable under a lens. The 
alliance of this species appears to be with Calophyllum buxifo- 
lium Vesque, but it has much larger leaves than the latter species. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
CASEARIA Jacquin 
CASEARIA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, subglabra; foliis magnis, oblongis 
ad oblongo-ellipticis, circiter 30 cm longis, subcoriaceis, acumi- 
natis, basi subacutis ad obtusis, margine minute denticulatis 
vel deorsum integris, subtus ad costa nervisque leviter puberulis, — 
vetustioribus glabris, nervis utrinque circiter 9, adscendentibus, 
subtus valde perspicuis, reticulis subconfertis, distinctis, petiolo 
incrassato, 8 ad 10 mm longo; floribus fasciculatis, ut videtur 
paucis, brevissime pedicellatis, sepalis 4 mm longis, obtusis, 
punctato-glandulosis, glabris; capsulis 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longis, 
2-valvis, haud costatis, subellipsoideis, acutis vel brevissime 
apiculatis; seminibus 4 ad 4.5 mm longis, obtusis, inaequilate- 
ralibus, arillo grosse fimbriato. 
A shrub or small tree, the younger parts sparingly pubescent, 
ultimately glabrous, branches terete, grayish, about 5 mm in 
diameter, glabrous, distinctly lenticellate, the very young 
branchlets more or less pubescent. Leaves oblong to oblong- 
elliptic, about 30 cm long, 11 to 12 em wide, the upper surface 
olivaceous, glabrous, the lower surface somewhat brownish and 
when young obscurely pubescent on the midrib and nerves, ulti- 
mately glabrous, the apex acuminate, the base subacute to obtuse,. 
the margins minutely denticulate or entire in the lower part; 
lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 
very prominent on the lower surface, the reticulations distinct, 
rather close; petioles thickened, 8 to 10 mm long. Flowers 
fascicled, apparently few, very shortly pediceled, persistent 
sepals 4 mm long, obtuse, glandular-punctate, glabrous or 
nearly so. Capsules glabrous, reddish yellow when fresh, dark 
brown when dry, subellipsoid, acute or very shortly apiculate, 
not costate, 1.5 to 1.8 em long, 2-valved; seeds 4 to 4.5 mm 
long, inequilateral, somewhat compressed, obtuse, the aril ex- 
ceeding the seed in length and coarsely fimbriate. 
