1186 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IV, Arr. 65 
dorsal side covered with a felt-like ferrugineous covering, 1.5 
cm. long, nearly 5 mm. wide toward the base, lanceolately oblong, 
valvate, glabrous and red on the inner side, deeper red toward 
the apex and more glabrous toward the base; petals 5, also cadu- 
cous, nearly 2 em. long, subpandurate in outline, very thick, gla- 
brous and with a strong midvein on the ventral surface, flesh red, 
strigosely hairy on the back, the upper lateral sides and apical 
portion eut up into glabrous filiform segments 3 to 5 mm. 
in length, 7.5 mm. wide at or above the middle; ovary disk 
large or thiek, lobulately rugose, hairy; stamens erect, curvingly 
crowded about the ovary, inserted upon the disk, nearly 150, 
dull ashy brown; filament almost 2 mm. long, subteret, provided 
with ciliate hairs on the exposed portion; anthers subterete or 
fluted, 5 mm. long, fully 0.5 mm. thick, glabrous except for the 
eiliate hairs along the back or exposed portions, linearly pointed 
at the 2-lipped apex, the upper lip much longer, dehiscing through 
the terminal slit; pistil 10 mm. long; the hairy ovary subellipsoid; 
style terete, gradually tapering to the minute green apex, thinly 
set with hairs; fruit globose, dark green, hard, with dark or wine 
colored meat, fully 2.5 em. in diameter and dark aerugineous in 
color when mature, the stony seed rugose. 
Type specimen 10524, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 
This rare species was discovered in fertile humus covered 
soil of a dense forested flat at 4250 feet along the trail to Baclayan. 
*"Tapaok" is the Bagobo name. 
Resembling yet very different from E. octopetala Merr. 
Elaeocarpus laxirameus Elm. n. sp. 
Tree; stem 45 dm. thiek, 12 m. high or higher; branches 
mostly toward the top, widely spreading and crookedly 
rebranched, the ultimate ones very numerous and fine; twigs 
lax, green, suberect or eurvingly drooping, glabrous, the young 
portion fluted; wood soft, yellowish white, odorless, with 
a distinct bitter taste; bark smoothish, brown, reddish beneath 
the epidermis, yellow on the inner side. Leaves copious, 
alternatingly scattered along the twigs, submembranous, 
ascending but the acuminate apex recurved, shining deep green 
on the upper folded side, paler beneath, drying pale brown, the 
