384 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BoTANY [Vor. II. Arr. 17 
above, edges entire, glabrous; veins prominently raised be- 
neath, ‘5 to 7 on each side of the conspicuous midrib, retic- 
ulations quite evident; petiole stout, glabrous, 1 to 2 cm. 
long, easily falling and leaving large scars; fruits axillary, 
pendulous, pyriform, upon stout 1 to 3 cm. long peduncles, 
hard, green, finely spotted with lenticels especially towards 
the apex, but turning purplish when mature, the largest 
ones seen 15 em. long and comparatively thick but most 
of them were much smaller and probably younger, 1-celled, 
l-seeded; the seed subplano to convex, with hard and thick 
cotyledons. 
Type specimen 7195, A. D. E. Elmer, Palo, Province 
of Leyte, Leyte, January, 1906. 
To this species are referred Sr. J. F. Quadra's, numbers 
220 from Surigao and 95 from Placer, Surigao, Mindanao; 
also his 177 from the island of Dinagat, collected in 1901. 
On the ticket of the former specimens is written the ver- 
nacular name Jindang and on that for the latter specimen 
Cubi-cubi. All these specimens have similar 4-celled anthers. 
Our fruiting specimen is apparently distinct from all other 
congeners. 
Persea philippinensis (Merr.) Elm. 
Machilus philip-pinensis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sc. 1, 
Suppl. 1; 56, 1906. 
My numbers 7646 (in flower) and 8184 (in fruit) from 
Lucban are typical and the calyx in these specimens is not 
persistent. 
