XII, C, 5 Merril: New Philippine Shrubs and Trees 927 
COMBRETACEAE 
TERMINALIA Linnaeus 
TERMINALIA CRASSIRAMEA sp. nov. 
Arbor 5 ad 15 m alta, ramulis junioribus inoraasatis, 1 ad 2 
em diametro, cicatricibus multis prominentibus ornatis, plus 
minusve rufo-villosis; foliis confertis, brevissime petiolatis, ob- 
longo-obovatis, firmiter chartaceis, usque ad 35 cm longis, apice 
rotundatis plerumque abrupte breviterque apiculato-acuminatis, 
deorsum angustatis, basi circiter 2 cm latis, leviter cordatis, 
nervis utrinque 25 ad 35, subtus perspicuis, anastomosantibus | 
cum costa reticulisque prominentibus plus minusve rufo- vel 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus; fructibus junioribus-ellipsoideis, cylin- 
draceis, circiter 3.5 cm longis, breviter apiculatis, laevis, glabris. 
A tree 5 to 15 m high, more or less ferruginous- or rufous- 
pubescent, the branches smooth, glabrous, stout, the upper 3 to 
10 cm of the ultimate branchlets much thickened, cylindric, 
1 to 2 cm in diameter, strongly marked with the numerous large 
scars of fallen petioles, the leaves crowded at the apices of the 
branchlets. Leaves oblong-obovate, firmly chartaceous to sub- 
coriaceous, 23 to 35 cm long, 7 to 16 cm wide, olivaceous or 
greenish-olivaceous when dry, the upper surface glabrous, shin- 
ing, the lower somewhat paler, more or less ferruginous- or 
rufous-pubescent on the midrib, nerves, and reticulations, the 
apex rounded, usually shortly and abruptly apiculate, gradually 
narrowed in the lower one-half to two-thirds, the base about 
8 cm wide, somewhat cordate; lateral nerves very prominent, 25 
to 35 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the reticulations 
subparallel, prominent; petioles stout, 5 mm long or less, pubes- 
cent to glabrous. Infructescences axillary, up to 14 cm in length, 
the immature fruits ellipsoid, olivaceous, cylindric, not at all 
-compressed, about 3.5 cm long, 2.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, 
shining, slightly apiculate, 
Leyte, near Ormoc, For. Bur. 12764 Rosenbluth (type), March 13, 1909, _ 
in valleys, second-growth forests, and open country, altitude about 40 
meters, locally known as lanipao; For. Bur. 11583 Whitford, March 16, 1909, 
sterile. The same species occurs in Agusan Subprovince, Mindanao, 
represented in the herbarium by three sterile specimens, For. Bur. 7568 
Hutchinson, For, Bur. 24400 Cortez & Fernandez, For. Bur. 24460 Miras, 
Mariano, & Valderrama, all bearing the Visayan name lanipao, and one the 
Manobo name yanipao. 
This most characteristic species is readily distinguishable by its much 
thickened, prominently scarred branchlets, its crowded, large, short-petioled, 
many-nerved leaves, which are gradually narrowed below to the slightly 
cordate base, and its ellipsoid smooth fruits that are not at all compressed. 
It is not closely allied to any previously described Philippine form. 
