182 MERRILL. 



cent, especially on the nerves, or the uj)per surface pubescent only ou 

 the midrib: nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib; petiolules densely 

 pubescent, about 2 mm long. Panicles terminal, nan-owly pyramidal, 

 about 20 cm long, the rachis, branches and branchlets densely and softly 

 pubescent witii pale spreading liairs, the lower branches 7 cm long or 

 less, tlie upper ones gradually shorter, spreading or ascending. Flowers 

 5-merous, sessile or sliortly pedicelled, subglomerate on the ultimate 

 branchlets, the buds globose or obovoid. Sepals broadly ovate, l.'i mm 

 long, free, densely pubescent outside. Petals elliptic or broadly elliptic- 

 oblong, concave, about 4 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, acute at both ends, 

 imbricate, witli few, rather large glands, the back in the upper third 

 slightly pubescent. Stamens 10, the filaments broad, abruptly narrowed 

 just below the insertion of the anthers, about 1 mm long; anthers 2 mm 

 long. Ovary ovoid or ellipsoid, about 1.5 mm long, glabrous, prominenlly 

 5-sulcate, 5-celled, each cell with two superim])Osed ovules; style 1 mm 

 long and thick, 5-sulcate. Fiaiit globose, white or greenish-white, G to 

 7 mm in diameter, the pericarp rather thick, glandular-punctate, con- 

 taining a single somewhat compressed seed about 5 mm in diameter, 

 surrounded by a gelatinous pulp, with a strong odor and taste of pine 

 pitch ; cotyledons flat, plano-convex. 



Luzox. District of Bontoc, near Bontoc, For. Bur. 16530 Cxtrran (typt-). Jan- 

 uary 21, lOOi), altitude above 1.000 m: Province of Benguet, Twin Peaks. FAmer 

 ()3.}2, May. ]n04. Hur. Sri. ISti.i Ifa/nos from Cagayan Province, Luzon, witli 

 ininiatun' fruils, is possibly referable here, wliile a specimen from Zamboanga, 

 -Mindanao, Jlallier s. n., has mucli the facies of the present species, b\it has 

 4-merous llowei.s and 2-seeded friiits. Chniftoia inolli-'^ is well cliiiraoterized by its 

 soft, rather dense pubescence. 



M ELI COPE F(.i>t. 



Melicope densiflora sp. nov. 



Arbuscula glabra 3 ad 5 m alia; foliis trifolidlatis. foliolis chai-taceis 

 vel submendjranaceis, oblongo-obovatis, apice late breviter acuminatis, 

 acuminibus letusis, nervis utrinque circiter 8; inflorescentiis axillaribus, 

 petiolo aequalibus vel longioribus; floribus 4-meris, filamentis pilosis. 



A shrub 3 to 5 m high, glabrous througliout. Branches terete, light- 

 gray, the branchlets pale-reddish-brown, rather stout. Leaves 3-foliolate, 

 opposite, their ])etioles 2 to 5 cm long; leaflets oblong-obovate to elliptic- 

 obovate, cliai'taceous or submembranaceous, somewhat shining, 7 to 11 

 cm long, ',i to 5 cm wide, the apex shortly and broadly acuminate, tlie 

 acumen ivlusc, nai-rowc(| from about the middle to the cuiicati' base, the 

 tenninal leailet equilateral, the lateral ones sotnewhat ine(iuilateral; 

 petioles 'A to 10 mm long; lateral nerves about S on each side of the 

 midi-jb, anastomosing, the secondary oiu's often nearly as prominent. 

 Tnflorescetu-e a.xillaiT, solitary, 5 to (I cm long, narrowly pyramidal, the 

 lower branches often 3.5 cm in length, ratlier detisely flowered. Stamin- 



