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MELIACEAE 



AG LAI A Loureiro 

 AGLAIA BREVIPETIOLATA sp. nov. 



Species A. luzoniensis Merr. & Rolfe (A. monophyllae Park.) 

 affinis, differt foliis multo minoribus, usque ad 7 cm longis et 

 2.5 cm latis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, petiolis brevioribus, 5 ad 

 7 mm longis. 



A small tree, the branches terete, glabrous, the younger branch- 

 lets rather densely cupreous-lepidote. Leaves simple, oblong- 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, pale-brownish and rather dull when dry, 

 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, the upper surface glabrous, 

 the lower with few scattered cupreous scales on the midrib and 

 lateral nerves ; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, slender, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petioles 

 cupreous-lepidote, 5 to 7 mm long. Fruit obovoid, brown when 

 dry, about 1.5 cm long, densely and minutely cupreous-lepidote, 

 in short, axillary, solitary racemes, the rachis scarcely exceeding 

 1 cm in length. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Bagacaua, in damp forests, Bur. 

 Sci. 23522 Ramos, August 19, 1915. 



This species manifestly belongs in the same group with Aglaia luzo- 

 niensis Merr. & Rolfe (A. monophylla Perk.), from which it is readily 

 distinguished by its much smaller, very much narrower, differently shaped, 

 fewer nerved, coriaceous leaves, and its short petioles. It is one of the 

 few known representatives of this large genus having simple leaves. 



APHANAMYXIS Blume 

 APHANAMYXIS CORIACEA sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, ramulis junioribus parce f errugineo-puberulis ; 

 foliis usque ad 45 cm longis, foliolis inaequilateralibus, coriaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis 

 rotundatis ad breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 

 utrinque 8 ad 10, distinctis, reticulis subobsoletis ; spicis axil- 

 laribus, solitariis, usque ad 35 cm longis, multifloris, circiter 

 1.5 cm diametro; sepalis 5, pubescentibus, liberis vel subliberis; 

 petalis 3, glabris ; antheris 6 ; ovario obscure hirsuto, 3-loculare. 



A tall tree, the ultimate branches stout, pale, about 1 cm in 

 diameter, the younger parts ferruginous-puberulent. Leaves 

 up to 45 cm long, the petiole and rachis obscurely puberulent, 

 rather stout; leaflets usually about 13, coriaceous, pale-oliva- 

 ceous, inequilateral, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, stiff when 

 dry, slightly shining, base inequilateral, acute, apex rounded to 

 broadly and shortly acuminate, the upper surface entirely 

 glabrous, the lower very sparingly pubescent on the midrib and 



