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ceolatis ad anguste lanceolatis, membranaceis, usque ad 22 cm 

 longis et 3 cm latis, tenuiter acute acuminatis, nervis utrinque 

 numerosis, tenuibus; inflorescentiis axillaribus, paniculatis, 

 brevibus, circiter 5 cm longis; floribus minutis, pedicellatis, 5- 

 meris, in ramulis ultimis racemose dispositis, tubo libero; fruc- 

 tibus globosis vel ovoideis, 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro, in siccitate extus 

 densissime rufo-tomentosis. 



A small tree, the branches slender, grayish, rugose, glabrous, 

 the branchlets densely ferruginous or subferruginous-pubescent 

 with minute stellate hairs, a similar indumentum on the petioles, 

 rachis, inflorescence, and midribs on the lower surface of the 

 leaflets. Leaves alternate, up to 40 cm in length; leaflets 9 to 

 11, membranaceous, greenish-olivaceous when dry, the lower 

 surface somewhat paler than the upper, 12 to 22 cm long, 1.5 

 to 3 cm wide, the apex slenderly and sharply acuminate, the 

 base acute to rounded, sometimes slightly inequilateral ; primary 

 nerves 20 to 25 on each side of the midrib, slender, anastomosing, 

 curved; petiolules 2 to 3 mm long. Panicles axillary, solitary, 

 about 5 cm long, narrowly pyramidal, the primary branches 

 few, the lower ones 2 cm long or less. Flowers white, racemosely 

 arranged on the ultimate branchlets, 5-merous, minute, their 

 pedicels 2 to 2.5 mm long. Calyx about 1.5 mm in diameter, the 

 lobes 0.5 mm long, ovate, obtuse, outside densely stellate-pubes- 

 cent. Petals 5, free, elliptic, glabrous, rounded, concave, about 

 1.2 mm long. Staminal-tube free, ovoid, truncate, glabrous, 

 about 1 mm long, the five anthers included. Fruit globose or 

 ovoid, reddish-yellow when fresh, the pulp edible, sweet, when 

 dry 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, the pericarp subcoriaceous, reddish- 

 brown, densely and minutely pubescent; seeds usually two, 

 oblong, about 1.2 cm long. 



Samar, Catubig River, Bur. Sci. 24182 Ramos, February 11, 1916, in 

 damp forests at low altitudes. 



A most characteristic species, readily distinguishable from all described 

 forms by its narrow, elongated leaflets and its very short panicles. Ac- 

 cording to C. DeCandolle's arrangment of the species it falls in the group 

 with Aglaia llanosiana C. DC, but has little in common with this species 

 or any of the others placed with it. 



AGLAIA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. § Hearnia. 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus petiolis inflorescentiisque 

 minute subcupreo-lepidotis ; foliis alternis, 14 ad 18 cm longis 

 2- vel 3-jugis, foliolis subcoriaceis, glabris, oblongo-obovatis ad 

 late oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, prominente 

 acuminatis, deorsum sensim angustatis, basi cuneatis vel atten- 

 uatis, nervis utrinque 8 vel 9, subtus cum reticulis prominenti- 



