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brown or black when dry, obovoid, sessile, 5 to 6 mm long, some- 
what rugose, with two distinct longitudinal ridges. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26567 Ramos & 
Edafio, August 26, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 190 meters. 
A species manifestly allied to Meliosma sylvatica Elm., from which it 
is readily distinguished by its targer leaflets; very much shorter panicles; 
and in being nearly glabrous throughout. 
SAPINDACEAE 
GUIOA Cavanilles _ 
GUIOA OBTUSA sp. nov. 
Frutex, partibus junioribus subtus foliolis et inflorescentiis 
uniformiter adpresse ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis 10 ad 13 
cm longis, foliolis plerumque 4, coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad 
oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, apice obtusis, basi acu- 
minatis, inaequilateralibus, supra glabris, nitidis, olivaceis vel 
nigro-brunneis, subtus pallidis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, perspi- 
cuis; paniculis terminalibus axillaribusque, usque ad 10 cm 
longis, ferrugineo-pubescentibus; floribus circiter 5 mm diame- 
tro. 
A shrub about 5 m high, the younger parts, lower surface of 
the leaflets, and inflorescences uniformly appressed-pubescent 
with short ferruginous hairs. Branches terete, dark-colored, 
ultimately glabrous, the branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves alternate, 10 to 13 cm long, petiole and rachis pubescent; 
leaflets usually 4, rather thickly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to 
oblong-obovate, 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, the upper pair 
distinctly larger than the lower one, »btuse, base narrowed, 
acuminate, inequilateral, the upper surface olivaceous to dark- 
brown, shining, glabrous, the lower pale, uniformly appressed- 
pubescent, the midrib, nerves, and reticulations brown in con- 
trast to the pale epidermis; petiolules 3 to 5 mm long, pubescent; 
lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent on 
the lower surface, curved, anastomosing. Panicles axillary and 
terminal, up to 10 cm long, ferruginous-pubescent. Flowers 
pinkish-white, about 5 mm in diameter. Outer sepals ovate, 
obtuse, 2 mm long, the inner ones reniform-orbicular, as long 
as the outer ones, 8 mm wide. Petals villous, obovate, 3 mm 
long, base narrowed. Filaments pubescent. © 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26636 Ramos & 
Edafio, September 19, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 270 meters. 
A species entirely distinct from all previously described Philippine forms, 
apparently allied to Guioa villosa Radlk. of New Caledonia. It is readily 
distinguished by its ferruginous indumentum and its blunt leaflets. 
