March 27, 1915] 



Two Hundred Twenty Six New Spkcieb— II 



2817 



ellipsoid, latericius tomentose; calyx very thick and rigid, 

 united at the base, the 4 outer calyx segments 8 cm long 

 and one half as wide below the middle, broadly lanceolate 

 or ovately elongated, apex acute, the thinner edges involute 

 especially toward the apex, light pulverulent on the ventral 

 side, ascending; the inner series of 4 sepals puberulent es- 

 pecially on the outer side, alternating and inserted upon 

 the concrete basal portion of the outer series of segments, 

 similar in shape though somewhat shorter; petals about 24, 

 most of the outer ones broadly lanceolate, the inner 4 twice 

 as broad but not longer, all glabrous and finely veined, 6 

 mm long including the 1 mm long united basal portion, 

 creamy white, erect, densely crowded and imbricate; stamens 

 about as long; the basal 1 mm rim-like and concretely 

 united with the corolla base, with 8 fertile stamens alter- 

 nating with hairy sterile ones; filaments subterete, glabrous, 

 at least 1 mm long, tapering from the base to the apex, 

 erect, in the early state curved, anther at least 3 mm long, 

 sagittate and basifixed, nearly 1 mm wide across the base, 

 gradually tapering to the acuminate point, the outer side 

 along the connective with few long hairs, laterally dehiscent; 

 ovary bluntly conical, 3 mm long by 2 mm thick, hairy; 

 style a trifle longer, glabrous, terete, obscurely curved, ter- 

 minated by a truncate lighter colored stigma. Young fruits 

 ovoid, 8 mm long and 5 mm thick, long latericius hairy, 

 subtended by the rigid calyx. 



Type specimen number 13010, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, April, 1911. 



Collected in lightly wooded flats of black adobe soil at 

 above 250 feet elevation. 



This Palawan plant seemed quite distinct to me from 

 Mimusops elengi Linn, collected in other localities. Its more 

 numerous leaves are smaller and somewhat different in 

 shape. Our specimens are densely latericius pubescent. 



Palaquium cuprifolium Elm. n. sp. 



Only a small upright tree; stem 1 dm thick, 7 m high, 

 terete, branched from the middle; main branches widely 

 spreading, only sparingly rebranched, the ultimate tips 



