1288 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IV, Art. 68 
spreading; leaves not quite mature, membranous, shining and 
deeper green above, horizontal or descending, usually folded on 
the upper side; flowers delicate in texture, umbellately spread- 
ing, odorless, deciduous, profuse, green except the whitish fila- 
ments and with deep yellow anthers. 
Represented by number 13132, Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, May, 1911. 
In wet sand gravelly soil of the Iwahig river flat at 250 feet. 
Only once seen and it seems to be deciduous. 
GLOCHIDION Forst. 
Glochidion molle Muell. Arg. 
Field-note:—Shrubs in several stemmed clusters; stems 
3 to 5 inches thick, their main branches arising from below the 
middle, the branchlets widely spreading; wood soft, reddish 
especially the central portion; without odor or taste; bark smooth, 
grayish, dark brown beneath the epidermis; leaves horizontally T 
spreading, chiefly at the ends of the branchlets; leaflets soft, = 
membranous, recurved but otherwise nearly flat, yellowish green 
beneath; flowers ascending; fruits mostly pendant. 
Represented by number 12605, Elmer, Brooks Point (Ad- 
dison Peak), Palawan, February, 1911. 
Inhabiting dry compact soil of hot shruberries or light woods 
intermixed with cogon and bamboos at 25 feet altitude. 
"Pia-as" is the native or Tagbanua name. 
Glochidion littorale Blm. 
Field-note:—Tree-like shrub; stem 5 inches thick, 15 feet 
high, with main branches arising from below the middle; wood 
slightly bitter, odorless, moderately hard and heavy, gradually 
reddening from the sappy white wood toward the center; bark 
reddish brown except the checked and more or less shredded 
surface; branchlets numerous, thé main branches long and spread- 
ing; leaves coriaceous, nearly flat, glabrous green beneath, deep 
green above, ascending; fruits in small axillary clusters, when 
: mature smooth and apple red, at least 0. 5 inch across, Maur 
