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FLACOURTIACEAE 



HYDNOCARPUS Gaertner 

 HYDNOCARPUS CAU LI FLORA sp. nov. § Euhydnocarpus, Oliganthera. 



Arbor parva inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; foliis late oblongis, 

 chartaceis vel tenuiter coriaceis, usque ad 30 cm longis, nitidis, 

 acuminatis, basi late cordato-rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 15, valde prominentibus, petiolo vix 1 cm longo; inflorescentiis 

 fulvo-villosis, usque ad 15 cm longis, anguste paniculatis vel 

 racemosis, caulinis. 



A small tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 

 slender, terete. Leaves alternate, broadly oblong, chartaceous 

 or thinly coriaceous, of the same color and shining on both sur- 

 faces when dry, 23 to 30 cm long, 9 to 12 cm wide, the base 

 broad, rounded, somewhat cordate, the apex shortly acuminate; 

 lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, very 

 prominent, somewhat curved, anastomosing near the margin, 

 the primary reticulations rathers lax, the ultimate ones 

 slender, rather dense; petioles stout, 5 to 8 mm long. 

 Inflorescence of very narrow raceme-like panicles or of simple 

 racemes fascicled on the trunk, 5 to 15 cm long, densely fulvous- 

 villous. Male flowers: Pedicels stout, villous, 3 mm long, the 

 subtending bracteole densely villous, narrowly oblong, 2 mm 

 long. Sepals 5, free, concave, villous, rounded, about 5 mm long. 

 Petals 5, free, imbricate, thinner than the sepals, elliptic, 

 rounded, 3 mm long, somewhat appressed-pilose on the back, 

 the basal scale cleft, the lobes reflexed, about 1 mm long. Fila- 

 ments villous-bearded, 1.5 mm long. Anthers ovoid, 1 to 1.2 

 mm long. Rudimentary ovary villous, small. Female flowers 

 and fruits not seen. 



Mindanao, District of Cotabato, Lebak, For. Bur. 11799 Whitford, March, 

 1912, in dipterocarp forests at low altitudes. 



A very characteristic species, its inflorescence looking more like that of 

 Ryparosa than of Hydnocarpus. The structure of its flowers, however, 

 place it in Hydnocarpus. It is strongly characterized by its broadly oblong 

 leaves which are prominently nerved and broadly rounded-cordate at the 

 base, and especially by its cauline inflorescence. 



XYLOSMA Forster f. 

 XYLOSMA LUZON ENSIS (Presl) comb. nov. 



Prockia luzonensis Presl Rel. Haenk. 2 (1835) 94. 



Xylosma cumingii Clos. in Ann. Sci. Nat. IV. 8 (1857) 252; F.-Vill. 

 Novis. App. (1880) 13; Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 94, Rev. 

 PI. Vase. Pilip. (1886) 49. 



Luzon, without definite locality, Haenke in Herb. Prague (type) : Prov- 

 ince of Cagayan, For. Bur. 171H. Curran, For. Bur. 18506 Alvarez, For. 



