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than the upper, the base acute, the apex shortly and bluntly acuminate ; 
nerves very numerous, densely disposed, about as prominent on one sur- 
face as on the other; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Racemes axillary, 
solitary, 3-flowered, the peduncles slender, about 1 em long, the pedicels 
very slender, 2 to 3 cm long, umbellately arranged at the apex of the 
peduncle. Flowers white, the outer two sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, 
about 5 mm long, the inner two similar but petaloid. Petals 4, elliptic 
or elliptic-ovate, about 8 mm long. Stamens indefinite. Ovary glabrous, 
globose or ovoid; style 4 mm long. 
MinpaNnao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur, 9405 Whitford & 
Hutchinson, February 3, 1908, in ridge forests at an altitude of about 600 m; 
also represented by Williams 2193, from the Sax River, same district, February 
28, 1905. 
A species similar in vegetative characters to Calophyllum whitfordu Merr., 
at once recognizable by its 3-flowered, solitary, axillary racemes, and very slender, 
elongated pedicels. 
Calophyllum racemosum sp. nov. § Jnophyllum. 
Arbor circiter 11 m alta, glabra, gemmis ferrugineo-puberulis ex- 
ceptis; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 25 cm longis, nitidis, 
basi acutis, apice acuminatis, margine distincte revolutis ; racemis simpli- 
cibus, axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 10 cm longis, floribus circiter 2 em 
diametro. 
A tree about 11 m high, glabrous except the ferruginous-puberulent 
terminal buds which are lanceolate and 1 to 1.5 cm long. Branches 
stout, terete, somewhat rugose, brown to olivaceous, the branchlets some- 
what angled, suleate. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 15 to 25 cm 
long, 4 to 7 em wide, shining, when dry about the same color on both 
surfaces, or somewhat paler beneath, the apex distinctly and rather 
abruptly acuminate, the base acute, the margins rather strongly revolute ; 
nerves very numerous, close, about equally distinct on both surfaces; 
petioles rather stout, 1 to 2 cm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, 10 
cm long or less, simple, each with from 6 to 10 flowers, the pedicels 1 
to 2 cm long, those of the lower flowers the longer. Sepals orbicular- 
ovate, 8 to 10 mm long. Petals 4. Stamens indefinite. Fruit (im- 
mature) ovoid, glaucous, smooth, 1 to 1.5 cm long, apiculate. 
LreytE, between Dolores and Ormoe, For. Bur. 12620 Rosenbluth (type), Feb- 
ruary 26, 1909, in forests, altitude about 100 m. I am disposed to refer here 
also the following specimens from Mindanao: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. 
Clemens 1009, a luxuriant form, the racemes forming almost leafless, terminal 
panicles, and Williams 2124, 2346, with immature fruits, from the Sax River, 
District of Zamboanga. 
A species well characterized by being entirely glabrous, except the terminal 
buds, the margins of the leaves distinctly revolute, and the flowers arranged in 
simple racemes. It is probably as closely allied to Calophyllum blancoi Pl. & Tr., 
as to any other species but is distinguished by the above characters. 
