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26 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, Phil. Pl. 1550 Ramos, 
November 20, 1913, in forests. 
This species is probably as closely allied to Canarium perkinsiae Merr. 
as to any other, differing in its much smaller, lanceolate leaves and in 
its short pedicels. It is well characterized by its narrowly lanceolate 
leaflets. 
CANARIUM ELLIPSOIDEUM sp. nov. § Eucanarium. 
Arbor alta, glabra (floribus ignotis) ; ramis incrassatis, gla- 
bris, circiter 2 cm diametro, brunneis, nitidis; foliis alternis, 
usque ad 55 cm longis, foliolis circiter 9-jugis, coriaceis, nitidis, 
ovatus ad oblongis, usque ad 16 cm longis, basi cordatis, apice 
distincte acuminatis; inflorescentiis ut videtur paniculatis, axil- 
laribus, solitariis, infructescentibus 10 ad 30 cm longis; fruc- 
tibus ellipsoideis, circiter 3 cm longis, utrinque rotundatis, laevis 
vel obscure rugosis, in siccitate castaneis, endocarpio longitu- 
dinaliter 6-carinato. 
A tall tree, nearly glabrous, the ultimate branches much thick- 
ened, about 2 cm in diameter, dark-brown, shining, more or less 
striate or wrinkled when dry, marked with scattered large scars 
of fallen petioles, the very tip, above the ultimate leaves, densely 
ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves. more or less crowded toward 
the ends of the branchlets, up to 55 cm long, each with about 
19 leaflets, odd-pinnate, the rachis and petiole rather stout, shin- 
ing, striate; stipules none or very early deciduous. Leaflets op- 
posite, the lower ones ovate, 8 to 10 cm long, the intermediate 
and upper ones oblong, up to 16 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, shin- 
ing on both surfaces, glabrous, rather pale when dry, the base 
prominently and broadly cordate, apex acuminate, the acumen 
blunt, rather stout; lateral nerves of the median leaflets about 
16 on each side of the midrib, of the lower leaves about 10, 
distinct, anastomosing; petiolules stout, about 5 mm _ long. 
Flowers not seen. Infructescence axillary, solitary, 10 to 30 
em long, dark-brown, glabrous, shining, somewhat paniculate. 
Persistent calyx 3-lobed, very coriaceous, about 8 mm in diam- 
eter, slightly pubescent externally, inside densely appressed 
cinerous-pubescent, the lobes broadly ovate; pedicels stout, very 
short. Fruit ellipsoid, about 3 cm long, rounded at both ends, 
not at all 3-angled, the pericarp apparently fleshy, when dry 
castaneous, slightly wrinkled, glabrous, or the younger fruits 
with few, scattered, appressed, stiff, ferruginous hairs, the 
endocarp bony, 3-celled, only a single cell developing a seed, 
rounded at both ends, not at all 3-angled, but with three very 
prominent primary longitudinal keels or ridges that unite with 
each other at the base, and three intermediate keels or ridges, 
