245 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. I, ArT. 14 
Represented by 9363, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1907. In ourlocality it is rare but 
it is most abundant in the Province of Bataan, Luzon. There 
is one specimen on hand írom the Island of Dinagat col- 
lected by Sr. J. F. Quadras. The abundance of stipules asso- 
ciated with the young developing foliage presents a most 
striking appearance. 
12. F. palawanense Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29; 11, 
1905.—An' erect tree, 18 m. high, with a widely spreading 
crown; main branches from below the middle; the ultimate 
ones comparatively short, very rigid, 1 cm. thick; bark rough, 
mottled, that on the twigs gray and smoothish, covering 
the moderately hard wood. Leaves chiefly toward the ends 
of the branchlets, thick and very rigid, ovately to obovately 
oblong to subrotund or subelliptic, the blades 16 cm. long, 
8 em. wide, base obtusely rounded, apex rounded and abruptly 
tapering to an obtuse or acute point, margins entire, gla- 
brous; midrib very prominent beneath, caniculate above; 
lateral veins 7 to 9 on each side, oblique, the basal pair 
much ascending, submarginally united, reticulations faint; 
petiole 3 to 5 cm. long, glabrous, thick, after falling leav- 
ing prominent scars; bud scales rigid, 1.5 mm. long, trisn- 
gular, the inner surface and the marginal dorsal sides glabrous, 
otherwise densely gray pubescent. 
Receptacles sessile, normally in pairs of the leaf axils 
or in their scars, shining, purple red and minutely spotted 
with yellowish lenticels, hard, after falling becoming soft, 
ellipsoid or frequently obscurely triangular, 1.5 cm. in dia- 
meter, 2 cm. long, the umbilicus rounded and covered by 
3 very thick scales, subtended by 3, smooth, rigid, yellowish 
green bracts about 8 mm. long. 
Specimens 7460 and 9370, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Prov- 
ince of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1906 and 1907 respectively. 
In light woods bordering the meadows toward the town of 
Tayabas along the old abandoned roadway. The type was 
collected on the Island of Paragua, where it seems to be 
rather common. It is also sent in from the Baco River, 
Mindoro. From Luzon it is only known to occur in our 
locality. Just recently apparently the same species was collec- 
ted in northeastern Mindanao. 
