XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 407 
acutis; seminibus plerumque 2, exarillatis, coccineis, basi nigris, 
subellipticis, circiter 2 cm longis, 1.5 ad 2 cm latis, nitidis. 
A tree about 10 m high, glabrous (inflorescences unknown). 
Leaves about 40 cm long, the rachis produced above the upper 
pair; leaflets chartaceous, rather pale when dry, elliptic to 
oblong-elliptic, 9 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 8.5 cm wide, the apex 
rather abruptly and sharply acuminate, base acute; lateral 
nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing. 
Pods woody, subelliptic, about 7 em long, brown when dry, the 
valves recurved after dehiscence, base and apex rounded or the 
apex obscurely and broadly apiculate or merely subacute. Seeds 
usually 2, not arillate, crimson, with a black base, subellipsoid, 
about 2 cm long, 1.5 to 2 em wide, hard, shining, slightly rugose 
when dry. 
MINDANAO, Lanao District, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 
1139, July, 1907, altitude about 900 meters. 
This species is probably most closely allied to Ormosia orbi- 
culata Merr., but the pods are usually 2-seeded and the seeds 
have a conspicuous black base. 
ORMOSIA BASILANENSIS sp. nov. § Toulichiba, Macrodisca. 
Arbor magna, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis plus mi- 
nusve ferrugineo-pubescentibus, ramis circiter 1 cm diametro; 
foliis circiter 40 cm longis, rhachibus et petiolis et subtus foliolis 
ad costa ferrugineo-pubescentibus, rhachibus productis; foliolis 
9, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, 12 ad 17 cm longis, 
basi acutis, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8; legu- 
minis orbiculari-ovatis, leviter inaequilateralibus, circiter 7 cm 
longis, valvis crassis, lignosis, apice breviter crasseque acumi- 
natis; seminibus solitariis, 8 cm longis, ellipsoideis, rubris, 
nitidis, exarillatis. 
A large tree, the younger parts, inflorescences, and leaves 
more or less ferruginous-pubescent, the leaflets only sparingly 
pubescent beneath along the midrib, the branches rather stout, 
about 1 em in diameter, dark colored when dry, glabrous. 
Leaves about 40 cm long, the rachis and petioles more or less 
ferruginous-pubescent with rather long hairs, the rachis 
prolonged beyond the distal pair of leaflets; leaflets 9, oblong to 
oblongo-elliptic, subcoriaceous, shining, 12 to 17 cm long, 4.5 to 
7 em wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and the dis- 
tinctly acuminate apex; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of 
the midrib, distinct, ascending; petiolules 5 to 7mm long. Pods 
orbicular-ovate, slightly inequilateral, about 7 cm long and wide, 
base rounded, apex with a short stout acumen, the valves woody, 
