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9. Nephelium xerospermoides Radlk. — Vulgo Loo-ou in 

 lingua populi Bagobo insulae Mindanao, t. Elmer, in sched. 



Arbor parva, erecta; rami teretes, rugoso-striati, glabri, 

 colore cinnamomeo (ut in JV. melanomisco) a petiolis nigri- 

 cantibus distincti; folia 2 — ^3-juga; foliola subopposita, me- 

 diocria, lanceolata, sat petiolulata, coriacea, nervis lateralibus 

 sat approximatis oblique procurvis subtus prominulis, subti- 

 liter reticulato-venosa, supra glabra, e viridi subfusca, nitida, 

 subtus juniora pilis brevibus adpressis adspersa, dein glabrata 

 pallidiora glaucescenti-opaca, in nervorum axillis obsolete fo- 

 veolata, cellulis secretoriis nunc destituta (Elmer, No. 11205), 

 nunc instructa (Klemme, No. 15215), epiderinide partim muci- 

 gera; paniculae axillares et terminales, folia subaequantes, 

 pauciramosae; flores — (non suppetebant); fructus cocci (solitarii) 

 obovoideo-ellipsoidei, tuberculati, tuberculis basalibus prae- 

 sertim sapra in cristas parallelas secus medianam ad tertiam 

 cocci partem extensis et partim connexis, subtus minus ex- 

 tensis, apicalibus conos apice tomentellos sat approximates 

 exhibentibiis; semen ellipsoideum, a lateribus compressiuscu- 

 lum, hilo oblongo, micropyle prope apicem ventrali; cotyle- 

 dones ± inaeqnales, oblique superpositae, crassae, (siccae) 

 brunneae, induratae, amylo tanninoque foetae; radicula prope 

 seminis apicem centralis, sursum versa. 



Truncus arboris 30 ped. altus, 8 poll, crassus, a medio 

 rarais obsitus, cortice griseo maculato. Rami ultimi fa«cicu- 

 lati, ca. 5 mm. crassi. Folia petiolo 2 — 2.5 cm. longo adjecto 

 ad 20 cm. longa; foliola cum petiolulis 5 mm. longis 7 — 12 

 cm. longa, 2 — 4.5 cm. lata. Paniculae 8 — 16 cm. longae; 

 pedicelli fructigeri apice incrassati 1 cm. longi. Fructus cocci 

 3 — i cm. longi, 2 cm. crassi, rubescentes (edules). 



In Philippinarum insula Mindanao: A. D. E. Elmer, 

 No. 11205, (Distr. Davao, in silvis secus flumen Sibulan, 

 alt. 1250 ped., m. .Jul. 1909, fruct.; comm. Elmer). W. 

 KUmvie, No. 15215, (Distr. Zamboanga, Port Banga, m. Jul. — 

 Sept. 1910, fr.; comm. ex Hb. Manila). 



10. Quioa salicifolia Radlk. 



Rami teretes, subfusci, glabri, novelli puberuli; folia 

 pari-pinnata; foliola (4 — ) 6, opposita, minora, anguste Ian- 



