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 POLYGALACE^. 



Xanthophyllum glandulosum, sp. nov. 



A jiiediuiu-sized tree with glabrous shining yellowish leaves, many 

 flowered panicles equaling or somewhat exceeding the leaves, the ovary 

 glabrous, 10 to 11 ovuled, the style pubescent. Branches yellowish brown, 

 glabrous, shining, the branchlets pubescent. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong 

 ovate to elliptical ovate, 9 to 13 cm. long, 4 to 6.5 cm. wide, acuminate, 

 the base acute, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, the lower surface 

 slightly paler than the upper and with two or three large glands near 

 the insertion of the petiole; primary nerves 5 to 6 on each side of the 

 the midrib, somewhat prominent beneath, curved-ascending, irregular, the 

 reticulations lax; petioles 3 to 4 mm. long, slightly pubescent. Panicles 

 many flowered, axillary and terminal, 8 to 13 cm. long, densely cinereous 

 pubescent. Flowers 7 to 8 mm. long, their pedicels 4 mm. long or less, 

 the bracteoles 1 to 3 mm. long. Sepals unequal, ovate to elliptical, 3 to 4 

 mm. long, obtuse, densely puberulous. Petals glabrous, except the some- 

 what pubescent keel. Filaments somewhat thickened and pubescent below. 

 Ovary glabrous, its stalk nearly 1 mm. long; style densely pubescent. Disk 

 a thickened glabrous ring. 



Type specimen: Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon (3107 Ahern's col- 

 lector). May, 1905; also from the same province, Tanay (2335 Merrill), 

 May, 1903; Bosoboso (2826 Merrill), July, 1903. 



DICHAPETALACE^. 



Dichapetalum monospermum, sp. nov. 



A shrub or slender tree 5 to 8 m. high, with broadly lanceolate to broadly 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, membranous, glabrous leaves, axillarj', almost ses- 

 sile, fasciculate cymes shorter than the petioles and slightly falcate, rugose, 

 1 -seeded drupes. Branches light gray, glabrous, striate, the branchlets 

 more or less cinereous pubescent. Leaves alternate, 10 to 20 cm. long, 3.5 

 to 7 cm. wide, narrowed below to the acute, equilateral base, the apex 

 rather abruptly acuminate; nerves 6 to 7 on each side of the midrib, some- 

 what prominent, curved ascending, the reticulations rather lax; petioles 

 glabrous or nearly so, rugose, 5 to 10 mm. long. Cymes almost sessile, 

 several in each axil, shorter than the petiole, the pedimcle, pedicels, and 

 calyces uniformly densely cinereous pubescent, the pedicels 2 to 3 mm. 

 long, the flower buds subglobose. Flowers yellowish or greenish white, 

 about 4 mm. long. Calyx lobes oblong ovate, acute, about 3 mm. long, 

 glabrous inside, slightly united below. Petals narrowly oblong, glabrous, 

 4 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, free, slightly notched at the apex, the lobes sub- 

 acute, 0.3 mm. long, the keel inside obscure. Stamens free, glabrous, slightly 

 shorter than the petals, the anthers 0.6 mm. long. Disk scales opposite 

 the petals, thick, glabrous, about 1 mm. long. Ovary free, densely cinereous 

 pubescent, 1 -celled, the cell 2-ovuled. Drupe yellow Avhen mature, oblong, 

 slightly falcate, rugose, more or less cinereous pubescent, about 1.7 cm. 



