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hairv, iiltiinately yiahious; nerves (i on eacli side of the niidril), distinct, 

 spread] ng-aseending, slightly curved, their axils not glandular, the re- 

 ticulations indistinct ; i)etioles 1 to 'i cm long, when yonng pubescent, 

 ultimately glabrous. I'acemes numerous, .") to 7 cm long, on the branches 

 l)elo\v the leaves, the rachis and pedicels more or less pul)escent, in fruit 

 l)ecoming (juite glabrous ; pedicels about 5 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 5 mm long, l.'i mm wide, with very few scattered hairs on 

 the back or glabrous, the margins densely pubescent. Petals as long as 

 the sepals, the upper one-third or one-half lacerate, base narrowed, 

 glabrous or with few scattered hairs on the back and especially at the 

 base. Stamens about 12; anthers l.S mm long, cells equal, l)lunt. not 

 apiculate or ciliate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled; style 2 mm long, 

 glabrous. Disk pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid about 2 cm long, 1-celled, 

 the endocarp osseous, rugose. 



Li zox. Province of Cagayan, Aparri. For. Hur. tl.il 'i KIriiniir. in Mower. 

 April. 1!(()8; Province of Zambales, Subic, P'or. Hur. S'p.HlS Manic. A\)rU, June. 

 1904, in fruit: Province of Bataan, Lamao, For. Bur. 7.'>0() (Uirran, September. 

 1907. in flower: Province of Tayabas, Lagumanoc, For. Bur. '/ W(tre, in flower, 

 September, 1903, (type) : Province of C'amarines, Sipocot, For. Bur. 705 Van 

 WicMe, May, 1904, in fruit. Local names, Cagayan (^unuio; Zambales Taciatoy, 

 Malacadios : Tayabas Camay salian; Camarines Maloc-itialoc. 



A species allied to Elaeocarpus ctmiingii Turzc. but readily distinguished by its 

 glabrous ovaries and vegetative characters. 



Elaeocarpus luzonicus sp. nov. S Monocera. 



Arl)or circiter 15 m alta, glabra, racemis exceptis ; foliis subcoriaceis, 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, nitidis, apice acuminatis, basi 

 cuneatis, margine crenatis, subtns in axillis glandulosis ; racemis axil- 

 laribus, pubescentibus, folia aequantibus vel longioribus : petalis oblongo- 

 obovatis, supra simpliciter timbriatis, extus leviter argenteo-pubescentil)us; 

 staminil)us circiter 2A, cellulis antherae inaecpialibus, posticis apiculatis. 

 vix ciliatis ; ovarium "^-loculare. 



A tree about 15 m high, glabrous throughout except the inflorescence. 

 Branches terete, lu'own or grayish, not or l)ut obscurely lenticellate. 

 Leaves subcoriaceous oldong-lanceolate, or sometimes elliptic-lanceolate. 

 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, shining, beneath sometimes subglaucous, 

 the apex shortly, or sometimes rather long-acuminate, acumen obtuse, 

 base cuneate, margins crenate; nerves about (i on each side of the midrib, 

 distinct, the axils beneath mostly prominently glandular: petioles 1 to 

 1.4 cm long. Kacemes axillary, solitary, fi to 8 cm long, the rachis and 

 ])edicels appressed-pubescent with pale, often shining hairs, the pedicels 

 5 to 6 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 5 to 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, thin, 

 sparingly appressed-silvery-pubescent outside, the keel within, and the 

 margins white-villous. Petals thin, oblong-oboyate the upper one-third 

 simply fimbriate, (S to 7 mm long, the back appressed-silveiy-pubescent, 

 the nuu'gins and lower ])art of tlie inner surface white-villous. Stamens 

 about 2A\ anthers scabrid, 2 to 2.~^ mm long, one cell slightly longer than 



