May 30, 1913] Philippihe Ptoeum " 1625 



densely fulvus lanose, varying 3 to 7 cm. long, ascending, 

 at the base subtended by very minute bracts, flower bearing 

 from near the base; buds sessile, also subtended by densely 

 hairy bract vestiges, obovoidly ellipsoid, irregularly scattered; 

 pedicels very short or none; calyx urceolate, 5 to 7.5 mm. 

 long including the segments, densely rubiginose pubescent; 

 segments 5 or more, 2 mm. long, frequently smaller, erect 

 or inwardly curved, triangularly acute or obtuse, similarly 

 hairy; petals small or obsolete, thick and linear, pubescent 

 or subglabrous, inserted upon the calyx orifice; stamens 

 very numerous, inserted around the throat of the calyx; 

 filaments strongly inflexed in the bud state, glabrous, very 

 unequal in length, averaging 1.5 mm. long or becoming 

 elongated in complete anthesis; anthers basifixed, ovately 

 ellipsoid, bilobed at base, rounded at apex, 0.5 mm. across; 

 ovary reddish brown hairy, ellipsoid, 1.5 mm. long; style 

 thick, as long or longer, glabrous, bearing a thick obscurely 

 lobed rim-like stigma. Fruit ellipsoid, 1.25 cm. long, gla- 

 brous, apparently only l-seeded, thick walled, deep red when 

 mature. 



Type specimen number 11857, A. D. E. Elvier, Todaya 

 (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, September, 1909. 

 Number 14067 from mount Urdaneta is the same. 



This large forest tree was discovered in fertile humus 

 covered soil of the humid mount Apo forested basin at 4000 

 feet altitude. "Bucad" is its Bagobo name. 



Not at all P. fragrans Elm. Fruits differ from those of 

 P. glandulosa Merr. and P. preslii of the same author. 



Pygeum g:itins:ense Elm. n. sp. 



A small tree; stem 7 m. high, 2 dm. thick, branched 

 above the middle; wood hard, reddish toward the center, 

 quite heavy, both odorless and tasteless; bark smoothish, 

 grayish brown; twigs numerous, lax, minutely lenticelled, gla- 

 brous. Leaves rather numerous, alternatingly scattered, broadly 

 lanceolate oblong, glabrous, curing brown, ascending, coria- 

 ceous or subchartaceous, curvingly conduplicate on the up- 

 per very much deeper shining green surface, the acute to 

 acuminate apex usually somewhat twisted, entire, base ob- 



