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basi cuneatis, subtus plus minusve glandulosis, nervis inconspi- 
cuis; fructibus axillaribus, plerumque golitariis, oblongo-ovoideis, 
5 ad 7 mm longis, apice glanduloso-punctatis; floribus 5-meris, 
calycis persistentibus, 3 mm diametro, lobis ovatis, acutis, per- 
spicue glandulosis, margine ciliatis. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree about 3 m high, the branches 
and branchlets nearly black when dry, terete, the scars not prom- 
inent. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate, usually dark brown when dry, shining, the lower 
surface much paler than the upper, 3 to 6 cm long, 0.8 to 1.8 cm 
wide; narrowed upward to the acute or obtuse apex and below 
to the cuneate base, more or less glandular-punctate, the glands 
conspicuous and closely arranged along the margins; lateral 
nerves very inconspicuous, 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib; 
petioles 2t03mmlong. Fruits axillary, mostly solitary, oblong- 
ovoid, 5 to 7 mm long, brown when dry, glandular-punctate with 
black glands at the apex, their pedicels 2.5 mm long. Flowers 
5-merous, the persistent calyx 3 mm in diameter, the lobes ovate, 
acute, 1 to 1.2 mm long, conspicuously glandular, the margins 
ciliate. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bur. Sct. 33256 (type), 33311 
Ramos, August, 1918. On forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 
meters. 
A species strongly characterized among the Philippine forms 
by its oblong-ovoid rather than globose fruits. 
SAPOTACEAE 
MADHUCA Gmelin 
MADHUCA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 
Species M. betis valde affinis, differt foliis subtus glabris vel | 
subglabris. 
A tree reaching a height of about 25 m. Branches terete, 
more or less rugose, glabrous, the young branchlets usually — 
densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves crowded at the apices 
of the branchlets, oblong-oblanceolate, chartaceous, 14 to 22 
cm long, 4 to 8 em wide, the upper surface, glabrous, strongly 
shining, greenish olivaceous to brown-olivaceous when dry, the 
lower surface glabrous or slightly pubescent on the midrib, paler 
than the upper, the apex shortly acuminate, more or less nar- 
rowed below to the acute or somewhat obtuse base; lateral nerves 
about 18 on each side of the midrib, somewhat impressed on the 
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upper surface, prominent on the lower surface; petioles rather 
