xm, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 297 



AGLAIA PALLENS (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Aglaia elaeagnoidea Benth. var. pallens Merr. in Philip Journ Sci 

 3 (1908) Bot. 413. 



Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3881 Fenix, June, 1907; For. Bur 

 19365 Agudo, May, 1909, locally known as alui. Babuyan Islands Cami- 

 guin, Bur. Sci. U22 Fenix, July, 1907. 



This species differs from Aglaia elaeagnoidea Benth. especially in its 

 much smaller leaves. 



CHISOCHETON Blume 

 CHISOCHETON (DASYCOLEUM) PARVIFOLIOLUS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis usque ad 

 25 cm longis, foliolis usque ad 14, oppositis, coriaceis, oblongis, 

 usque ad 10 cm longis, obtuse acuminatis, in siccitate pallidis, 

 nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, subtus valde perspicuis, subpat- 

 ulis; infructescentiis axillaribus, longe pedunculatis, folia sub- 

 aequantibus, puberulis; fructibus globosis vel depresso-globosis, 

 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro, pericarpio puberulo. 



A small tree, glabrous except the more or less cinereous- 

 puberulent inflorescence and younger parts. Branches terete, 

 rather stout, the ultimate ones 5 to 7 mm in diameter, wrinkled 

 when dry, grayish. Leaves alternate, up to 25 cm in length, 

 the leaflets usually about 7 pairs, opposite, coriaceous, oblong, 

 pale when dry, 7 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm wide, somewhat 

 inequilateral, apex obtusely acuminate, base distinctly inequila- 

 teral, rounded on both sides; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, spreading, very prominent; petiolules 2 to 

 3 mm long. Infructescences axillary, long-peduncled, about as 

 long as the leaves, narrowly pyramidal, fruit bearing only in 

 the upper one-third, the primary branches at most 3 cm long, 

 spreading. Fruits globose or depressed-globose, pale-brownish 

 when dry, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, puberulent, smooth, indehis- 

 cent, usually containing two seeds. 



Luzon, Ilocos Sur Province, Tineg, Lagayan, For. Bur. 25i67 Paraiso, 

 March 20, 1915, on slopes, altitude about 300 meters, locally known as 

 palatangan. 



A species closely allied to Chisocheton philippinus Harms., from which 

 it is distinguished by its much smaller, very prominently nerved leaflets. 



DYSOXYLUM Blume 

 DYSOXYLUM HEXANDRUM sp. nov. § Eudysoxylum. 



Arbor, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis alternis, 30 ad 

 80 cm longis, foliolis alternis vel superioribus suboppositis, char- 

 taceis, olivaceis, in siccitate utrinque minutissime verruculosis, 

 oblongis ad oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-ellipticis, plerumque cir- 



