294 MERRILL. 



bescent with scattered hairs. Leaves alternate or subopposite, 

 ovate, coriaceous, brown and slightly shining when dry, entire, 

 8 to 10 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, apex shortly acuminate and 

 minutely apiculate, base broadly rounded-truncate or subcordate, 

 the upper surface glabrous, the lower surface at first sparingly 

 pubescent especially along the nerves, ultimately becoming gla- 

 brous ; basal nerves 5, the outer pair short, the inner pair curved- 

 ascending, reaching nearly to the middle of the leaf, evanescent, 

 the lateral nerves above the basal ones usually two on each side 

 of the midrib, curved-ascending, evanescent or very obscurely 

 anastomosing, the primary reticulations very lax, not prominent, 

 the ultimate ones rather close but indistinct; petioles about 2 

 cm long. Heads apparently globose, of many drupes. Individ- 

 ual drupes oblong or narrowly oblong, 7 to 8 cm long, about 

 2 cm thick, longitudinally 5-ridged, more or less narrowed at both 

 ends, densely covered with yellowish-brown or tawny, stiff, 

 appressed, villous hairs. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 5769, November, 1905. 



A very distinct species, characterized by its comparatively small leaves, 

 with few, distant nerves, and its obscure reticulations; in this latter charac- 

 ter it is very different from the other Philippine forms. 



SABIACEAE. 



MELIOSMA Blume. 

 MELIOSMA MACROPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Arbor 12 ad 15 m alta, subglabra, partibus junioribus plus 

 minusve pubescentibus ; foliis imparipinnatis, elongatis, usque 

 ad 1 m longis; foliolis oppositis vel suboppositis, 15 ad 17, ovatis 

 ad oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis, integris, acuminatis, basi inaequi- 

 lateralibus, rotundatis, superioribus usque ad 27 cm longis, 

 inferioribus minoribus; paniculis amplis, terminalibus axillari- 

 busque; fructibus circiter 5 mm longis. 



A tree 12 to 15 m high, ultimately glabrous or nearly so, the 

 younger parts more or less ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 

 elongated, up to 1 m in length, odd-pinnate, the leaflets 15 to 17, 

 opposite or the lower ones subopposite, ovate to oblong-ovate or 

 oblong, coriaceous, puberulent on the midrib and nerves beneath, 

 the upper ones up to 27 cm in length and 10 cm wide, entire, 

 acuminate, somewhat falcate, base inequilateral, of the upper 

 leaves acute or acuminate, of the lower ones broad and rounded, 

 the lower leaves gradually smaller than the upper ones ; nerves 9 

 to 13 on each side of the midrib. Panicles axillary and terminal, 

 ample, diffuse, the axillary ones as long as the leaves or shorter. 



