LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER. A. M. 

 Vol. V. Manila, P. I., June ,7 1913. Art. 84, 



PHILIPPINE TRfCHOSPERMUM 



by 



A. D. E. Elmer 



Trichospermum trivalvis Merr. 



Here and there throughout the Philippines in secondary 

 forest of the foothills. 



Trichospermum mindanaensis Merr, 



Based upon a collection made by Mrs. Mary Strong Clem- 

 ens in the lake Lanao region of central Mindanao. 



Trichospermum involucrata (Merr.) Elm. n. comb. 

 Hdconia involucrata Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. II; 281, 1907. 



Founded upon Merrill's own collection made on mount 

 Halcon. Otherwise not known. 



Trichospermum negrosensis Elm. n. comb. Halconia ne- 

 grosensis Elm. Leaf Philip. Bot. II; 395, 1908. 



Neither has this species been collected since the discovery 

 of it in the Cuernos mountains of southern Negros. 



Trichospermum discolor Elm. n. sp. 



A medium sized tree; stem 15 m. high and 6 dm. thick; 

 waqd soft, white, odorless and tasteless; bark 2.5 cm. thick. 



