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brown, shining, hard, somewhat compressed, about 1.8 cm long 
and 1.2 em wide. 
LuzZON, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 19762 (type), 
20604 Villamil, June and September, 1918, and from the same tree, For. 
Bur. 18154 Curran, November, 1911, with mature fruits, For. Bur. 11927 
Tamesis, April, 1910, locally known as dolitan. 
A species resembling in vegetative characters Sideroxylon macranthum 
Merr., but quite different in floral characters; it is readily distinguished 
by its very much smaller flowers which are but slightly pubescent. 
SAPOTACEAE 
PALAQUIUM Blanco 
PALAQUIUM FOXWORTHY'!I sp. nov. 
Arbor, partibus junioribus floribusque exceptis glabra; foliis 
coriaceis, oblongo-obovatis ad obovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, 
in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, nervis utrinque 12 ad 14, apice 
breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi cuneatis; floribus axillaribus, 
fasciculatis, sepalis extus pubescentibus; staminibus 16; ovario 
6-loculare, pubescente; pedicellis circiter 1.5 cm longis, leviter 
pubescentibus. 
A tree, apparently of large size, glabrous except the very tips 
of the branchlets, pedicels, and parts of the flowers. Branches 
terete, grayish-brown, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 
obovate to obovate, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 em wide, dark-brown 
and shining when dry, the lower surface a little paler than the 
~ upper, the apex very shortly and broadly blunt-acuminate, base 
gradually narrowed, cuneate; lateral nerves 12 to 14 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations very fine; petioles 
5 to 10 mm long. Flowers axillary and in the axils of fallen 
leaves, fascicled, 2 to 5 in each axil, their pedicels slightly pu- 
bescent, about 1.5 cm long. Sepals broadly ovate, about 3 mm 
long, the outer three thickly coriaceous, acute or slightly acu- 
minate, the inner three rounded or obtuse. Corolla tube about 
3 mm long, the lobes 6, reflexed, lanceolate, about 6 mm long, 
2.5 mm wide. Stamens 16; filaments 3 mm long; anthers lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, 2.8 mm long. Ovary appressed-pubescent, 
6-celled; style about 12 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Apad, Bur. Sci. 18112 Foxworthy & 
Ramos, March 8, 1911, in forested valleys, altitude about 30 meters. 
A species similar to Palaquium lanceolatum Blanco, differing in its 
somewhat smaller leaves, much shorter, less pubescent pedicels, smaller 
flowers, and pubescent ovaries. To this species I tentatively refer the 
following sterile material: Luzon, Province of Laguna, For. Bur. 22828 
Mariano: Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 19441 Agama. 
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