268 MERRILL. 



foliolis 3 ad 5, coriaceis, elliptico-ovatis wl oblongo-ellipticis, alternis, 

 valdc glandiiloso-piinctatis, ]ilus minus inat'([uilateralihus, apice acii- 

 iiiinatis, basi ai-utis \cl ohtusis: paniculis axillaribus ; ealveibus o- 

 \v\ 4-iiieris, lobis vable iiubrifatis, gland idoso-punetatis; ovario sessile, 

 dense viUoso; fruetibus suborbicidai-ibus. cllipticis vcl obovoideis, crassis, 

 leviter eonipressis, bpinneis, ligncis. ;> ad I cm b)ngis. ciicitcr :! cm latis, 

 '2Jy cm ci'assis, in(b'hisccntibns : scminilms solitai'iis, albiiminc I'uminato. 



Tlie type of this species is Elmer l.ilid from J^eyte, the speciineiis with im- 

 mature fruits and without flowers, which perhaps accounts for its ori»inaliy being 

 described as Cynonietru. Later Mr. Elmer transferred it to Hnrdirickin. follow- 

 inj; tlie conception of tliat genus as defined by Bentham and Hooker. Harms has 

 liowever proposed tlii' new genus f\ i iifiiaih ml roii. liased on Ihi i<l iiichia pinnuta 

 Koxl).. to wliicli tlie pi'esent .species is aliicil. .\s we considtT l\ ii\<il<><lendron 

 to be a valid genus, the Philippine species is hcic tiansfcrrcd as Ihc second species' 

 of the genus. 



Jn addition to tiu' typi'. cited above, the s])ecies is rcpicscntcd by tiic following 

 specimens: Llzo.n. Province of Tayabas, (iuinayangan. lialh s. ».. .May. 1904 

 (fruit), ilulanaw and San Narciso, For. Bur. t(lA.>l\ Kl.i.')', Cumin. April. 1908 

 (fruit): Province of Camarines, For. liiir. 10(111 Cumin (sterile): Province of 

 Sorsogon, For. Bur. J062.'f Curran (sterile). Masuatk, Mfrrill 2161, June, 1903 

 (fruit), Whifford 1610, October, 1906 (sterile). Ticao, Fur. Bur. U)8J, Clark, 

 May, 1904 (fruit). Panay, Miagao, yiilal 2/(68 in Herb. Kew. ^VIi.ndaxao, Dis- 

 trict of Zamboanga, Fur. Bur. 6561 Hutchinson, March, 1907 (immature fruit); 

 Port Banga, For. Bur. 0301, 0001, lJ0.i6 Whifford d- Hufchin.son (in tlowcr ) . 



The present species is a timber tree of considerable importance, being com- 

 mercially known as Hiilrle. The wood stincturc lias l)ccn considered by Fox- 

 worthy" who states that it is nnich like tiiat of Sindora .sh/k/ Mcrr.. in stmicturc, 

 but is darker and witii a gicatcr amount of oil. 11 is widely distriliuted in the 

 central and soutiieni Pliilip|)ines. and is known by the following native names 

 \'.. Bfilfir; T.. IhiiKjini: U., Salahiiifii ii : in Zandioanga a> I'dlo Maria and 

 liilinilinl. but these two names belong pro](eily to Ciilopli i/ll u in . 



MEZONEURUM Dcsf. 



Mezoneurum latisiliquum (Cav.) cond). nov. 



Btniliiniii 'i liitisIiiiiKi Cav. Icon. 5 (1799) ."), /. .'/IIS. in part, exchnling descrip- 

 lion and ligure of leaves. 



Ml zoncuruui ylabruin Desf. in Mem. .Mus. Paris 4 (ISIS) 24;), /. 10; DC. 

 Prodr. 2 (1825) 484; Baker in Hook. f. Fi. Urit. Iiid. 2 (1878) 258; F.-Vill. 

 Nov. App. (1880) 70; y\u\. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1' (1855) lO.H; Vidal Phan. Cuming. 

 Philip. (1885) 110, Rev. PI. \asc. I'ilip. ( 1S8()) 114; INIerr. in Philip. Joiirn. Sci. 

 1 (1900) Suppl. 04. 



Cacsalpiniu toniuulu i'danco Fl. hilip. (1S37) '.VM\. 



Mezoneurum procumbi ns ISlanco I. c. ed. 2 (1845) 2.'{5. ed. ."5. 2:73. 



Luzo.N, Province of i'ampanga, Arayat. Merrill 1 '/-IS : I'rovince of Rizal. 

 Merrill lilt: Province of Hataan, For. Bur. GO-'iS Cumin: Whifford .v. n. : Wil- 

 liam.i 101: Province of Laguna. Lo.s Bano.s. Elmer: Bur. Sci. 6005 Bohinson. 

 Ml.NDOuo. Paluan, Merrill 056: For. Bur. 07.>,S Merriff. Xkcuos, For. Bur. l,iI5 

 Eiereff. JJasii.an, For. liiir. AOlS lluhlnnnon : Ihilliir. Minhaxao. Piovince of 



"This Jouni'il. 2 (19(17) Botanv :i7(l. 



