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Canarium stack ijanthiun Perk. 1. c, 97. No. 174S Merrill. Subic. Prov- 

 ince of Zambales. Luzon, April. 1903. T.. Pacsainguin. Abonabon, Mindoro 

 (2177 Merrill), May, 1903, T., Pagsainymn.' 



The above three species are apparently merely forms of Canarium vil- 

 lositm (Blume) F.-Vill., as I have failed to find characters in the specimens 

 or in the descriptions by which tliey can be satisfactorially distinguished 

 from that species. 



Canarium villosum (Bliune) F.-Vill., as here interpreted, includes Cana- 

 rium commune and C. pimcla Blanco, C. cumingii Engl., and apparently 

 also C. luxurians monstrosa Engl., C. juglandifolium Perk., C. thyrsoideum 

 Perk., and C. stochyanthum Perk., should be referred to that species. Re- 

 garding the constancy of leading the Tagalog name of the species, Palsahin- 

 hin, as cited by Blanco, and variations of it, such as Pagsainguin, 

 Pachainguin, Palsahingiiiv, etc., 1 find them applied only to Canarium villo- 

 sum (Blume) F.-Vill., and to the species mentioned above which I believe 

 to be only synonyms of that species. This native name does not appear in 

 any of its forms on any of the other specimens of Canarium representing 

 other species than those discussed above (about 70 sheets), at present in 

 the herbarium of this Bureau. 



Santiria nitida, sp. nov. 



A tree 15 to 30 m. high, with entirely glabrous coriaceous, shining usually 

 .> jugate leaves, short cinereous-puberulous paniculate inflorescence, the 

 flowers ovoid, 3 to 4 mm. long, the stamens free from the glabrous disc, 

 not united in a tube. Branches light brown or grayish, glabrous. Leaves 

 20 to 30 cm. long, 3, rarely 4-jugate, the rhachis glabrous, 10 to 17 cm. 

 long; leaflets opposite, long petioled, elliptical ovate to elliptical lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, 8 to 12 cm. long, 2.5 

 to 4.5 cm. wide, the apex rather strongly acuminate, the acumen blunt, 

 the base more or less inequilateral, acute, the margins entire; nerves 

 9 to 12 on each side of the midrib, spreading, curved upwards, prominent, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations distinct beneath; petiolules glabrous, 1 

 to 1.8 cm. long, that of the terminal leaflet often 3 cm. long. Panicles 

 5 to 7 cm. long, terminal, densely cinereous puberulous throughout, the 

 primary branches 2 cm. long or less, the tertiary ones very short. Flowers 

 white, very fragrant, their pedicels about 2 mm. long. Caly.K densely 

 cinereous puberulent, cup shaped, truncate or very obscurely 3-toothcd, 

 1..5 nun. long. Petals cinereous puberulous outside, 3, free, broadly orbic- 

 ular-ovate, 3 to 3.5 mm. long, 3 to 4 nun. wide, acute. Stamens 6, 

 inserted outside the disc, free from the disc and from each other, the 

 glabrous filaments 1.5 mm. long, the anther 0.8 nun. long. Disc glabrous, 

 fleshy, about lO-lobed. Ovary pubescent, 3-celled, not exceeding the fleshy 

 disc. Drupe (immature) ovoid or ellipsoid. 2 to 2.5 cm. long, 1.5 cm. 

 thick, slightly compressed on one side but not triangular, rugose when 

 dry. glaucous, glabrous, 1-celled. 



Luzon: Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles (2786 

 Meyer), February, 1905 (flower); (808 Borden) May, 1904 (fruit); also 

 the following sterile numbers: (517, 519 Barnes), (638, 2912 Borden). 

 Tavabas Province (Infanta). 1 7<;.S Wliit ford) September, 1904 (fruit). 



