292 MERRILL. 



vel binis, glabris, folia nmlto brevioribus, floribus paueis, umbellato- 

 racemosis, longe pedieellatis; fructibus ellipsoideis vel ovoideis, circiter 

 2 cm longis, in sicco rugosis. 



A tree about 20 m high, glabrous throughout except the terminal buds 

 which are densely ferrngmoiis-puberulont. Branches terete, light-gray, 

 the branchlets stout, gray or yellowish, strongly angled and sulcate. 

 Leaves subsessile or veiy shortly ]>etioled, coriaceous, shining, oblong- 

 elliptic to oblong-obovate, 11 to 18 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, the apex 

 obtuse, rounded, or rarely subacute, the base distinctly auricled, the lower 

 surface paler than the upper, the midrib impressed on the upper surface, 

 very prominent beneath, the lateral nerves very numerous, more distinct 

 on the upper surface than on the lower; petioles none, or very stout and 

 less than 'A mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary or in pairs, rarely 

 more than ;?-tlo\vered, the flowers umbellately disposed at the apex of the 

 peduncle which is 1 to 1.5 cm long or less, the pedicels slender, 1 to 

 2 cm long, elongated in fruit. Buds globose. Sepals 4. Petals none. 

 Stamens indefinite. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, about 2 cm long, rugose 

 when dry, the pedicels in fruit frequently 4 cm in length. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River, William* 8359 (type), February 

 20, 1905, Copelomd 1$17, February, 1905: Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. 

 Clemens l()/!>. .May. 1!M)7. Basilax. For. Bur. 6126 Hutchinson. July. 1906. 



A species much resembling Calophyllum venuloaum Zoll. of Java, differing 

 especially in its shorter petioles, the auriculate base- of the leaves, and the 

 terminal buds only puberulent, not serioeous, 



CRATOXYLON Blume. 



1. Petals inappemliculate § Ancistrolobus. 



2. Flowers in axillary, short, few- flowered cymes ]. ('. chiiniise 



2. Flowers in terminal, often leafy panicles. 



3. Leaves distinctly petioled, lanceolate or rarely oblong-lanceolate, gradually 



narrowed at both ends; panicles ample 2, C. eelebiciun 



S. Leaves shortly petioled or subsessile; oval to elliptic, or oblong-ovate, 

 bate usually broad, rounded, often subcordate; panicles usually small. 



3. C. blaneoi 



1. Petals with a basal squamule: flowers in few-flowered, axillary cymes. § Tbi- 



DESHIfl 4. C. for in os inn 



1. Cratoxylon chinense (Retz.) comb. nov. 



Hypericum chinense Ketz. Obs. 5 (1789) 27. 



Hypericum cochinchinensc Lour. PI. Cochinch. (1790) 472. 



Hypericum biflorum Lam. Encycl. 4 (1797) 170. 



Ancistrolobus liyistrinus Spach Suit. Buff. 5 (1836) 358. 



Omtowylon polyanthum Korth. Yerhandl. Nat. Geschied. Bot. (1839-42) 175, 

 /. 86; Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnd. 1 (1874) 257; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1- (1859) 

 510; Forbes & Semsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1880) 74. 



Cratoxylon liyustrinum Blume Alus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1852) l(i. 



Cralo.ri/lon bi/lorum Turcz. in Bull. Soe. Nat. Mosc. 36' (1868) 580. 



CUUON, Merrill J/')'/. 



Southern China to Burma, the .Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



