LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. lll. Manila, P. 1., December 10, 1910. Ast. 40^ 
SAPOTACEAE FROM SIBUYAN ISLAND 
BY 
A. D. E. Elmer 
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PALAQUIUM Bico. 
Palaquium bataanense Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. XVII; 
44, 1904. 
Field-note:—Erect tree; stem 2.5 dm. thick, 8 m. 
high, terete; its main branches arising from below the 
middle, freely rebranched and widely spreading, twigs ascend- 
ingly curved; wood moderately hard, sappy white, odorless, 
slightly bitter; bark checked, grayish brown mottled, con- 
tains latex, smooth on the branches. Leaves thickly coria- 
ceous, shiny, very deep green above, much lighter beneath, 
horizontal, recurved toward the apex. Flowers odorless, in 
small clusters, mainly in the axils of fallen leaves, the 
greenish pedicels recurved toward the distal end; calyx of 
the same color; the 6 segments of the corolla green, its 
short tube whitish; stamens double the number, their fila- 
ments whitish and inserted upon the throat of the corolla; 
style of the same color, ovary more yellowish; anthers yellow- 
ish white. In compact red soil covered with sod in light 
woods at 500 feet along the Pauala river. 
