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17. SHOREA TEYSMANNIANA Dyer. 



Luzon: Cagayan, Ilocos Norte, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Laguna Tayabas 

 Camannes, Sorsogon. Polillo. Mindanao: Agusan. la yaba S , 



This species has not yet been found in flower or fruit. 



18. SHOREA SCROBICULATA Burck. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, For. Bur. 22712, July 30, 1914 This differs 



fnTfruTts^ * ^T SCr0bi ™ lata in havin S ^nerally smaller leaves 

 and fruits and m the longer and more slender wings to the fruits Its 

 general appearance is so like the species, however, that it is thought best 



LarVv ^ f T biCUlata > f ° r the Present/ Credite * with big a 

 yacal. This species has, till now, been known only from Borneo. 



19. SHOREA NEGROSENSIS Foxw. 



M,»r M :^s i is i,smi ' Tayabas ' Aibay ' sors °*° n - negms - 



20. SHOREA PLAGATA sp. nov. § Anthoshorea. 



Arbor magma, 40 ra alta, 90 cm diametro. Cortex nigro cras- 

 so, squamuloso. Folia coriacea, ovato-lanceolata vel elliptica- 

 amina 6 ad 12 cm longa, 3 ad 5.5 cm lata; petiolo 12 ad 15 mm 

 ongo, nigro. Nervis secundariis 9 ad 12, plerumque 10. Stipu- 

 le parvae, fugaceae. Paniculae terminates. Flores ignota 

 Fructus ovoideus, sericeus, 12 ad 15 mm longus, 11 mm diametro." 

 Ovarium, conoideum sericeum. Stylopodium 0. Stylus conicus, 

 sericeus. Alae 5, 3 majora 7 cm longa, 12 ad 16 mm lata ; nerviis 

 longitudinahs 7 ad 10, reticulatis. 



A very large tree with thick black, furrowed or scaly bark 

 Heartwood dark red, moderately hard and light. A fine grade 

 of red lauan but harder and heavier than is usually the case with 

 k7ntTb ° ». * S °T resemblance to guijo and is locally 



foW Tb , T\ U gr ° WS With ° ther Di Pterocarps in tall 



i-^fa ll U ' ^ en fresh ' Sh0wed a distinct reddish Knge 



in the wings, the nut being covered with a pale silky pubescence. 



The fruit is eaten by the forest animals very quickly after its fall. 



worT^M Zan J b ?f" ga District ' P ° rt Ba "Z*> F °r- Bur. 13758, Fox- 



colLcted bv wlfi V fr2' J T B 17 ' 1912 (type) - This s P ecies ™ fi-t 

 collected by Whitford & Hutchinson, For. Bur. 917 U, H9S, in the same 



neighborhood, in December and January, 1907 and 1908. More recent 



Penfnr^ T ^ ^ ° f them fr0m the Same *> art of ^ Zamboanga 

 Pennsula): For. Bur. U 210, Foxworthy, De Mesa & Villamil, June, 19?2 



f7^ JanuTry.^S^ 71 ^^ '' *"' ^ **"' Stadtmil ^ & 

 The specific name "plagata" is given because of the resemblance of the 



leaves to those of Hopea plagata. It is allied to Skorea selanica Blume 



and apparently also is rather closely related to Shorea warburgii Gilg. 



21. SHOREA MINDANENSIS sp. nov. § Anthoshorea. 



Arbor magna. Folia late ovata, elliptica vel oblonga, 6.5 ad 



