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Palawan. Iwahig Penal Sottlomont (3o07 Ciirnin) Jiumarv 7. l!IO(i. A tree 

 not coninion along the river, slightly above sea level. 



A very eharacteristic species, readily recognized hy its eiUire strongly rcvolulc 

 leaves and .Hiiierons flowers. 



COMBRETACEJ]. 



COMBRETUM I. inn. 



Combretum sexalatum ^Merrill sp. nov. 



A scaiKkMil slii'iilj. iicai'ly g-labrous. with (Opposite. oMoii-i-ovatc leave?;. 

 tfi'iiiiiKil ami axillary panicles, the tlower.s crowded at the ends of 

 the panicle brandies, 4-merons flowers and prominently membranously 

 6-winged fruits, apparently debiscent. Brandies glabrous, Ijrownisb or 

 grayish, terete, tlie ultimate bi-aiichlets somewhat pulx'scent. Leaves 

 iiu'iiihranoiis oi- cliartaceous, shining, the liase acute or i-oinuh'd. tlie apex 

 sliort bi'oadly acuminate, entire, 8 to 10 cm. long, 1 to 1 cm. wide, when 

 very young more or less glandular-le|)idote, hecoiMiig (piite glal)rous, oi' 

 tlie nerve axils beneath barbellate; nerves T to 8 on each side of the 

 midrib, somewhat prominent, the reticulations distinct; petioles l.o to 

 'i cm. long. Panicles 8 to 13 cm. long, the axis and branches dt'iisely 

 pubescent, the lower branches subtended by leaves, the flowers densely 

 racemosely disposed at the ends of the branchlets. Flowers yellow, ol)- 

 seurelv glandular le2)idote. tlu' pedicels 1-angled, gradually mei-ged into 

 the calvx, the flower and pedicel about 12 mm. long, the Inids acute. 

 Calyx gradually wider upward, expanded above and villous at the, thi-nat 

 within, the limb 4-lobed, the lobes reflexed, ovate, sharply acute, .") mm. 

 long. Petals 4, oblong, truncate, slightly exceeding 2 mm. in length. 

 Stamens 8, exserted ; filaments nearly (i mm. long; anthers nearly 1 mm. 

 long. Style 10 to 12 mm. long. Fruit apparently dehiscent, including 

 the wings elliptical in outline, ;> to o cm. long, 2.5 to 4 tin. wide, the seed- 

 bearing portion l.."! cm. long or less, the back of each \alve with a thin 

 membranous wing about ^ .') cm. long, 0.5 mm. wide, the mai'giiis of the 

 3 valves expande(| into membranous, reticulately veined wings ([uite 

 surrounding each \al\c, 1.") to 2 em. wide, the free edges forming (i 

 longitudinal wings. 



Lx;zox, Province r)f lli/al. Antipolo (:n:?0 Alirni'N collcclor) .lunc, I'.lO.") 

 (flower); Bosoboso (1808, 'MV2] Ahcrn's colhcloi) Septcndu'r. 1!I04. Scptcuilirr. 

 ]!»().") (frnit). The last number cited has nnicli bioadcr h'avcs an<l larger I'niitN 

 1 li;iii t he others. 



.MVinwciLi-:. 



EUGENIA l.iiiii. 



Eugenia mimica .M<Trill >p. n(i\. i ■/iihiIidkii. 



A glabrous shi'uh I lo ."> m. high with suheoriaeeous, laiu'colate, 

 ohianeeolale or ohlong-ohlaneeolate, ac-ule or hlunt leaves, terminal cynm.se 

 panicles (I em. long or less, the llowers snudl. white, the buds narrowly 



