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GLOCHIDION Forster 
GLOCHIDION DOLICHOSTYLUM sp. nov. § Hemiglochidion? 
Arbor parva, ut videtur dioica, ramulis subtus foliis inflores- 
centiis que breviter pubescentibus; foliis usque ad 20 cm longis, 
oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate 
brunneo-olivaceis, supra minutissime verruculosis, subtus pro- 
minente reticulato-venosis, basi rotundatis, apice late acuminatis 
apiculatisque, nervis lateralibus subtus valde prominentibus, 
utrinque circiter 8; floribus @ 3- ad 5-meris, sessilibus, fascicu- 
latis, axillaribus, 3 mm longis; ovarium glabrum, 6-loculare, 0.5 
mm longum; columna stylaris cylindrica, 4 mm longa, leviter 
hirsuta. 
A small, apparently dioecious tree, more or less pubescent. 
Branches brown, terete, the ultimate ones much elongated, rather 
slender, somewhat brown-pubescent. Leaves distichous, subco- 
riaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 13 to 20 cm long, 5 
to 8 em wide, brownish-olivaceous when dry, dull or slightly 
shining, the upper surface minutely and densely verruculose, 
the lower surface prominently reticulate, pubescent on the midrib 
and lateral nerves with short, spreading, pale hairs, the base 
rather broadly rounded, the apex broadly and shortly acuminate, 
the acumen apiculate; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, curved, anasto- 
mosing; petioles pubescent, about 3 mm long. Female flowers 
in small, dense, axillary fascicles, the fascicles 5 mm in diameter 
or less, the flowers sessile, 3- to 5-merous; perianth segments 
oblong-obovate, acute, or obtuse, short-hirsute on both surfaces, 
the larger three about 3 mm long, the other two, when present, 
shorter and narrower. Ovary depressed-globose, glabrous, 6- 
celled, about 0.5 mm in diameter; style about as thick as the 
ovary, cylindric, not constricted above the ovary, sparingly pu- 
bescent with short spreading hairs, minutely toothed at the 
apex. 
PALAWAN, Binaloan, Malampaya Bay, Merrill 9408, May, 1913, in 
forests at low altitudes. 
A strongly marked species, characterized by its comparatively large, 
prominently reticulate, short petioled leaves, its small dense fascicles of 
sessile pistillate flowers, its unequal perianth segments, its small glabrous 
ovary, and especially by its greatly elongated cylindric styles. 
GLOCHIDION NITIDUM sp. nov. § Hemiglochidion? 
Arbor parva circiter 8 m alta, glabra; foliis crasse coriaceis, 
nitidis, falcatis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 13 cm longis, acuminatis 
basi acutis, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6, prominentibus, 
