n° a ee 
378 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
The alliance of this species is apparently with Adinandra loheri Merr., 
of Luzon, differing in its more hirsute stamens, more prominently reti- 
culated leaves, and verruculose branchlets and midribs. The leaves also, 
at least when young, present on the lower surface very scattered, short 
hairs. 
GUTTIFERAE 
GARCINIA Linnaeus 
GARCINIA OLIGOPHLEBIA sp. nov. § Eugarcinia. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 8 m alta; foliis oblongo-obovatis ad 
late oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, acuminatis, basi 
angustatis, cuneatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, adscendentibus ; 
floribus ¢ axillaribus, fasciculatis, sessilibus, 4-meris, circiter 
3 mm longis, rubris; antheris 4, longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, 
ovarii rudimento nullo. 
A glabrous dioecious tree about 8 m high, the branches terete, 
brownish, the younger ones greenish-brown. Leaves subcoria- 
ceous, oblong-obovate to broadly oblong-oblanceolate, 4 to 7 cm 
long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, rather abruptly acuminate, base gradually 
narrowed, cuneate; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, ascending, rather more prominent on the upper than on 
the lower surface; petioles 1 cm long or less. Male flowers 
axillary, fascicled, sessile, red, 3 to 7 in a fascicle, about 3 mm 
long. Calyx-lobes ovate-elliptic to obovate, 2 mm long, the inner 
two somewhat narrower then the outer. Corolla about 3 mm 
long. Anthers 4, subsessile, 1 mm long, longitudinally dehiscent, 
2-celled, the rudimentary ovary none. 
LEYTE, Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 632, March 15, 1914, in forests, altitude about 
500 meters. 
A species similar to and very closely allied to Garcinia rubra Merr., 
differing manifestly in its smaller, fewer-nerved leaves. 
BEGONIACEAE 
BEGONIA Linnaeus 
BEGONIA MEGACARPA sp. nov. § Petermannia ? 
Herba glabra, monoica, caulibus scandens, radicantibus, levi- 
ter ramosis; foliis in siccitate membranaceis, suboblique late 
ovatis, acuminatis, margine repandis, basi late truncatis vel sub- 
cordato-truncatis, leviter inaequilateralibus, usque ad 15 cm 
longis; floribus fasciculatis, magnis; capsulis obovoideis vel 
turbinatis, subaequaliter 2-alatis, basi acutis, apice subrotundato- 
truncatis, circiter 3 cm longis. 
A glabrous, epiphytic, scandent, sparingly branched herb, 
