924 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 51 
crown; wood very soft, white, light, odorless and tasteless, 
with a large brown pith; bark smooth, yellowish gray, green 
on the branchlets; blades descending, submembranous, usual- 
ly folded upon the upper surface, grayish or subglauces- 
cent .beneath; infrutescence ascending or erect, green; stip- 
ules pale green, caducous; young fruits covered with a gray- 
ish or yellowish green bloom; bracts of the same color; 
seeds smooth, coal black. ''Binanga" is the vernacular Visa- 
yan name. Quite common in fertile sod lands of shrubberies 
or light woods at 500 feet along the Pauala river. 
Represented by number 12545, Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Sibuyan, May, 1910. 
Possibly those forms with soft pubescent under leaf sur- 
faces should be referred to M. tomentosa Muell. Arg. 
MALLOTUS Lour. 
Mallotus playfairii Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXVI; 
441, 1891. 
Field-note:—Very common in more or less sandy soil 
of thickets and light woods skirting the coast. 
Represented by number 12545", Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Sibuyan, April, 1910. 
Mallotus korthalsii Muell. Arg. in DC. Prod. XV? ; 976, 
1862. 
Field-note:—Erect shrub-like tree; stem 5 em. thick, 5 
m. high; branches spreading, rebranehed, mostly above the 
middle; wood rather soft, yellowish white, without odor or 
taste; bark smooth and yellowish gray; leaves chartaceous, 
diverse in size, ascending or horizontal, paler green beneath, 
usually folded upon the upper side and with recurved tips, 
margins wavy, drying light green, beneath beautifully gland- 
ular; inflorescence erect, 5 or more em. long, simple or with 
few short branches toward the base, stalks green, bearing de- 
ciduous yellow flowers. Collected in red compact well drained 
soil of a forested ridge at 1000 feet. 
Represented by number 12348, Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Sibuyan, April, 1910. 
