:]\'2 MKUKlfJ.. 



A ti'i'f alMiiii 1> III lii,i!:li. Branches glabrous, grayish-brown, some- 

 liiiK's ])riiinoso. the younger Itrant-hk'ts densely I'erruginous-piibescent. 

 Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8 to 18 em 

 long. ;> to (i (111 wide, the apex shortly acuminate, the base rounded or 

 olttusc. l)oili surfaces shining, the upper one glabrous, the lower glabrous 

 or more oi' less ])ul)escent on the midrib; nerves (i to 8 on each side of 

 the iiiidril). not vei'v proniiiiciit. anastomosing, the secondary ones and 

 the reticulations distinct on llu' lower surface, rather close; i)etioles 8 

 to 10 cm long, more or less pubescent. Fruit ovoid-globose, about 'y cm 

 in diameter, the pericarp bony or woody, outside black, more or less 

 jiruinose, reticulate-rugose wlu'ii dry. glabrous, the persistent. 5-lobed 

 calyx appreseed to the base of the fruit. 4.5 to .") vm in diameter, the 

 lobes united for half their length, triangular-ovate, spreading, acute, 

 thickly coriaceous or almost woody, both sides densely ferruginous- 

 pubescent. The eeiili'al portion of the calyx is depressed, the depression 

 extending along the median portions of the lobes, while there are five 

 ])rominent protuberances at the juncture of the lobes. 



Mindanao. Districl of Z:niili();ni;L;a, Port Banga, For. Bur. !i(ir.> Wliitford, 

 Novcnilier. 10(17, in fniit ; Ayala, For. liur. .J,S7/ fIiifr]iiiiso>i, July, 1900. stei'ih'. 

 On forested ridfjes at an altitude of about 30 ni. loially known as Cauiar/on. The 

 fruit is innnatuic and is described by \\'Iiitfor(l as green. 



OLACACE^. 



LINOCIERA Swart/. 



Linociera acuminatissima s|(. nov. 



Arbor glaltra, cireittM' !• m alta. raiiiis raiiiiilis((ue teretibus. pallidis: 

 foliis coriaceis, nitidis, ohlongo-elliiiticis, hasi acuminatis, apice valde 

 caudato-acuminatis, margine plus minus recurvatis; intiorescentiis race- 

 mosis, axillarii)us, racemis solitariis, paueifloris, 2 ad 3 cm longis; tloribus 

 circiter 4 mm longis. 



A tree, glabrous throughout, about 9 m high. Bi'auches and branehlets 

 slender, terete, pale-gray, si)aringly lenticellate. Leaves opposite, coria- 

 ceous, somewhat shining, ohlong-elliptic, 8 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm 

 wide, olivaceous above when drj^, brownish aiul j)aler l)eneath, the base 

 somewhat acuminate, the apex rather strongly caudate-acuminate, the 

 aeuiiien 1.5 lo 2 eiii huig. sh'tider. nai'i-oweil iiiiward. hhint. the margins 

 somewhat recurved; nerves about 7 on each side of the midrih. indistinct, 

 distant, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations ohsoleie; petioles 1 to 

 L5 cm long. l{acemes axilhny. solitary. 2 to .'! cm long, fcw-llowered, 

 the pedicels stout, I to I iiiiii long, the l)racteoles narrowly oblong "or 

 lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acuminate, about 2 mm long. Calyx-lobes 

 bioadh ovale, acute. 1 iiiiii long. ( 'orolla-lobes lanceolate, obtusi'. I mm 

 long, somewhat connate below. Slamcns 2. the lilameiits Itroail. short; 

 anthers elliplie. 1 mm long. 



Palawan. .\hilaiii|paya Hay. Fur. liur. 'I'tdl'i. 7 '/.7 ) ('iirraii. .Imie 21. I'.HIii. 

 Well <-liaiacteii/.cd b\- its cniidaleaciiniinaie leaves. 



