

2730 Leaflets of Phiuppine Botany [Vol. VIII, Art. 115 



LECYTHIDAOEAE 



Barringtonia gitingense Elm. n. sp. 



Slender erect tree; stem 2.5 dm thick, terete, branched 

 above the middle; wood dirty yellow, odorless, bitterish, 

 moderately hard and heavy; bark thick, dull gray, the 

 epidermis scaling in relatively thick but small plates; bran- 

 ches gnarly, spreading, crookedly rebranched, the tough and 

 glabrous twigs suberect. Leaves ascending, alternatingly crowd- 

 ed toward the ends of the branchlets, rigidly coriaceous, 

 glabrous, sublucid on the upper folded surface, slightly re- 

 curved toward the acuminate point, the entire margins mi- 

 nutely involute, more or less wavy and curved upon the 

 nether side, base subattenuate or cuneate, drying dull caesius, 

 exceedingly variable in size, the average blades 2 dm long 

 by 6 cm wide at the middle, occasionally larger, frequently 

 much smaller, lanceolately oblong, leaving large conspicuous 

 scars after falling; mid vein pronounced beneath, finely ridged 

 on the upper side; primary lateral nerves 9 to 13 pairs 

 though frequently interspersed with secondary ones, divaricate, 

 also prominent from both sides, their tips usually interar- 

 ching and somewhat reticulately branched, reticulations nu- 

 merous and bold from both surfaces; petiole glabrous, 5 to 8 

 cm long, angular and flattened on the upper side, thick- 

 ened and blackish at the base in the dry state, brown when 

 fresh; bud bract glabrous, acuminate, 7.5 mm long. Inflor- 

 escence terminal, pendulous, 1 m long or less; rachis tough, 

 terete, glabrous, longitudinally striate, less than 1 cm thick, 

 when dry much thinner, solitary; flowers deciduous, heavy, 

 sessilely scattered along the spike, divaricate, with a faint 

 disagreeable odor; calyx green, 1 cm long, the basal one 

 half or more angular and gradually thickened toward the 

 top; segments persistent, 4, broadly rounded or obtuse; petals 

 of the same number, caducous, greenish white, succulent, 

 oblong, 2.5 cm long, nearly 1 cm wide, glabrous; filaments 

 yellowish white, very numerous, the basal portion straight 

 and at the base united and adnate upon the corolla, pur- 



