226 MEUUILL. 



PYGEUM Gaertii. 



Pygeum glandulosum sji. nov. 



Arbor usque ad 18 Jii alia; I'oliis olilonuo-laiiccolatis ncI oNato-laiiccola- 

 tis, acuminatis, coriaceis, suUtus uti'iiKiuc ad hasiii ^ilandulis pi'oininciili- 

 l)us iinpressis; raccmis axillarihus, dense ferriigineo-puheseentilrus; llori- 

 hus suhsessilibus, 5-meris. 



A tree 6 to IS m liigli. Braiu-hes glabi'oiis, dark-redd ish-bi'owu. 

 lenticellate, terete, the branclilets slender, tlie younger ones usually more 

 or less pubescent. Leaves 9 to 16 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, oblong- 

 lanceolate or ovate-laiK-eolate, coriaceous, glabrous and shining above 

 except the midrib which is somewhat pubescent, the lateral nerves some- 

 times pubescent also, on the lower surface glal)rous or slightly pubescent, 

 rather slenderly acuminate, llic acumen blunt. Dl'tcn aj>iculat('. l)ase 

 acute or cuneate, with two vei-y prominent basal gUnids, one on each side 

 of the midrib, these glands deeply impressed and pi'otruding on the 

 Ujiper surface of the leaf: nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, pioni- 

 inent beneath, anastomosing; petioles ])ubescent, becoming glabrous or 

 nearly so, 5 mm long. Eacemes densely ferruginous-pubescent, axillary, 

 solitary, 9 cm long or less. Flowers white, fragrant, subsessile or very 

 shortly pedicellate, each subtended by a small densely villous bracteole 

 about 2 mm long. Calyx funnel-shaped, about 3.5 mm long, ferruginous- 

 pubescent, the lobes 5, oblong, obtuse, villous, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Petals 

 5, resembling the sepals but somewhat ol)long-rhomboid. Stamens about 

 20, unequal, their filaments glabrous, 2 to 4 mm long; anthers 0.3 mm 

 long. Ovary ovoid, villous; style glabrous, 4 mm long; stigma disciform. 

 Fruit glabrous or with few scattered hairs, red, about 1 cm wide, slightly 

 compressed, about 8 mm long; seeds with pronounced flavor like those of 

 Pruniis. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3002 Ahcrn's collector, May, 

 1905, also from the same province, For. Bur. llSJf, 33Ji2 Ahern's collector; For. 

 Bur. 10007, 10031 Curran, February, 1908; Merrill 1707, March, 1903; Loher 

 2223, November, 1892: Province of Zambales, Bur. 8ci. 5029 Ramos, December, 

 1907; Jfallier, January, 1904; For. Bur. 381 Maule, March, 1904: Province of 

 Bataan, Lamao River, ^Villia'ms 520, GJi2, January, March, 190'4; For. Bur. 6317 

 Curran, Februaiy, 1907; Whitford 8, S//, April, 1904; For. Bur. .',0 Barnes, 

 August, 1903; For. Bur. 20H.',. 2306 Borden, 1005; For. Bur. 2G20 Mci/rr, I'^bruary, 

 190,5; Ehncr (J(>07. November, 1904; Dinahii)ijaii. Merrill l.l.H, January, 1903: 

 Province of Laguna, Santa Maria Mavitac, For. liur. I00li3 Curran, February, 

 1908: Province of IVn^nu.f. Sabhui. Elmer (it 10. April. 1904. Mindoro, For. Bur. 

 3710, (>80S Mrrrill, March, lilOO, 1907. Without locality, Cuming 707, lS3()-40. 



