IX, C, 5 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, II 473 
oblong-elliptic or broadly oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 20 em long, 
4 to 7 cm wide, entire, narrowed to the acute base and to the 
rather slenderly acuminate apex, the acumen about 1.5 cm long, 
usually somewhat falcate, sharp, rather pale when dry, of about 
the same color on both surfaces and slightly shining when dry; 
lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, rather prom- 
jnent, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles glabrous, 
1 to 2 em long; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, slightly pubescent, 
about 4 mm long. Male spikes solitary or fascicled in the axils 
of fallen leaves, peduncled, 1 to 2 cm long, cylindric, somewhat 
interrupted, 2.5 mm in diameter, glabrous, the flowers fragrant, 
bright-yellow. Calyx about 1.5 mm iin diameter, the lobes 5, 
ovate to obovate, obtuse or rounded, entire. Stamens usually 
two. Female flowers not seen, but ovary apparently glabrous, 
judging from the young fruits. Fruits yellowish-red, globose, 
rather pale when dry, 2 cm in diameter when mature, glabrous, 
the pericarp thick, brittle, 3-celled, or by abortion 2-celled, the 
persistent stigmas sessile, obovate, forming a crown about 4 
mm in diameter at the apex of the fruit. 
NEGROS, Himugaan River, For. Bur. 7279 (type), 7254 Everett, May, 1907, 
the former with male flowers, the latter with fruit. Luzon, Province of 
Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 18519, 15112 Ramos, August, 1910, June, 
1912, the latter distributed as Aporosa frutescens Blume. 
A species in vegetative characters and its fruits very similar to, and 
- manifestly closely allied to the Javan Aporosa fruticosa (Blume) Muell.- 
Arg., from which it differs in the characters indicated in the diagnosis. 
Blume’s species is represented in the Herbarium of the Bureau of Science 
by two Javan specimens collected and named by him, one with male 
flowers, and one with fruits. 
BRIDELIA Willdenow 
BRIDELIA ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. § Monospermae. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta, floribus exceptis glabra; foliis 
oblongis ad late oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, usque ad 18 cm 
—longis, supra olivaceis, nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, basi acutis 
ad rotundatis, apice longe tenuiterque acuminatis, nervis utrin- 
que 9 ad 10, ascendentibus, arcuato-reticulatis; floribus ¢ 
fasciculatis, parce pubescentibus, sepalis anguste lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, 2 mm longis, petalis circiter 1 mm longis; fructibus 
ovoideis vel ellipsoideis, glabris, circiter 6 mm longis, 1-locula- 
ribus. 
A tree about 10 m high, glabrous except the sparingly pubes- 
cent flowers. Branches terete, slender, light-gray or reddish- 
brown. Leaves oblong to broadly oblong-lanceolate, charta- 
ceous, 10 to 18 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, the base acute to rounded, 
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