298 MERRILL. 



COLUMBIA MEGACARPA sp. nov. 



Arbor (22 m alta fide Manalo) ; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, cir- 

 citer 20 cm longis, rectis vel leviter falcatis, basi valde oblique 

 cordatis, apice longe acuminatis, margine irregulariter repando- 

 dentatis, supra, nerviis exceptis, glabris vel subglabris, subtus 

 dense molliter cinereo-pilosis ; fructibus dense pubescentibus, 2 

 ad 3 cm longis, 3-alatis. 



A tree, 10 m high or more. Branches terete, rather stout, 

 brownish, strongly pubescent with long, spreading, yellowish- 

 brown hairs. Leaves alternate, oblong, coriaceous, about 20 cm 

 long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex rather long acuminate, the base 

 strongly and obliquely cordate, both lobes rounded, but one much 

 broader than the other, the margins irregularly repand-dentate, 

 the upper surface brown, shining when dry, glabrous or nearly 

 so except the somewhat pubescent nerves, the lower surface 

 softly and densely stellate-pilose with cinereous hairs; petioles 

 stout, densely pilose with spreading hairs ; basal nerves reaching 

 to or above the middle of the leaf. Flowers unknown. Panicles 

 in fruit ample, terminal and in the upper axils, pilose with long, 

 soft, spreading, yellowish-brown hairs. Fruits oblong-ovoid in 

 outline, 3-winged, 2 to 3 cm long, nearly 2 cm wide, densely 

 subcinereous-pubescent or puberulent throughout, the portions 

 opposite the seed-bearing parts also densely pilose with long, 

 spreading hairs. 



Palawan, about one mile north-east of Tanabag, For. Bur. 74.16 Manalo, 

 December, 1906, in flat forests near sealevel, locally known as anilao. 



A species manifestly allied to Columbia serratifolia (Cav.) DC, but 

 distinguished at once by its very much larger fruits. The fruits are 

 considerably larger than those of any other species of the genus known to 

 me, and apparently dehisce tardily. 



Imperfect material, possibly a mixture, collected in Palawan by Mr. 

 Curran {For. Bur. 3587), may also be referable here. 



GREWIA L. 



GREWIA EDULISsp. nov. § Omphacarpus. 



Arbor parva, ramulis subtus foliis inflorescentiisque simpli- 

 citer pilosis; foliis breviter petiolatis, oblongo-ovatis, subcoria- 

 ceis, usque ad 18 cm longis, acuminatis, aequilateralibus, integris ; 

 fructibus pyriformibus, carnosis, 2.5 ad 3 cm longis, puberulis. 



A small tree, the branchlets, petioles, inflorescence, and lower 

 surface of the leaves more or less pubescent with simple, not 

 stellate, hairs. Branches terete, grayish-brown, glabrous, the 

 branchlets rather densely pubescent with short, brownish, spread- 

 ing hairs. Leaves oblong-ovate, equilateral, 15 to 18 cm long, 5 



