670 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Arr. 38 
conspicuous beneath, the lateral ones obscure; petiole 5 mm. 
long, in the young state glandular brown scurfy or pulver- 
ulent, ultimately glabrous. Inflorescence upon short brac- 
teate tubercles, axillary; pedicels at most 5 mm. long, be- 
coming glabrous; the subtending bracts brown, imbricate, 
glabrous except the finely ciliate margins, triangularly ovate 
to oblong; calyx 6-segmented; the upper onethird of the 
segments free, subcampanulate, oblong, 1.5 mm. long, 1 mm. 
wide, obtuse, the margins finely ciliate, otherwise glabrous 
except for the reddish brown glands scattered above the mid- 
dle of the dorsal side; corolla 4-segmented; the segments 
inserted upon the basal portion of the calyx, oblongish lan- 
ceolate, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide across the middle, bluntly 
terminated into an acute point or apex, the basal one third 
united but ultimately separating, margins minutely ciliate, 
otherwise glabrous except for the numerous elongated red- 
dish brown glands crowded chiefly above the middle, when 2 
old reflexed and subpersistent; stamens 4, opposite the cor- ES 
olla segments; filaments distinct but very short, glabrous, in- 
serted upon the base of the corolla throat, subcompressed; 
anther oblong, 1 mm. wide, 1.5 mm. long, bilobed at the 
base, basifixed, obtuse at apex, laterally dehiscent, subper- 
sistent; ovary partly imbedded by the fleshy basal portion 
of the calyx; stigma short, fleshy, ultimately divided into ir- 
regular stigmatic terminal segments which arise from the brown 
colored circular apical portion of the ovary; fruit obovoidly 
globose, nearly 5 mm. long, 3 mm. thick above the middle, 
longitudinally striate, bearing a short point, pale blue; seed 
stony, solitary, the base excavated, reddish brown, rugulose. 
Type specimen 10629, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. 
Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 
Discovered on a moss covered forested ridge of mount Cal- 
elan at 7500 feet altitude. The Bagobos call it ‘‘Marintok.” 
Possibly nearest to R. buxifolia (Hance) Mez of China. 
Rapanea fastigiata Elm. n. sp. 
Tree 7 m. high, with a 2 dm. thick stem; branches 
many from the middle, ascending, the ultimate ones num- 
erous and parallel or fastigiate; wood moderately hard, red- 
