NomXBBft 21, 1913] DlPT*ROCARPA( KAK FROM THE Afil AN* REGION' 197) 



281), indicated that there is a form of Parashorea which dif- 

 fers from Parashorea plicata in that it is pubescent on tin 

 young twigs and on the under side of the leaves. The leavt fl 

 of Parashorea Warburghii show some resemblance to those of 

 that form. In the same article, 1 referred to Parashorea 

 Warburghii as a synonym of Parashorea plicata . It is [now 

 apparent that Parashorea Warburghii is sufficiently distinct. 



No. 14066, Cabadharan (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agu- 

 san, Mindanao, October, 1912. 



Shorea malibato Foxw. n. sp. 



Arbor magna. Fructu3 pubescente, 6 — 7 mm longus, 5 — 7 

 mm latis; laminae superiorae flavescentae, 4—6 cm longae f 

 15 — 17 mm latae; nerviis longitudinalis 7—8, laminae infe- 

 riorae 3 — 3.5 cm longae, 3 — 4 mm latae, nervis longitudinalis 3. 



The fruit is small, almost spherical, with 3 broadly spat- 

 ulate membranaceous wings and two narrowly spatulate shorter 

 wings. The wings are yellow in color when dry. The fruit 

 is covered with a rather sparse grayish pubescence and ie 

 enclosed by the expanded base3 of the calyx lobes. The 

 leaves, collected from another tree, are lanceolate, with acu- 

 minate apex and subcuneate base, glabrous, or nearly so, on 

 both sides, 6 — 14 cm long, 2.5 — 5.5 cm broad. Secondary 

 nerves about 14 pairs. Tertiary nerves parallel and reticu- 

 late, not prominent. Leaves slightly lighter below than above. 

 Petioles 12 — 15 mm long. Petioles and young twigs grayish 

 pubescent . 



No. 13525, Cabadharan (lit. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, 



Mindanao, August, 1912. 



Field notes with this are: — "Large forest tree upon a steep 

 slope near a ridge at 1500 feet; old tree trunk terete but 

 crooked, 5 feet in diameter, at least over a hundred feet high, 

 75 feet to the first limbs; wood exceedingly hard and heavy, 

 brittle the sappy or outer 0.25 dingy or yellowish white, suddenly 

 changing to an avellaneus or testaceus colored central mass, 

 odorless and tasteless; old bark smooth and scaling in thin 

 plates, nearly isabellinus, otherwise yellowish; main branches 

 large, ascending, quite crooked, spreading; branches lax, light 

 castaneus: foliage subchartaceous, mostly horizontal, lucid on 



