674 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Art. 38 
DISCOCALYX Mez 
Discocalyx mindanaensis Elm. n. sp. 
A strict tree-like shrub, 3 m. high, with a 4 cm. thick 
stem; branches few at the top only, divaricate, 1 to 2 mi. 
long, sparingly rebranched, 1 to 1.5 cm. thick, the young 
apical portion glabrous; wood white, without taste or odor; 
bark smooth, yellowish brown. Leaves chartaceous, horizont- 
ally spreading, flat, dull and deep green above, much light- 
er green beneath, 3 dm. long or longer, about 9 em. wide 
above the middle, bluntly oblanceolate, gradually tapering 
toward the cuneate base, apex ,rounded and with a short 
acute point, glabrous, entire; midvein very prominent ben- 
eath, grooved along the upper side toward the base; lateral 
ones oblique, much curved toward the distal end, 9 to 12 
on each side, with a few secondary ones scattered in between, 
the fine reticulations quite evident especially beneath; petiole 
2 to 3 em. long, 5 mm. thick toward the base. Inflorescence 
of few to several paniculate stalks, arising in the region be- 
tween the terminal bud and the leaves, 1 to 2 dm. long, 
erect or ascending, all the glabrous stalks pale red; branch- 
es from below the middle, alternatingly scattered, more or 
less densely flowered, relatively short; pedicels spreading, 1 
to 2 mm. long, glabrous; calyx 4-segmented; sepals glabrous, 
with a few scattered glands along the median line, the basal 
one third united, margins smooth, rotately spreading in 
anthesis, oblong, with obscurely rounded apices, 1.25 mm. 
long, 0.75 mm. wide; corolla likewise 4-segmented; petals 
not twisted in the bud and the smooth margins only 
slightly overlapping, nearly free, oblong, obtuse to acute, 
2.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide across the middle, dark brown, 
glandularly dotted in the middle region above the middle; 
stamens 4, opposite the corolla segments and included by 
them; filaments, glabrous, subterete, arising from the base 
of the segments, nearly 1mm. long; anther basifixed, oval, 
about 0.5 mm. across, dehiscent laterally; ovary glabrous, 
ovoidly elongated, 1 mm. long, bearing a sessile brown 
colored stigma or nearly obsolete or entirely wanting in 
most flowers. 
