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axillaribus, pedunculis mediocris, 1.5 ad 2.5 cm longis, sepalis 

 petalisque crasse coriaceis ; f ructibus ovoideis, circiter 7 cm longis ; 

 seminibus magnis, oblongis, circiter 4 cm longis. 



A tree about 15 m high, entirely glabrous. Branches terete, 

 grayish or brownish, the ultimate ones 5 to 7 mm in diameter. 

 Leaves very thickly coriaceous, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, or 

 oblong-obovate, 12 to 25 cm long, 4 to 7.5 cm wide, usually dark- 

 brown when dry, sometimes olivaceous, apex shortly and broadly 

 acuminate, base gradually narrowed, cuneate, the lower surface 

 distinctly and minutely black-glandular or puncticulate, some- 

 times minutely verruculose ; lateral nerves about 12 on each side 

 of the midrib, slender, indistinct ; petioles stout, 1 to 3 cm long. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, rather numerous, their pedicels stout, 

 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Buds globose, when nearly or quite mature 

 about 1.5 cm in diameter, the sepals orbicular, thickly coriaceous, 

 about 1 cm long. Fruits ovoid, brown when dry, smooth, about 

 7 cm long and 5 cm in diameter, rounded, the much thickened 

 calyx-lobes persistent, the peduncles not elongated. Seeds oblong, 

 rounded at both ends, about 4 cm long and 2 cm wide. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, near Aparri, For. Bur. 152&5 Bernardo, 

 May, 1910: Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Imugan, For. Bur. 10876 Curran, 

 December, 1908: Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 20U77 Ramos, 

 (type) February 26, 1913: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 2692, June 

 1903: Province of Camarines, For. Bur. 106^2 Curran, For. Bur. 1U261 

 Aguilar, June, April, 1909. Mindoro, south of Lake Naujan, For. Bur. 

 6856 Merritt, April, 1907. Samar, Catubig River, Sablaya 78, February, 

 1916. 



This species occurs in the virgin forest at altitudes varying from 15 to 

 1,200 meters, depending on the region in which it grows. It is well charac- 

 terized by its comparatively large, thickly coriaceous leaves, and its very 

 large fruits. It differs from Ternstroemia megacarpa Merr. in its some- 

 what smaller leaves, and its much shorter flowering and fruiting peduncles. 

 Local names are given as arana (Bicol, Camarines) ; barangoy (Tagalog, 

 Rizal), and hindang and pamentugon (Visayan, Samar). 



GUTTIFERAE 



GARCINIA Linnaeus 

 GARCINIA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. § Oxycarpus (?). 



Arbor circiter 12 m alta, glabra, ramis ramulisque tenuibus, 

 in siccitate purpureo-brunneis, teretibus vel ramulis obscure 

 angulatis ; f oliis membranaceis, oblongis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 usque ad 9 cm longis, olivaceis, nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 15, tenuibus; floribus <5 axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, longe 

 pedicellatis, 4-meris; sepalis suborbicularis, membranaceis, 2.5 

 mm diametro; petalis oblongis, obtusis, circiter 6.5 mm longis; 



