1958 Leaflets of Philippine Botany [Vol. VI, Art. 97 



pattern. Leaf blade 8—15.5 cm long, 3.5—5.3 cm broad. 

 Petioles 15—20 mm long. Young branchlets, twigs, petioles 

 and parts of the midrib beneath covered with scattered, fine, 

 tufted, peltate scales. Flowers in axillary or subterminal pan- 

 icles. Flower about 1 cm long. Calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 about 3 mm long, clothed with numerous pale, tufted, pel- 

 tate scales. Corolla exceeding calyx. Ovary partly immersed 

 in receptacle, flatly conical above, surmounted by a columnar 

 style, about 1 mm long, which is terminated by a capitate 

 or obscurely 3-lobed stigma which is apparently glandular. 

 Upper part of ovary pale tomentose. Style glabrous. Anthers 

 about 0.5 mm long, the 2 inner cells much shorter than the 

 outer. Appendix of the connective prolonged about 0.33 the 

 length of the anther; filament below the anther about 0.5 

 the length of the anther cells. Fruit (not quite mature) 3 — 4 

 mm tall; large wings 32 mm long, 11 mm broad, spatulate oblong, 

 with 5 principal longitudinal veins and numerous reticulate, 

 rather obscure oblique cross veins. The 3 short wings 6 — 9 

 mm long and 1 — 2.5 mm. wide. 



No. 13630, Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agu- 



san, Mindanao, September, 1912, with common name of Li- 

 loan" in Manobo. 



No. 13359, Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agu- 

 san, Mindanao, July, 1912, with commonjiame of "Malobagobo," 



No. 13398, Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agu- 

 s&n, Mindanao, July, 1912, with common name of "Binungo" 

 in Manobo. 



This species is most closely related to Vatica Bureavi Heim, 

 of Borneo, and Vatica Blancoana Elmer, of Palawan. It differs 

 from the former in its larger and thinner leaves, shorter 

 appendage to the connective, columnar instead of ridged 

 styles, and glandular-capitate instead of 5-lobel stigmas. It 

 differs from the latter species in its larger number of sec- 

 ondary veins in the leaves an 1 in having more pubescent 

 leaves, twigs, and flowering parts. 



Found at altitudes of 600 to 1100 meters. 



