1284 LEAFLETS oF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. IV, Arr. 68 
sessile stigmas, septicidally dehiscing from the base, then loculi- 
cidally from the apex; seeds plump, ellipsoid, 6 mm. long, yel- 
lowish white, minutely sprinkled with brown. 
Type specimen 13196, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, May, 1911. 
Discovered in reddish compact soil of a moist forested 
ridge at 2500 feet. Rare! 
Nearest to C. luzonicum Merr. but sufficiently distinct in 
a number of characters. Dr. Forworthy's collection 599 of the 
Bureau of Science series and L. Mangubat’s number 492 from 
Balabac are cospecific. 
CLEISTANTHUS Hook. 
Cleistanthus pseudocanescens Elm. 
Field-note for 13053:—A rather small tree; stem 6 inches 
thick, terete, 3 feet from the base, 20 feet high or higher; its main 
branches arising from the middle, usually widely spreading, . 
ultimately numerously rebranched; wood odorless and tasteless, — 
gradually changing from the thin whitish outside to the greater 
latericius central mass, quite hard; bark castaneus except the 
lenticelled roughened and blotched outer side; leaves descending, 
curved upon the upper smooth side, tips strongly recurved, 
very pale green or oak gray beneath, the young ones with fulvus 
hairs, very parchment-like; flowers odorless, suberect, densely 
clustered upon the uppermost side of the twigs and in the leaf 
axils, yellowish green except the dull yellow anthers. 
Represented by numbers 13053, 12955 and 12890, Elmer, 
Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March and April, 1911. 
All of these were collected in good humus covered moist 
soil of woods or forests between 50 and 750 feet altitude. 
The last number cited is quite a fine forest tree, with smaller 
leaves and profuse citrinus flowers. It €— C. 4sabelli- 
nus Elm. 
Cleistanthus decipiens C. B. Rob. 
Field-note for 12988:—Shrubby ; Stems few from the same 
