•'51l> MERBILL. 



A tree about 18 iii high. Branches glabrous, grayish-brown, some- 

 times pruinose, tlie younger branchlets densely ferruginous-pubescent. 

 Leaves coriaceous or Bubcoriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8 to 18 cm 

 long, 3 to (i cm wide, the apex shortly acuminate, the base rounded or 

 obtuse, both surfaces shining, the upper one glabrous, the lower glabrous 

 or more or loss pubescent on the midrib; nerves <> to 8 on each side of 

 the midrib, qoI very prominent, anastomosing, the secondary ones and 

 the reticulations distinct on the lower surface, rather close; petioles 8 

 to l<» cm long, more or less pubescent. Fruit ovoid-globose, about 5 cm 

 in diameter, the pericarp bony or woody, outside black, more or less 

 pruinose. reticulate-rugose when dry, glabrous, the persistent, 5-lobed 

 calyx appreseed to the base of the fruit. 4.5 to ."> cm in diameter, the 

 lobes united for half their length, triangular-ovate, spreading, acute, 

 thickly coriaceous or almost woody, both sides densely ferruginous- 

 pubescent. The central portion of the calyx is depressed, the depression 

 extending along the median portions of the lobes, while there are five 



prominent protuberances at the juncture of the lobes. 



Mindanao. District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9919 Whitford, 

 November, 1907, in fruit: Ayala, For. Bur. \811 Hutchinson. July, 1906, sterile. 

 On forested ridges at an altitude of about SO m, locally known as Camagon. The 

 fruit is immature and is described by Whitford ;is green. 



OLACACELEJ. 



LINOCIERA Bwartx 

 Linociera acuminatissima sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter !> m aha, ramis ramulisque teretibus, pallidis; 

 folds coriaceis. nitidis, oblongo-elliptieis, basi acuminatis, apice ralde 

 caudato-acuminatis, margine plus minus recurvatis; inflorescentiis race- 



mosis, axillarilnis, racemis Bolitariis, paucifloris, 2 ad ;5 cm longis: floribua 

 circiter 4 mm longis. 



A tree, glabrous throughout, about !) m high. Branches and branchlets 

 slender, terete, pale-gray, sparingly lenticellate. Leaves opposite, coria- 

 ceous, somewhat shining, oblong-elliptic, 8 to 12 cm long. 8.5 to 4 cm 

 wide, olivaceous above wlien dry, brownish and paler beneath, the base 

 somewhat acuminate, the apex rather strongly caudate-acuminate, the 

 acumen 1.5 to 2 cm long, slender, narrowed upward, blunt, the margins 

 somewhat recurved: nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, indistinct. 

 distant, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete; petioles 1 to 

 1.5 cm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, 2 to :5 cm long, few-flowered, 

 the pedicels stout, 1 to 4 mm long, the bract coles narrowly oblong or 

 lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acuminate, about 2 mm long. Calvx-lohes 

 broadly ovate, acute. 1 mm long. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, obtuse, I mm 

 long, somewhat connate below. Stamens 8, the filaments broad, short: 

 anthers elliptic, 1 mm long. 



Palawan. Malampaya Ray, For. Bur. \5QG, 1 ',:,', Curnin. .June 21, 190(i* 



Well characterized by its caudate-acuminate leaves. 



