2648 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. VIT, Arr. 114 
Discovered in humid woods at 3750 feet altitude, along 
the trail near the Baruring river along the north side. 
"Indan" in the Bagobo dialect. 
Apparently its greatest affinity is with number 1100 
Cuming or the type of Macaranga cumingii Muell. The caudately 
pointed and underneath pubescent leaves with crenately 
dentate margins are some of the distinguishing characters. 
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29 Mallotus birsutus Elm. n. sp. 
Slender and erect tree; stem 1.5 dm thick, terete, 8 m 
high or higher, branched from above the middle; wood rather 
soft, dingy white, odorless and without taste; bark smooth, 
greenish gray, latericius on the inner side, badius in the 
middle region; branches freely rebranched, the slender twigs 
very lax and occasionally drooping, dirty olivaceus hirsute. 
Leaves alternating, well scattered, membranous, flat, horizontal 
or descending, much paler green beneath, curing similarly 
dull grayish brown on both sides, the basal portions a trifle 
inequilateral, round at the base, apex quite abruptly acute 
to acuminate, oblong, usually widest across the middle or im- 
: mediately above it, olivaceus, hirsute on both sides especially 
sv along the midrib and nerves beneath, entire; petiole 8 
to 13 mm long, caniculate above, densely hirsute; midrib 
conspicuous on both sides especially beneath; lateral nerves 
5 to 8 on each side, much ascending and curved, also prom- 
inent, eross bars or reticulations faint; stipules easily fal- 
ling, narrowly lanceolate, nearly 1.5 em long or less, hirsute 
on the outside, subglabrous on the inner side, brown in the 
dry state, 8 mm wide, setaceously pointed. Flowers not seen. 
Capsules green, pendulous, flatly globose, spinescent, 3-celled, 
septicidally as well as loculicidally dehiscent, 1.5 cm across, 
roundly 3-lobulate, sessile; pedicel usually 1 to 3, linear to 
lanceolate, bracteate above the middle, very slender and dense- 
. ly hirsute, solitary or in pairs from the leaf axils, 3 cm 
long; perianth segments persistent, ovately lanceolate, 5 mm 
or longer, also hirsute but not on the ventral sides; carpels 
after separating much curved and twisted; seeds globose, 5 
mm in diameter, shining brown and with a large grayish 
Scar of attachment; stigmas 3, also persistent, spreading and 
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