446 The Philippine Journal of Science 1919 
placed in this genus unless a new one be proposed for it. It 
cannot be placed in the genus Discocalyx on account of its 
elongated filaments, which equal the corolla lobes in length. In 
the type specimen the much thickened, prominently scarred, 
ultimate branchlets attain a length of at least 15 cm and are 
distinctly thicker than the smooth or nearly smooth branches 
which bear them. The species is otherwise very prominently 
characterized by its very thickly coriaceous, entire, obscurely 
nerved leaves, which are crowded toward the apices of the 
branchlets and by its usually racemose inflorescences. - 
SAPOTACEAE 
PALAQUIUM Blanco 
PALAQUIUM GLABRIFOLIUM sp. nov. 
Arbor novellis et floribus exceptis glabra; foliis subcoriaceis, 
anguste oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, apice perspicue 
acuminatis, basi angustatis, cuneatis vel decurrento-acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 20, tenuibus; floribus solitariis vel fas- 
ciculatis, sepalis coriaceis, exterioribus glabris, interioribus 
leviter pubescentibus, circiter 3.5 mm longis; ovario puberulo. 
A tree, 6 to 8 m high, entirely glabrous except the growing 
tips of the branchlets, the inner sepals, and the ovary. Leaves 
subcoriaceous, rigid, dark-brown when dry, shining, the lower 
surface paler than the upper, narrowly oblong-obovate, 10 to 
14 cm long, 3.5 to 5 em wide, apex rather conspicuously acu- 
minate, the acumen blunt, narrowed in the lower one-half to 
the cuneate or somewhat decurrent-acuminate base; primary 
lateral nerves slender, about 20 on each side of the midrib, 
anastomosing, slightly more conspicuous than are the secondary 
nerves and reticulations; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Flowers 
solitary or fascicled, from the axils of fallen leaves, their pedi- 
cels about 1 cm long, in age entirely glabrous. Outer sepals 
' glabrous, thickly coriaceous, somewhat rugose when dry, very 
broadly ovate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, about 4 mm wide, the inner 
sepals ovate, obtuse or acute, about 3.5 mm long, slightly pubes- 
cent on the median portion, the margins thin, glabrous. Sta- 
mens and corolla not seen. Ovary slightly puberulent, 6-celled; 
style about 9 mm long, glabrous. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon, Bur. Sci. 30820 
Ramos & Edaio, April 22, 1918, on forested slopes. 
This species is most closely allied to Palaquium dubardii Elm., 
from which it is distinguished by its conspicuously acuminate 
