PHILIPPINE PLANTS, IX. 269 



Mateo, For Bur. 1103 Ahern's collector, May, 1904, in fruit; Montalban, 

 Loher 5531, January, 1906, with immature flowers: Province of Tayabas, 

 Mauban, For. Bur. 10191 Curran, March, 1908. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Polyalthia lanceolata Vid., 

 and some of the material cited above has been distributed under that name. 

 P. loheri, however, has much larger, differently shaped leaves, and much 

 larger flowers, and is abundantly distinct. 



Var. CAGAYANENSIS var. nov. 



A typo differ! ramulis pallidis, foliis majoribus, usque, ad 35 

 cm longis, venis magis distinctis. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Abulug River, near Dabba, Bur. Sci. 139^8 

 Ramos, February 2, 1912, in forests, a tree about 5 m high with yellow 

 flowers. 



Additional material may show that this form is specifically distinct, or 

 may merge it with Polyalthia loheri. 



POLYALTHIA TENUIPES sp. nov. 



Ut videtur arbor parva, ramulis junioribus exceptis glabra; 

 foliis lanceolatis, sensim angustatis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, 

 obtusis, minute cordatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, nervis utrinque 

 10 ad 12; floribus in axillis superioribus, solitariis, tenuiter 

 pedicellatis, circiter 8 mm longis, pedicellis 2 ad 3 cm longis; 

 petalis exterioribus triangulari-ovatis, interioribus lanceolatis 

 quam exterioribus duplo longioribus. 



Apparently a small tree, nearly glabrous, the growing shoots 

 densely appressed ferruginous-pubescent, the branches slender, 

 glabrous, dark-colored, terete. Leaves lanceolate, chartaceous, 

 9 to 12 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, gradually narrowed above 

 to the slenderly acuminate apex, the base somewhat narrowed, 

 obtuse, slightly cordate, of nearly the same color and shining 

 on both surfaces when dry; primary nerves 10 to 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, spreading, anastomosing, irregular, the 

 secondary ones often nearly as prominent as the primary ones, 

 the reticulations lax; petioles 2 mm long or less. Flowers soli- 

 tary, perfect, axillary, in the upper axils, about 8 mm long, 

 their pedicels very slender, 2 to 3 cm long, with a small oblong- 

 lanceolate bracteole near the base. Sepals slightly pubescent, 

 triangular-ovate, acute, about 2 mm long, united. Petals 6, in 

 two series, dissimilar, the outer ones triangular-ovate, acute or 

 somewhat acuminate, 5 mm long or less, the inner three lanceo- 

 late, somewhat acuminate, about 8 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Kabibihan, Bur. Sci. 13472 Foxworthy 

 & Ramos, March, 1911. 



A species with vegetative characters quite similar to those of Polyalthia 

 lanceolata Vid., but sharply differentiated by its dissimilar petals. 



