326 ^^'^ Philippine Journal of Science lau 



Flowers unknown. Immature fruits globose, wrinkled when dry, 

 subglobose, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, gray-puberulent externally. 



TiNAGO Island, Ahem 416, collected by Quadras between February and 

 May, 1901, locally known as btinganon. 



The species above described was previously determined by me as Rypa- 

 rosa longipedunculata Boerl., but comparison with authentic material from 

 specimens cultivated in the Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg, show that it 

 is a species quite different from that, although probably closely allied to it. 



CASEARIA Jacquin 

 CASEARIA BREVIPES sp. nov. § Pitumha. 



Arbor parva, glabra; foliis oblongis vel late oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 20 

 cm longis, subintegris vel distanter minuteque glanduloso-dentic- 

 ulatis, utrinque angustatis, apice longe acuminatis, basi acutis 

 vel subrotundatis, brevissime petiolatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 

 10 ; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, 5-meris, pedicellatis. Stami- 

 nibus 10, staminodeis oblongis, apice capitatis, dense ciliatis. 



A small tree, quite glabrous, the branches prominently zigzag, 

 terete, grayish, rather slender. Leaves oblong to broadly oblong- 

 lanceolate, 14 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, subentire or with 

 widely scattered, minute, gland-like, obscure teeth, chartaceous 

 to subcoriaceous, when dry somewhat brownish, the upper sur- 

 face slightly shining, the lower a little paler, narrowed at both 

 ends, the base acute or somewhat obtuse, rarely somewhat 

 rounded, equilateral, the apex rather long-acuminate, the acumen 

 blunt; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, rather 

 prominent on the lower surface, somewhat curved-ascending, 

 anastomosing near the margin, the reticulations distinct; peti- 

 oles stout, 2 to 3 mm long. Flowers axillary, few, fascicled, on 

 thickened, prominent, axillary tubercles, 5-merous. Pedicels 

 glabrous, up to 3 mm long, jointed, each subtended by two 

 broadly ovate bracteoles about 1 mm long. Sepals 5, broadly 

 elliptic, rounded, concave, glabrous, membranaceous, 3 to 4 mm 

 long. Stamens ten, 3 mm long, the tubular part about 1 mm 

 long, glabrous, the free parts of the filaments and the anthers 

 each about 1 mm long, the ten, alternating, free staminodes 

 oblong, shorter than the stamens, the apical parts suborbicular- 

 capitate, densely ciliate. Ovary narrowly ovoid, about 2 mm 

 long, narrowed upward to the sessile or subsessile capitate 

 stigma, glabrous, or with very few scattered hairs. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Basilan, Bur. Sci. 1611S Reillo, August 31, 1912, along streams. 



The species is well characterized by its leaves being narrowed at both 



