17, 3 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 291 
fascicles 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Sepals obovate, about 7 mm 
long. * 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33591 Ramos 
& Edano, November 28, 1918, in damp forests at low altitudes. 
This species is readily distinguished by its lanceolate leaves, 
which are gradually narrowed upward to the slenderly subcau- 
date-acuminate apex, and by its terminal, crowded, sessile, fas- 
cicled flowers. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
HYDNOCARPUS Gaertner 
HYDNOCARPUS HUTCHINSONII sp. nov. § Huhydnocarpus, Oliganthera. 
Arbor, usque ad 15 m alta, partibus junioribus floribusque ex- 
ceptis glabra; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, 15 ad 25 cm longis, basi 
distincte inaequilateralibus, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque 
12 ad 14, perspicuis; floribus longe pedicellatis, 5-meris, sepalis 
pubescens, 9 ad 11 mm longis; petalis glabris, usque ad 13 mm 
longis, appendicibus linearis, usque ad 10 mm longis; staminibus 
5; fructibus globosis, circiter 8 cm diametro, pericarpio fragile, 
seminibus usque ad 2 cm longis. 
A tree, reaching a height of 15 m, glabrous except the younger 
parts and flowers. Leaves oblong, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 
entire, 15 to 25 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, the base distinctly in- 
equilateral, usually rounded or obtuse on the broader side and 
often acute on the narrower side, the apex rather abruptly and 
distinctly acuminate, the upper surface subolivaceous or brown- 
ish, shining, smooth, the lower surface brownish, distinctly reticu- 
late ; lateral nerves 12 to 14 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
curved, anastomosing close to the margin; petioles usually about 
1 cm long. Flowers yellow, the inflorescence axillary, few- 
flowered, the axils of the inflorescence up to 8 mm long, somewhat 
pubescent, usually simple; pedicels up to 2 cm long. Sepals 5, 
from 9 to 11 mm long, pubescent, reflexed in anthesis, oblong- 
elliptic to elliptic-ovate, rounded. Petals glabrous, up to 13 mm 
long, about 5 mm wide when spread, ultimately involute and in- 
closing a linear-oblong, flattened, free appendage up to 10 mm 
long and 1 mm wide, which is slightly pubescent above and at- 
tached by its base only. Stamens 5, the filaments 5 mm long, 
much’ thickened below, tapering upward, glabrous; anthers as 
long as the filaments. Rudimentary ovary pubescent. Fruit 
globose, about 8 cm in diameter, the pericarp rather thin when 
dry, brittle, externally puberulent. Seeds numerous, irregular, 
up to 2 em in length. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, For. Bur. 4822 Hutchinson, 
