NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 199 



Calophyllum amplexicaule Clioisy ex Planch. & Triana in Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 IV 15 (1861) 281; Vesque in DC. Monog. Phan. 8 (1893) 564; Vidal Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 96, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 54. 



Tovomita peniapeiala Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 4.32, ed. 2 (1845) 301, ed. 3, 

 2:194. 



Ochrocarpus pentapetalus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 17. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Cuming 1077 (type number) : Province of 

 Pangasinan, Salasa, For. , Bur. 9625 Zschokke: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 

 8226, 8229, 8236 Curran <& Merritt, Bur. Sci. 4755, 5100 Ramos. 



This species is here enumerated chiefly to call attention to the reduction of 

 Blanco's Tovomita pentapetala, which was referred by F.-Villar to Ochrocarpus. 

 Blanco's material was from the Provinces of Ilocos Norte and Sur, and he speaks 

 of the plant as being common near tlie seashore, flowering in December, and 

 locallj' known as Pamitlain and Pamitlatin. The specimen collected by Cuming, 

 on which Calophyllum amplexicaule Choisy was based, was also from Ilocos Norte, 

 according to Cuming's own list of localities, and not from Albay, as stated by 

 Vesque; that the former is prol)al)ly correct is borne out by the fact that the 

 species is only known from northern Luzon, and has so far never been found 

 in the south. Blanco's description applies absolutely to Calophyllum amplexicaule 

 with the exception of the flowers, which he describes as having two sepals, and 

 five petals. This was undoubtedly an error on his part, due to misconception 

 of the parts of the flower. This is the only plant known to me that agrees with 

 Blanco's description as to its resinous properties, sessile leaves, etc., and even 

 to the axillary glands mentioned by him, these glands being really the axillary 

 buds. The specimen from Pangasinan was received under the native name 

 "Pa^yiitaoyon." 



Blanco's specific name is hence the oldest available one for the species, but 

 I am loath to transfer it to Calophyllum, as it was apparently selected by him 

 on a misconception of the floral parts, and in no way applies to any species of 

 the genus, all the species of Calophylluvn having 4-merous flowers. 



GARCINIA Linn. 



Garcinia cordata sp. nov. § Eugarcinia. 



Arbor glabra circiter 8 m alta; foliis sessilibiis vel subsessilibus, ovato- 

 lanceolatis vel late lanceolatis, ehartaceis vel siibcoriaceis, nitidis, apice 

 acutis vel obscure acuminatis, basi late rotundatis distincte cordatis, 

 nervis utrinque 20 ad 35 ; floribus axillaribus, fasciciilatis, pedicellatis, 

 4-meris, staminibus numerosis, in phalangibus 4 brevissime stipitatis vel 

 subsessilibus dense congestis; pistilli rudimento fungiforme. 



A glabrous tree about 8 m high. Branches brown, terete, the branch- 

 lets distinctly 4-angled, frequently olivaceous. Leaves opposite, sessile 

 or subsessile, ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate-lanceolate, 10 to 16 cm 

 long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, broadest in the lower part, chartaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, shining, the apex acute or obscurely acuminate, the base 

 broad, rounded, distinctly cordate ; lateral nerves 20 to 25 on each side of 

 the midrib, slender, irregular, the reticulations nearly obsolete. Flowers 

 axillary, fascicled, white, 4-merous, 4 to 8 in each axil, their pedicels 

 about 7 mm long. Outer tAvo sepals elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 4 mm long, 

 smaller than the inner two which are petaloid. Petals membranaceous, 



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