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antheris numerosis, sessilibus, orbicularis, 2-locellatis, in re- 

 ceptaculum integrum dense confertis. Ovarium rudimentum 

 nullum. 



A tree about 12 m high, entirely glabrous, the branches and 

 branchlets slender, dark purplish-brown when dry, terete, or the 

 latter obscurely angled. Leaves oblong, membranaceous, 

 shining, olivaceous, 5 to 9 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, subequally 

 narrowed to the acute base and to the rather slenderly blunt- 

 acuminate apex; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the 

 midrib, very slender, anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; petioles 

 slender, 5 to 8 mm long. Staminate flowers axillary, 4-merous, 

 solitary or in pairs, their pedicels slender, somewhat thickened 

 upward, about 1 cm long, each subtended by a pair of linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 mm long bracteoles. Buds globose. 

 Sepals 4, equal, orbicular or suborbicular, rounded, margins 

 minutely and obscurely ciliate, about 2.5 mm in diameter. Petals 

 4, in anthesis oblong, spreading, rounded, subcoriaceous, 6 to 

 7 mm long, 2.5 to 3.5 mm wide. Anthers about 40, on all sides 

 of the entire receptacle, orbicular, 0.5 mm in diameter, 2-celled, 

 laterally dehiscent. Rudimentary ovary none. 



Samar, Catubig River, Mount Capotoan, Bur. Sci. 24452 Ramos, February 

 20, 1916, along small streams in damp forests. 



A species well characterized by its membranaceous leaves and its solitary 

 or paired, long-pedicelled, staminate flowers. It does not appear to be 

 closely allied to any previously described form. 



GARCINIA MACGREGORII sp. nov. § Oxy carpus, Cowa. 



Arbor glabra, 10 ad 15 m alta, ramis ramulisque teretibus; 

 foliis oblongis, membranaceis, olivaceis, nitidis, utrinque sub- 

 aequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice prominente acuminatis, 

 usque ad 12 cm longis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 10, 

 subtus distinctis, anastomosantibus ; floribus axillaribus, fasci- 

 culatis, pedicellatis, 4-meris; $ antheris circiter 25, oblongo- 

 obovoideis, 0.6 mm longis, in receptaculum integrum dense con- 

 fertis, ovarium rudimentum nullum ; ? ovario 5-loculare, stigma 

 prominente papillata. 



A glabrous tree 10 to 15 m high, the branches and branchlets 

 rather slender, terete, reddish-brown. Leaves membranaceous, 

 generally oblong, sometimes oblong-elliptic, olivaceous, shining, 

 9 to 12 cm long, 1.5 to 5 cm wide, glandular-punctate, subequally 

 narrowed to the acute base and to the prominently acuminate 

 apex, the acumen usually about 1 cm long, blunt ; lateral nerves 

 about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, curved, 

 anastomosing, the secondary veins and primary reticulations 



