LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 



EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER. A. Nl. 



Vol. V. Manila, P. I., August IS, 1913. Art. 93. 



FOUR SCORE OF NEW PLANTS 



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A, D. E. Elmer 



ANACARDIACEAB 

 Swintonia foxworthyi Elm. n. sp. 



Large lofty trees; trunk 1 m. thick, 20 m. high, wadd- 

 ed toward the base, otherwise terete and straight, chiefly 

 branched toward the top; wood only moderately hard, the 

 sapwood white, slightly reddish tinged toward the center, 

 odorless and tasteless, light in specific gravity, splitting 

 straight generally fine for working purposes; bark isabellinus 

 and smooth, reddish brown except the epidermis; main 

 branches crooked, spreading, numei'ously rebranched; the lax 

 greenish twigs erect, subterete, glabrous and in the dry state 

 nearly black. Leaves opposite, subopposite or even alternate, 

 similarly disposed, coriaceous, glabrous, shining deep green on 

 the upper folded side, glaucous green beneath, the glaucous 

 character likewise evident in the dry brown state, narrowly ellip- 

 tic to oblong, variable in size, the larger blades upon our 

 specimens 1.5 dm. long by 5 cm. wide across the middle, 

 obtusely rounded at apex, broadly obtuse or similarly rounded 

 at base, the smaller leaves 5 cm. long, entire; midrib .very 

 pronounced beneath, fiat above, very smooth; lateral nerves 

 11 to 16 pairs, divaricate, tips becoming obsolete, stdct, the 

 fine reticulation much more evident from the upper surface- 

 petiole 2 to 5 cm. long, smooth, drying black, subterete. In- 

 florescence erect, terminal or from the uppermost leaf axils 



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