x.¢,1 Merrill: New or Noteworth Philippine Plants, XI 9 
each pinna, oblong, chartaceous _{ to 1.8 cm long, 5 to 7 mm 
wide, equilateral, the midrib cr al, apex rounded, base obtuse 
or rounded the lateral nerves abu + 6 on each side of the midrib, 
indistinct, the upper surface olivaceous, shining when dry, the 
lower paler. Panicles in the upper axils, usually one in each 
axil, as long as the leaves, narrow, the whole forming a ter- 
minal leafy inflorescence, sparingly fulvous-pubescent; primary 
branches confined to the upper 10 cm, spreading, solitary or 
fascicled, scattered below, rather crowded toward the apices, 
5 cm long or less, each branch bearing near its apex numerous, 
racemose-capitate, greenish-white flowers, the heads, including 
the anthers, about 3 cm in diameter. Pedicels about 2 mm 
long, appressed-pubescent with short fulvous hairs. Calyx nar- 
rowly funnel-shaped, about 4 mm long, sharply 5-toothed, densely 
appressed fulvous pubescent. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 
twice as long as the calyx, 5-lobed, the lobes 2 mm long or less, 
oblong, acute; stamens long-exserted. 
PALAWAN, Taytay, Merrill 9259, May 15, 1918, in forests near the sea 
and slightly above sea level. 
A very characteristic species apparently most closely allied to Albizzia 
pedicellata Baker, of the Malay Peninsula. 
PARKIA R. Brown 
PARKIA SHERFESEEI sp. nov. 
Arbor alta, plus minusve ferrugineo-pubesecentibus; foliis cir- 
citer 50 cm longis; pinnis 8- ad 12-jugatis, inferioribus bre- 
vioribus; foliolis 1l- ad 16-jugatis, oblongis, coriaceis, usque 
ad 2.5 cm longis, 1 cm latis, sessilibus, basi subtruncatis, apice 
rotundatis vel leviter inaequilateraliter retusis; pedunculis usque 
ad 30 cm longis, inflorescentiis junioribus obovoideis, dense fer- 
rugineo-pubescentibus. 
A tree reaching a height of 27 meters, the trunk 1.2 m in 
diameter, the young branchlets, rachis, secondary rachises, pe- 
duncles and inflorescence rather prominently ferruginous-pubes- 
cent with short hairs. Leaves up to 50 cm long, the pinnae 
8 to 12 pairs, the lower ones about 10 cm long, the intermediate 
and upper ones up to 16 cm long; leaflets coriaceous, rather 
pale when dry, oblong, up to 2.5 cm long, and 1 cm wide, sessile, 
base rounded-truncate, inequilateral, apex rounded or somewhat 
inequilaterally retuse, the lateral nerves slender, anastomosing, 
indistinct. Peduncles up to 30 cm long, the inflorescence (in 
bud) obovoid or pyriform, rather abruptly contracted below 
_ the middle, 4 to 5 cm long, about 2.5 cm in diameter, the bract- 
eoles densely imbricate, spatulate, about 7 mm long, glabrous 
