1676 Leaflets of Philippinb Botaxy [Vol. V, Art. 89 



Type specimen number 12871, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Pi'incesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 



This large tree with a fine bole was discovered in moist 

 ground of dejise forests at 750 feet altitude on the trail 

 to Napsan, 



Distinguished from X. glandulosum Merr. by its smaller 

 leaves whose blades are always widest toward the base rather 

 than across tlie middle and whose pedicels are twice as long; 

 our flowers are also sliorter stalked and less cinereous pubescent. 



Xanthophyllum multiramosum Elm. n. sp. 



A hardwood tree, 10 m. high or higher, l)ranched from below 

 the middle; main branches rather long, terete branchlets nu- 

 merous; the glabrous ultimate ones relatively short, dark brown 

 when dry. Leaves many, alternate, scattered along the twige, 

 mainly horizontally spreading, coriaceous or subchartaceous, 

 the larger ones 7 cm. long without the petiole, 3 cm, wide 

 at the widest portion or across the middle, frequently smaller, 

 the acuminate apex recurved, base acute or subcuneate or 

 subobtuse in the larger leaves, entire, glabrous, drying lighter 

 brown beneath, sublucid, oblongish or subelliptic with sharp 

 ends, the smallest leaves broadly lanceolate; midvein yellowish 

 brown and glabrous, without basal glands, the 3 to 5 lateral 

 nerves ascending and their tips strongly curved, the minute 

 reticulations quite evident from beneath but obscure above; 

 petiole 5 mm. long, of the same color as the twigs, canic- 

 ulate. Infrntescence axillary, the thick stalks about 1 cm. 

 long, usually bearing few subsessile fruits at the distal end; 

 fruit hard, deep green, glabrous, 8ul)globose, 1,25 cm. in 

 <liameter, usually only with one seed. 



Type specimen number 8701, A. D. E. Elmer, Baguio, 

 Province of Benguet, Luzon, March, 1907. 



Collected in a deep cut or ravine between the city of 

 Baguio and Trinidad valley. The Igorotes call it "Bultig" 

 and the wood is used in making native harrows. 



Xanthophyllum subglobosum Elm. n. sp. 



Tree, 15 m. high, 6 dm. thick at least; bark mottled, 

 finely lenticelled; wood moderately hard, white throughout; 

 main branches spreading, rebranched; twigs terete, tough, 



