1834 Leaflets op Philippine BotAny [Vol. V, Art. f>3 



Inhabiting the jungleJ woods along the Iwahig river at 

 about 250 feet above sea, in a shallow red soil over the deep 

 gravelly subsoil. 



Differs frona 7j. crenidatum Merr. in having sharp spines 

 and more pairs of leaflets. 



SANTALiACEAE 

 Henslowia palawanensis Elm. n. sp. 



A scandent and sprawling shrub; stem terete, 5 cm. thick, 

 smooth and bendable; bark reddish brown beneath the dull 

 gray checked surface; wood soft, porous, whitish, odorless and 

 tasteless; branchlets numerous, green, brittle or at least rigid 

 and breaking with a snap, also terete, glabrous. Leaves rigid- 

 ly coriaceous, the entire edges with sides somewhat concave 

 beneath, alternate, drying dull brown on both .sides, paler 

 green beneath, obovate to elliptic or even ovate, the average 

 ones 6 cm. long by 3,5 cm. across the widest portion, 

 apex occasionally obtuse but usually rounded, base short 

 cuneate; veins 3 to 5, the midvein most conspicuous, the 

 lateral pair frequently with a lateral veinlet or more along 

 the outer side, reticulations none; petiole 6 to 10 ram. 

 long, thick, compressed, shallowly grooved above, the basal 

 portion of the blade conduplioate. Fruit axillary, solitary or 

 in small clusters, upon very short pedicels, ovoidly globose, 

 8 mm. in diameter, glabrous, red and ultimately nearly black, 

 sour to taste, rugose in the dry state and crowded by the 

 persistent calyx teeth. 



Type specimen number 127.52, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 



In thickets and spreading over woods along the Iwahig 

 river at 250 feet altitude, in reddish shallow surface soil 

 with a deep gravelly subsoil. 



SAPOTACEAE 

 Sideroxylon velutinum Elm. n. sp. 



Tree of medium stature; stem 3 dm. thick, 12 m. 



