268 MERRILL. 



foliolia 3 ad 5, coriaceia, elliptico-ovatis vel oblongo-ellipticis, altering, 

 valde glanduloao-praictatia, plus minus inaequilateralibua, apice acu- 

 niinatis, b:isi acutis vel obtuaia; paniculia axillaribus ; calycibua 5- 

 vel l-meris, lobis valde imbricatis, glanduloso-punctatis ; ovario sessile, 

 dense rilloso; fructibus Buborbicularibus, ellipticis vel obovoideia, crassia, 

 leviter compresaia, brunneis, ligneis, :? ad 1 cm longis, circiter 3 cm 1 at is, 

 2.5 cm craaais, Lndehiscentibus ; seminibus solitariia, albumine ruminato. 



The type of this species is Elmer 7866 from Leyte, the specimens with im- 

 mature fruits ami without Sowers, which perhaps accounts for its originally being 

 described as Cynometra. Later Mr. Elmer transferred it to llarduickia. follow- 

 ing the conception of that genus as defined by Bentham and Hooker. Harms has 

 however proposed the new genus Kingiodendron, based on llarduickia pinnata 

 Roxb., to which the present species is allied. As we consider Kingiodendron 

 to he a valid genus, the Philippine species is here transferred as the second species 

 df die genus. 



In addition to the type, cited above, i he species is represented by the following 

 specimens: Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Guinayangan, Hath $, n.. May. 1904 

 (fruit i. Mulanaw and San Narciso, For, linr. W827, 10854 Curran, April, 1908 

 (fruit): Province of Camarines, For. Bur. 10671 Curran (sterile): Province of 

 Borsogon, For. linr. lot;.! 1 , Outran (sterile). Masratk. Merrill >7tSl, dune, 1903 

 (fruit). Whitford X679, October, 1906 (sterile). Ticao, For. linr. ids', Clark, 

 .May. 1904 (fruit). Panay. Miagao, Vidal H68 in Herb. Kew. Mindanao, Dis- 

 trict of Zamboanga, For. linr. ti~><>7 Hutchinson, March. 1907 (immature fruit); 

 Port Banga, For. linr. 9801, 9007, 11086 Whitford d- Hutchinson (in (lower). 



The present Bpecies is a timber tree of considerable importance, being com- 

 mercially known as Hatch. The wood structure has been considered by Fox- 

 worthy 4 who states Hint it is much like that of Sindora tupa Merr.. in structure, 

 hut is darker and with a greater amount of oil. It is widely distributed in the 

 central and southern Philippines, and is known by the following native names 

 V.. lialelc: '['.. Dangayj I?., Salalanginj in Zamboanga as I'alo Maria and 

 Bitanhol, hut these two names belong properly to Calophyllum, 



MEZONEURUM Deaf. 



Mezoneurum latisil iquum (Cav.) comb, now 



Bauhinia ? latieliquo. Cav, Icon. 5 (1799) 5, t. 408, in part, excluding descrip- 

 tion and figure of leaves. 



Heseoneurum glabrum Desf. in .Mem. Mus. Paris 4 (1818) 246, /. 10; DC. 



Prodr. 2 (1825) 4S4; Raker in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 2 (1878) 258; F.-Yill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 70; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1' (1855) 108; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. Fl. Vase. Filip. (1880) 114: Merr. in Philip. Journ. Bci. 

 1 ( 1906) Buppl. 04. 



Cacsalpinia torquata Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 336. 

 bTettOflM nriun procumbena Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 235. ed. 3, 2:73. 



Luzon. Province of Pampanga, Arayat. Merrill /.}.JN: Province of Rizal, 

 Merrill 1111: Province of Bataan. For. liur. 5958 Curran: ^Yh^tford s. n.; Wil- 

 liams 701: Province of Laguna, Los Bafios, Elmer; Pur. Sci. 6095 Robinson. 

 Mi-Ndoko. Paluan, Merrill 956 j For. liur. 97 .}.S" Merrill. Nkuron. For. liur. 7315 

 Ererelt. Basm.an. For. Bur. 8978 Hutchinson; Hallicr. Mindanao. Province of 



"This Journal. 2 (1907) Botanv 370. 



