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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. ~ 499 
Calophyllum amplexicaule Choisy ex Planch. & Triana in Ann. Sci. Nat. 
IV 15 (1861) 281; Vesque in DC. Monog. Phan. 8 (1893) 564; Vidal Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 96, Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. (1886) 54. 
Tovomita pentapetala Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 432, ed. 2 (1845) 301, ed. 3, 
23194. 
Ochrocarpus pentapetalus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 17. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Cuming 1077 (type number): Province of 
Pangasinan, Salasa, For. Burs 9625 Zschokke: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 
8226, 8229, 8236 Curran & Merritt, Bur. Sci. 4755, 5100 Ramos, 
This species is here enumerated chiefly to call attention to the reduction of 
Blanco’s Tovomita pentapetala, which was referred by F.-Villar to Ochrocarpus. 
Blanco’s material was from the Provinces of Ilocos Norte and Sur, and he speaks 
of the plant as being common near the seashore, flowering in December, and 
locally known as Pamitlain and Pamitlatin. The specimen collected by Cuming, 
on which Calophyllum amplexicaule Choisy was based, was also from Ilocos Norte, 
according to Cuming’s own list of localities, and not from Albay, as stated by 
Vesque; that the former is probably correct is borne out by the fact that the 
species is only known from northern Luzon, and has so far never been found 
in the south. Blanco’s description applies absolutely to Calophyllum ampleaicaule 
with the exception of the flowers, which he describes as having two sepals, and 
five petals. This was undoubtedly an error on his part, due to misconception 
of the parts of the flower. This is the only plant known to me that agrees with 
Blanco’s description as to its resinous properties, sessile leaves, etc., and even 
to the axillary glands mentioned by him, these glands being really the axillary 
buds. The specimen from Pangasinan was received under the native name 
“Pamitaoyon,” 
Blanco’s specific name is hence the oldest available one for the species, but 
I am loath to transfer it to Calophyllum, as it was apparently selected by him 
on a misconception of the floral parts, and in no way applies to any species of 
the genus, all the species of Calophyllum having 4-merous flowers. 
GARCINIA Linn. 
Garcinia cordata sp. nov. § Hugarcinia. 
Arbor glabra circiter 8 m alta; foliis sessilibus vel subsessilibus, ovato- 
lanceolatis vel late lanceolatis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, nitidis, apice 
acutis vel obscure acuminatis, basi late rotundatis distincte cordatis, 
nervis utrinque 20 ad 25; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, pedicellatis, 
4-meris, staminibus numerosis, in phalangibus 4 brevissime stipitatis vel 
subsessilibus dense congestis; pistilli rudimento fungiforme. 
A glabrous tree about 8 m high. Branches brown, terete, the branch- 
lets distinctly 4-angled, frequently olivaceous. Leaves opposite, sessile 
or subsessile, ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 10 to 16 cm 
long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, broadest in the lower part, chartaceous or sub- 
coriaceous, shining, the apex acute or obscurely acuminate, the base 
broad, rounded, distinctly cordate ; lateral nerves 20 to 25 on each side of 
the midrib, slender, irregular, the reticulations nearly obsolete. Flowers 
axillary, fascicled, white, 4-merous, 4 to 8 in. each axil, their pedicels 
about 7 mm long. Outer two sepals elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 4 mm long, 
smaller than the inner two which are petaloid. Petals membranaceous, 
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