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328 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
A species manifestly allied to Casearia fuliginosa Blanco, but readily 
distinguishable by its fewer-nerved leaves. In C. fuliginosa Blanco the 
nerves are usually about 10 on each side of the midrib, in C. loheri 5 or 6 
on each side. The type was from Rizal Province, not from Laguna Province 
as distributed. 
CASEARIA SUBCORDATA sp. nov. § Pituwmba. 
Arbor parva partibus junioribus floribusque exceptis glabra; 
foliis coriaceis, oblongis, nitidis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 
15 cm longis, breviter acute acuminatis, basi abrupte subtrun- 
cato-cordatis, leviter inaequalibus, margine serratis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 12; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, ut videtur 
numerosis, 5-meris, tenuiter pedicellatis; fructibus anguste 
ovoideis vel ellipsoideo-ovoidis, 1 ad 1.4 cm longis, acutis, in 
siccitate leviter 6-sulcatis. 
A small tree, nearly glabrous except the younger parts. 
Branches terete, lenticellate, grayish-brown or reddish-brown, 
glabrous, the younger branchlets distinctly hirsute with short 
hairs. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, 8 to 15 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm 
wide, the base abruptly and somewhat obliquely subtruncate- 
cordate, the sinus shallow, the basal lobes broadly rounded, the 
apex shortly but rather sharply acuminate, the margins regularly 
and rather finely serrate throughout, brown when dry, the upper 
surface strongly shining, the lower a little paler, shining, glabrous 
or when young with few short hairs on the lower surface; lateral 
nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, some- 
what curved, anastomosing, the reticulations fine, distinct; 
petioles 5 to 8 mm long, the younger ones slightly pubescent. 
Flowers 5-merous, axillary, fascicled, their pedicels slender, 3 
to 6 mm long, slightly pubescent. Sepals 5, oblong-ovate, glab- 
rous or nearly so, coriaceous, obtuse, 3 mm long slightly accres- 
cent and persistent in fruit, somewhat hirsute on the median 
portion inside. Stamens apparently 10; filaments 0.5 mm long; 
anthers a little longer; staminodes shorter than the stamens, 
densely ciliate-hirsute. Ovary narrowly ovoid, glabrous, nar- 
rowed upward to the short style, the stigma capitate. Fruit 
narrowly ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 1 to 1.4 em long, glabrous, 
numerous, 2 to 6 or more in each axil, shallowly longitudinally 
6-suleate when dry, acute; valves thickly coriaceous. Seeds 
about 12 in each fruit, smooth, brown, somewhat inequilaterally 
obovoid or oblong-obovoid, 4 mm long; aril fleshy, about 5 mm 
long, quite inclosing the seeds, irregularly lacerate and divided. 
Peduncles of the fruits about 1 cm long. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Bur. Sci. 15698 Fénix, August, 1912. 
A species manifestly very closely allied to Casearia polyantha Merr., 
