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tundatis, leviter inaequilateralibus, spice caudato-acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque 12 ad 15, subtus prominentibus; paniculis axil- 
laribus, 30 ad 40 cm longis, amplis, multifloris, ab infima tertia 
parte ramosis; floribus pubescentibus, circiter 6 mm longis. 
A tree 20 to 30 m high, glabrous except the branchlets and 
inflorescence. Branchlets thickened, reddish-brown or brown 
when dry, about 1 cm in diameter, terete, lenticellate, the 
younger parts more or less ferruginous-pubescent with short 
hairs. Leaves alternate, up to 80 cm in length, the rachis and 
petioles reddish-brown when dry; leaflets 9 or 11, coriaceous, 
rather pale when dry, somewhat shining, oblong to oblong- 
elliptic, entire, 12 to 20 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, the base acute 
to subrounded, somewhat inequilateral, the apex slenderly and 
rather abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen up to 2.5 cm 
long, blunt; lateral nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, curved-anastomosing, the 
reticulations distinct; petiolules 2 to 3 cm long, reddish-brown 
when dry. Panicles axillary, solitary, many on each branchlet, 
30 to 40 cm long, the lower one-third without branches, the 
primary branches spreading or ascending, the lower ones up to 
10 em in length, sparingly pubescent, reddish-brown, the ulti- 
mate branchlets and pedicels rather densely pale-ferrugineous 
pubescent with short hairs. Flowers yellowish, about 6 mm 
long, the pedicels 3 to 4 mm long, the bracts lanceolate, acu- 
minate, deciduous, about 3mm long. Male flowers: Calyx some- 
what cup-shaped, pubescent, about 3 mm long and wide, with 
3 broadly triangular-ovate, acute teeth about 1 mm long. Petals 
3, free, pubescent on both surfaces, coriaceous, broadly ovate, 
obtuse, 4 to 4.5 mm long. Disk prominent, thickened, annular, 
glabrous, about 3 mm in diameter. Stamens 6; filaments at- 
tached to the outer margin of the disk, flattened below, narrowed 
above, about 1.5 mm long; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, 1 to 1.2 
mm long. Rudimentary ovary very small, glabrous. Female 
flowers in general similar to the males. Staminodes 1.5 mm 
long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled; stigma capitate, sessile, 
about 1 mm in diameter. 
Samar, Mount Cauayan, Phil. Pl. 1641 Ramos (type), April, 1914, 
distributed sub Canarium. Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Balu, 
For. Bur. 21136 Miranda, April, 1914; Tarangtong, For. Bur. 21098 Abe- 
llamosa, March 31, 1914, in forests, altitude about 160 meters, Bicol name 
palaspas. 
A species belonging in the same group with Santiria laevigata Bl. and 
S. maingayi Benn., characterized among the few Philippine forms by its 
large leaflets which are prominently caudate-acuminate, and by its elon- 
gated, many flowered panicles. 
