Aug. 25, 1919] Palms of the Philippine Islands 3009 



elliptical, equally tapering to both ends, acute at the 

 apex, 14 to 15 mm. long and 7 to 8 mm. thick. 



Mindanao: Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of 

 Agusan, October 1912, number 14137. Field-note: — Slender 

 tree; stem 1 to 2 inches thick, terete, strict, 2 to 5 

 yards high, bearing a handsome crown of leaves, dark 

 green, ringed every 4 inches toward the top but much 

 closer near the ground; wood fibers dingy white, denser 

 in the sapwood region; sheaths slightly larger than the 

 stem, varying on different stems from 1 to 3 feet in 

 length, deep green and sprinkled with atro purpureous dots; 

 fronds gracefully recurved, 3 to 5 feet long, including 

 the 1 to 1.5 foot long petiole; the latter is subterete 

 and 0.5 foot long and is usually grayish covered; leaflets 

 twistingly recurved, very dark green above, much lighter 

 beneath, chartaceous; inf rutescence subpendant from below 

 the sheath, 6 inches long, paniculately branched from 

 the base, greenish; nuts or fruits ellipsoid, velvety bright 

 red, always less than 0.5 inch in length. Discovered 

 in compact red soil of forested slopes of Cawilanan peak at 

 4750 feet altitude. The Manobo name is "Salangisog". 



It belongs to the group whose leaves bear numerous 

 leaflets, small spadix with few branches, and distichous 

 fruits. Because of this character our new species is 

 related to Pinanga philippinensis Becc, from which it is 

 distinguished by its larger size and especially in hav- 

 ing considerably larger leaflets. In the herbarium spe- 

 cimen the leaflets acquire a dull brown on the upner 

 surface and retain the glaucous appearance on the nether 

 side. 



NORMANBYA F. Muell. 



Normanbya Merrillii Becc. in Philip. Journ. Sci. IV, 

 606, 1909. 



Field-note: — A somewhat slender yet stout tree; stem 6 

 inches thick, 20 feet high, erect, covered with smooth 

 gray bark, densely ringed toward the top; the outer 

 portion of the wood hard and coarsely black fibrous, 

 the larger central portion dingy white and pithy, odorless, 

 the soft portion obscurely salty; sheath smooth, glau 

 cous green, 3 feet long, slightly thickened toward the 

 base; leaves 6 feet long, spreading and ultimately recurved; 

 petiole 6 inches long, triangularly flattened, 2 inches wide 

 across the base; leaflets ascending, chartaceously leathery, 

 nearly flat, dull green on the upper surface, paler or 

 glaucous green beneath; the fruiting and flowering 



