xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 3H 



Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 3.5 to 6 cm 

 long, 2.3 to 3 cm wide, shining, olivaceous or brownish-olivaceous, 

 base obtuse to rounded, apex shortly acuminate, the acumen 

 retuse, margins minutely crenulate-serrulate ; lateral nerves 7 to 

 9 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, anastomosing, the 

 reticulations distinct ; petioles 3 to 5 mm long. Racemes axillary, 

 and in the axils of fallen leaves, solitary, the rachis stout, 2 to 

 4 mm long, marked with numerous scars of fallen pedicels, each 

 bearing at one time one or two flowers at the apex, subsessile 

 or the pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long. Sepals orbicular to reniform, 

 the inner ones up to 2 mm long and 3.5 mm wide, their margins 

 ciliate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous ; styles 3, about 2 mm long, united 

 for one-half their length. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Scl 26579 Ramos & 

 Edano, September 9, 1916, in forests, altitude about 200 meters. 



A species resembling Eurya coriacea Merr., but with shorter petioles 

 and an entirely different inflorescence. The short, stout, scarred rachis 

 of the axillary racemes is characteristic. 



DIPTEROCARPACEAE 



VATICA Linnaeus 

 VATICA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 20 m alta; foliis crasse coriaceis, ellipticis ad 

 oblongo-ellipticis, glabris, olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 14 cm longis 

 et 8 cm latis, apice acuminatis, basi subacutis ad rotundatis, ner- 

 vis primariis utrinque circiter 12, subtus prominulis; paniculis 

 terminalibus, anguste pyramidatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, densis- 

 sime stellato-furfuraceis, indumento luteo; floribus numerosis; 

 petalis oblongis, circiter "11 mm longis; antheris 15; ovario 

 glabro ; stylis circiter 0.7 mm longis, glabris, stigmate obscuris- 

 sime 3-lobato. 



A tree about 20 m high, glabrous except the younger parts. 

 Branches terete, brownish, wrinkled when dry, about 5 mm 

 in diameter, glabrous or nearly so, the branchlets densely fer- 

 ruginous-furfuraceous. Leaves thickly coriaceous, elliptic to 

 oblong-elliptic, 11 to 14 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex rather 

 prominently acuminate, base acute to rounded, when dry oliva- 

 ceous, shining, the very young ones more or less stellate-puberu- 

 lent, the indumentum caducous, the leaves soon entirely glabrous ; 

 lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 curved, the reticulations not conspicuous; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm 

 long, when young densely and minutely furfuraceous, in age 

 glabrous or nearly so. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, up to 18 

 cm in length, the lower branches up to 9 cm in length, all parts 



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