March 27, 1915] Two Hundred Twenty Six New Spkcie3— II 2813 



In moist stony soil along wooded banks of the Catangan 

 creek at 750 feet altitude. The Manobos as well as the 

 Bagobos call it "Banati." 



The gnarly basal portion of the stem or root portion 

 is highly prized by the Mindanao tribes for the material 

 in making ornamental handles for their larger weapons and 

 for sheaths of their smaller knives. It takes a beautiful yel- 

 lowish polish and pieces with curved and twisted wood grains 

 are exceedingly fine. 



Apparently not one of the numerous forms under Murraya 

 exotica Linn, but very close to Murraya elongata DC, dif- 

 fering in the longer and more tapering fruits, leaves sub- 

 membranous or chartaceous not coriaceous nor with notched 

 tips. 



Tetractomia philippinense Elm. n. sp. 



Small tree or shrub-like; stem several to 8 dm thick, 



5 to 8 m high, subterete, crooked, mainly branched toward 

 the top; wood bitterish, yellowish white, odorless, moder- 

 ately soft; bark comparatively thick, grayish white mottled, 

 smooth, the inner portion yellowish; main branches ascend- 

 ing, repeatedly rebranched; twigs lax, suberect, their 

 greenish tips glabrous. Leaves normally opposite, crowded 

 toward the ends of the branchlets, thickly coriaceous, as- 

 cending, much lighter green on the nether side which is 

 also more evidently punctate, glabrous, curing very une- 

 qually brownish on the upper and lower sides, apex rounded 

 and terminated by a blunt point, base cuneate, entire mar- 

 gins subinvolute in the dry state, obovately oblong or mere - 

 ly obovate, the average blades 6 cm long by 2.75 cm 

 wide above the middle, frequently much smaller; midrib 

 prominent and reddish brown when dry; lateral nerves 4 to 



6 on each side and occasionally with secondary ones inter- 

 vening, subdivaricate, relatively much less prominent, the 

 faint basal pair very oblique and parallel with the margin, 

 their tips more or less interarching, reticulations obscure; 

 petiole 0.75 to 1.5 cm long, subcompressed or its sides 

 ridged, punctate, appearing articulated at the distal end. 

 Inflorescence erect or nearly so, 3 to 5 cm long, glabrate, 



