NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VH. oOl 



F.-Villar was certainly in error in transferring Blanco's species to Tenninalia 

 chebula Retz., I am now of the opinion that he was correct as to the genus, and 

 that Bncida coniintana Blanco is identical with the species previously described 

 by nie as Terminalia inultiflora. Through the kindness of Dr. Leon Guerrero, 

 member of the Philippine Assemblj', we have been able to secure specimens of the 

 tree locally known as Dinglas in the town of San Jose, Province of Batangas, 

 which native name was cited by Blanco in his original description and from 

 which town Blanco secured his specimens. A similar name occurs on speci- 

 mens from Zambales, Bingas, while Bingias is applied to the same species in the 

 Province of Tayabas, and in Mindoro. Blanco did not have mature fruits when 

 he described the species, and appai'ently assumed that the calyx was persistent 

 in ripe fruits; the calyx-rim is, however, very early deciduous. The specific 

 name is from an old name of the Province of Batangas, according to Blanco. 



Terminalia j)olyantha Presl is probably not specifically distinct from the above 

 species, but there are slight differences in the leaves. I previously reduced Presl's 

 species to Terminalia catapjya Linn., from the abridged description given by 

 Miquel, to which species it is not at all allied; a specimen of Cuming 1516, on 

 which the species was based, is now in our herbarium. 



A specimen from Celebes in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Beccari, is 

 probably referable to Terminalia comintana (Blanco) Merr., which species is 

 otherwise not known from outside of the Philijtpines. 



Terminalia quadrialata sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, 15 ad 35 ni alta ; foliis oblongo-obovatis vel elliptico- 

 obovatis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, apice breviter ac-u- 

 minatis, basi sensim angustatis, decurrento-alatis, nervis utrinque 15 ad 

 20, distinctis, reticulis obsc-uris ; paniculis terminalibus, ramis patulis ; 

 fructibus 2 ad 3 cm loiigis, apice retusis, regulariter 4-alatis, alis tenuiter 

 coriaceis vel submembranaceis, 1 ad 1.3 cm latis. 



A tree, gbibrous througbout, 15 to 35 m high. Branches rather stout, 

 grayish, or reddish-brown, lenticellate. Leaves somewhat crowded to- 

 wards the apices of the branches, oblong-obovate to elliptic-obovate, 15 

 to 25 cm long, 4 to 10 cm wide, subcoriaceous, shining, glabrous, of about 

 the same color on l)otli surfaces Avhen dry. the apex shortly acuminate, 

 rarely suboljtuse, gradually narrowed towards the base which is somewhat 

 decurrent ; nerves 15 to 20 on each side of the midrib, distinct, parallel, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations lax, obscure; petioles stout, usually 5 

 mm long or less, but the lamina sometimes decurrent to the branch, so 

 that the leaves often appear to be sessile or subsessile. Flow^ers unknown. 

 Fruiting panicles terminal, 20 cm long or less, the branches spreading, 

 sometimes reflexed, the lower ones sometimes 8 cm long, with few- 

 secondary branches, or unbranehed, the upper ones gradually shorter, 

 scattered, more or less thickened towards their apices, and in the apical 

 portions bearing many pedicel-scars. Fruit, including the wings, ellip- 

 soid or suborbicular in outline, 2 to 3 cm long, nearly as wide, refuse at 

 the apex, rounded at the base, the seed-bearing portion very narrow, 

 thin-w-alled, usually but 5 mm thick; w-ings four, equal, thinly coriaceous 

 or submembranaceous, 1 to 1.3 cm wide, transversely nerved; seeds 

 oblong, G to 7 mm long. 



