XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 4j1 
ellipticis, circiter 25 cm longis, chartaceis, obtusis vel obtuse 
acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 16; paniculis diffusis, laxis, 
foliis subaequantibus, multifloris, ramis inferioribus usque ad 
30 cm longis; floribus racemose dispositis, 5-meris, calycis lobis 
orbicularibus, petalis obovato-ellipticis, 1.4 mm longis, tubo sta- 
mineo libero. 
A small tree, the branchlets and inflorescences densely covered 
with closely appressed brown or castaneous scales with similar 
scattered ones on the lower surface of the leaflets. Leaves al- 
ternate, about 60 cm long, 7-foliolate; leaflets alternate or the 
upper pair opposite, chartaceous, rather pale when dry, oblong- 
elliptic, somewhat inequilateral, about 25 cm long, 9 to 11 cm 
wide, the apex obtuse or somewhat obtusely acuminate, base 
usually rounded on one side and acute on the other; lateral 
nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, prominent; petiolules 
1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Panicles diffuse, about 50 cm long, the 
branches spreading, the lower ones up to 30 cm in length, many 
flowered, the flowers laxly and racemosely arranged on the ulti- 
mate branchlets, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. Flowers white, 
5-merous. Calyx-lobes orbicular, rounded, 0.5 mm in diameter. 
Petals elliptic-obovate to broadly elliptic, 1.4 mm long. Sta- 
minal-tube turbinate, glabrous, about 1 mm long, crenulate, the 
crenulations minutely puberulent, free, glabrous. Anthers 5, 
inserted below the rim of the tube, about 0.5 mm long, their tips 
minutely exserted. - 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31098 Ramos & 
Edano, May 16, 1918, in damp forests. 
This species is allied to Aglaia pallida Merr., from which it 
is distinguished by its larger leaflets, the lepidote indumentum 
not being at all stellate, and by its very much longer petiolules. 
ANACARDIACEAE 
SEMECARPUS Linnaeus f. 
SEMECARPUS SUBSESSILIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Species S. gigantifoliae affinis, differt inflorescentiis terminal- 
ibus, inflorescentiis hypocarpiisque cinereo-pubescens. Frutex 
vel arbor parva, simplex; foliis oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 
50 cm longis et 16 latis, acuminatis, deorsum longe angustatis, 
basi rotundatis vel obtusis, nervis utrinque 30 ad 35, perspicuis; 
paniculis circiter 20 cm longis; fructibus oblongis, circiter 1 cm 
longis. 
A shrub or a small unbranched tree, glabrous. except the in- 
florescences. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, about 50 em long, 12 
to 16 cm wide, firmly chartaceous, shining, the upper surface 
