IX, C, 5 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, II 467 
longis, apice acuminatis apiculatisque, basi acutis; nervis latera- 
libus utrinque circiter 7, plus minusve obliquis, leviter curvatis, 
tenuibus, distinctis; stipulis linearis, circiter 4 mm _ longis; 
inflorescentiis ¢ usque ad 7 cm longis, depauperato-paniculatis, 
pubescentibus; floribus spicatis, 4-meris, calycibus leviter lobatis, 
lobis late ovatis; staminibus 4; inflorescentiis 2 simplicibus vel 
leviter paniculatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, floribus 4-meris, dis- 
tincte pedicellatis, stigmate terminalibus. 
A dioecious shrub 8 to 5 m high, somewhat villous. Branches 
slender, terete, brownish, glabrous, the younger ones pale or 
cinereous-pubescent. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 6 to 10 cm long, 2 
to 4 cm wide, chartaceous to submembranaceous, subequally 
narrowed at both ends, the base acute, apex rather slenderly 
and prominently acuminate, the acumen apiculate, the upper 
surface brownish or olivaceous when dry, glabrous, or the midrib 
slightly pubescent, somewhat shining, the lower surface sparingly 
pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves, paler than the upper 
surface, slightly shining; lateral nerves about 7 on each side 
of the midrib, slender but distinct, somewhat ascending, anas- 
tomosing near the margins; petioles pubescent, 1 to 3 mm long; 
stipules linear, pubescent, acuminate, about 4 mm long. Stam- 
inate and pistillate inflorescences numerous, pale-pubescent, up 
to 7 cm long, simple or somewhat panicled, the branches of the 
staminate spicate, of the pistillate racemose, the flowers of both 
numerous, subapproximate but not crowded. Pistillate flowers: 
Calyx cup-shaped, about 1 mm long and thick, divided to about 
the middle into 4, ovate, acute somewhat pubescent lobes, the 
pedicels glabrous, as long as the lanceolate, acuminate, 1.2 mm 
long bracteoles. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigma terminal, the 
arms three, short. Male flowers sessile or very shortly pedicelled, 
4-merous, the calyx 0.5 mm long, 4-lobed, lobes short, broadly- 
ovate; filaments 4, about 1 mm long; bracteoles 0.5 mm long. 
PALAWAN, Merrill 9294 (type), 9295, May 31, 1914, in forests, altitude 
about 150 meters, Taytay-Lake Manguao trail; Taytay, Merrill 9336, May 
9, 1918, with very young male flowers; near Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. 
21491 Fernandez, May 4, 1914, in forests, altitude about 60 meters. 
Apparently allied to Antidesma cuspidatum Muell.-Arg. of the Malay 
Peninsula, but with much smaller leaves. It is characterized by its 
comparatively small, somewhat obliquely nerved leaves which are acuminate 
and at the same time apiculate, its linear stipules, and somewhat panicled 
inflorescences, the male flowers spicate, the female recemose. 
ANTIDESMA PALAWANENSE sp. nov. 
Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glaber; foliis subcoriaceis, nitidis, oblongis vel oblongo- 
