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tinctis; floribus 6-meris, sepalis puberulis circiter 5 mm longis, 
exterioribus quam interioribus bis latioribus; staminibus 6; 
ovario glabro, 6-loculare ; fructibus globosis, 2 ad 2.5 cm diametro, 
breviter apiculatis, glabris, pericarpio fragile. 
A tree about 18 m high, entirely glabrous except the flowers. 
Branches dark-colored when dry, the younger ones marked with 
numerous, crowded, petiolar scars. Leaves subcoriaceous, 
oblong-obovate, 9 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, entirely gla- 
brous on both surfaces, shining, subolivaceous when dry, the 
base acute, the apex obtuse to rounded, margins distinctly re- 
curved; lateral nerves very numerous, slender but rather dis- 
tinct, the primary ones not more prominent than the secondary 
ones and the reticulations, crowded, about 20 to a centimeter, 
uniting to form a distinct submarginal nerve about 1 mm from 
the edge of the leaf; petioles 2 to 2.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, 
6-merous, their pedicels puberulent, in fruit thickened upward 
and about 2.5 cm long. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, puberulent, the outer 
three about 5 mm long, triangular-oblong, acute, the inner three 
as long as the outer ones but one-half as wide. Stamens 6. 
Ovary glabrous, 6-celled. Fruit globose, 2 to 2.5 em in diameter, 
brown when dry, tipped by the very short style, glabrous, the 
pericarp brittle. Seeds 1 or 2 in each fruit, brown and shining, 
obtuse, about 1.5 cm long and 1 cm wide, slightly compressed. 
MINDANAO, Province of Surigao, Cadyangao, For. Bur. 22834 Ponce, 
August 20, 1914, in rather dense forests at about sea level, locally known 
as duyuk-duyuk. 
The alliance of this species is with the Malayan Mimusops kauki Linn. 
from which it differs in its leaves being entirely glabrous, even when very 
young, not at all pubescent on the lower surface, its much more distinct 
lateral nerves, giving the leaves quite the appearance of those of some 
species of Calophyllum, and the distinct marginal veins. 
OLEACEAE 
LINOCIERA Swartz 
LINOCIERA OBOVATA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque minute 
puberulis exceptis glabra; foliis crassissime coriaceis, obovatis, 
4 ad 7 cm longis, apice late rotundatis vel late breviter acumi- 
natis, basi angustatis, decurrento-acuminatis, nervis lateralibus 
obscuris, circiter 8 utrinque. Cymis axillaribus, solitariis, an- 
guste pyramidatis, dense multifloris, sessilibus. 
A small tree, glabrous except the minutely puberulent branch- 
lets and the inflorescence. Branches gray, stout, terete, gla- 
brous. Leaves very thickly coriaceous, obovate, 4 to 7 em long, 
2 to 4.5 cm wide, pale when dry, the upper surface shining, the 
