920 
LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 51 
of wooded or forested ridges at 1750 feet. Number 12309 is 
the same and was named ''Malauna" by the Visayan. Its 
rather large red fruits coupled with the dark green foliage 
gives a striking appearance. The fruits are quite similar to 
some of the Meliaceae fruits. 
Possibly related to G. glomerulatum Hassk. 
GLOCHIDION Forst. 
Glochidion urophylloides Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. I; 
300, 1908. 
Field-note:—Tree-like shrub; stem 7 m. high, 7.5 cm. 
thick; main rebranches arising from below the middle, ascend- 
ing, rather numerously rebranched toward the ends, the twigs 
green and subangular; wood tough, the thin outer portion 
sappy, toward the center dull fleshy red; bark reddish be- 
neath the thin scaly deep brown surface; leaves descending, 
coriaceous, curvingly folded upon the upper much deeper 
green and sublucid side; inflorescence green except the yel- 
lowish odorless flowers; fruits flattened especially on the up- 
per side, 1 cm, across, turning red in the sunlight, 5-celled, 
each cell with 2 orange red seeds. Common in shrubberies 
and light woods bordering grass lands at 250 feet. ‘‘Hamo- 
juena’’ is the name given to it by the natives or Visayan. 
Represented by number 12056, Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Sibuyan, March, 1910. 
Glochidion triandrum (Blco.) C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. 
Sei. IV; 92, 1909. 
Field-note:—Low, widely spreading and gnarly trees; stem 
3.5 m. high, 12.5 em. thick; the main branches arising from 
below the middle, widely spreading, crookedly rebranched; 
twigs slender, lax, green, numerous; wood moderately hard 
and heavy, reddish brown, odorless and tasteless; bark thick 
and checked on the stem, smooth on the branchlets; leaves 
horizontal, recurved toward the ends, shallowly conduplicate 
on the upper deep green surface, glaucous green beneath; 
flowers pendulous from the leaf axils, usually 1 to 3-clustered, 
