NEW OR NOTEWORTHY THILirriXE PLANTS, VII. 277 



Leyte, Palo, Elmer 12.'i'), Januaiy, 100(5, type number. 



This species was originally described by ^Ir. Palmer as a PiniclodeiKhon. hut the 

 presence of two seeds in each cell of the mature fruit excludes it at once from 

 that genus and all allied ones. It seems, liowever, to be referable to Actephild, 

 and to be closely allied to Actcphila giganti folia Koorders of Celebes, but the 

 latter species is described as having the leaves abruptly long-acuminate. The 

 five small calyx-segments described by Mv. Elmer are tlie squamiform petals, the 

 sepals and petals persisting on the mature fruit. 



BACCAUREA Lour. 



B. lanceolata (Miq.) Muell. Arg. in DV. Prodr. 15- (1S(J2) 457. 

 Hedycurpus hnircolatiis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1= (1859) :?59. 

 Palawan, 8an Antonio Bay. Mnrill So.i, February. 1903. 

 Java and Borneo. 



The above specimen has somewhat larger leaves than the plants described by 

 -Muller-Arg.. but seems to be the same species. New to the Philippines. 



BLACHIA Baill. 



Blachia phiiippinensis sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, monoica, circiter 5 m alta; foliis alternis, c-hartaecis vel 

 submembranaceis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 13 eui longis, acuminatis, Itasi 

 acutis vel obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 6; floribus umbellatis, umbellis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque ; petalis obovatis, bvalinis et glandulis ae(iui- 

 longis ; staminil)us 20, lil^eris; stylis revolutis. 



A glabrous monoecious tree aliout 5 ni bigb. Brandies slender, terete, 

 I)rownisb, tbe brancblets reddisb-brown. Leaves alternate, cbartaceous 

 or submendiranaceous, oblong-ovate, 7 to 13 cm long, 2.5 to 4.5 em wide, 

 brown or greenish wdien dry, shining, the apex rather prominently 

 acuminate, the base acute or obtuse; nerves about 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, the reticulations lax ; petioles 5 mm long or less. Inflorescence 

 axillary and terminal, the staminate uml)els long-peduncled, the peduncles 

 slender, 2 to 3 cm long, each bearing al)out 12 flowers, the pedicels about 8 

 mm long. Sepals 5, obovate to elliptic-obovate, 2 mm long, thin, oljtuse, 

 imbricate. Petals 5, hyaline, obovate, 1 mm long, broadly rounded at 

 the apex or slightly retuse, not longer than the disk-glands. Stamens 

 20; filaments 2 mm long, slender; anthers obovoid, 0.3 mm long. Disk- 

 glands quadrangular, truncate. Pistillate flowers in subsessile umbels at 

 the base of the staminate inflorescence. Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, some- 

 what acuminate, 2 mm long, more or less accrescent. Ovary narrow, 

 subglabrous, 3-celled, each cell 1-ovuled; styles three, elongated, cleft, the 

 style-arms revolute. 



Palaw^an, near Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. .'il28 Chirruii, April, 190G. Luzon, 

 Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 8369 Curran <& Merritt, December, 1907 : 

 Province of Ilocos Norte, Cape Bojeador, For. Bur. 13829 Merritt d- Darling, 

 November. 1908. 



The first representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines, and ap- 

 parently distinct from all previously described forms. 



