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A species manifestly allied to Casearia fuliginosa Blanco, but readily 

 distinguishable by its fewer-nerved leaves. In C. fuliginosa Blanco the 

 nerves are usually about 10 on each side of the midrib, in C. loheri 5 or 6 

 on each side. The type was from Rizal Province, not from Laguna Province 

 as distributed. 



CASEARIA SUBCORDATA sp. nov. § Pitumha. 



Arbor parva partibus junioribus floribusque exceptis glabra; 

 foliis coriaceis, oblongis, nitidis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 

 15 cm longis, breviter acute acuminatis, basi abrupte subtrun- 

 cato-cordatis, leviter inaequalibus, margine serratis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 12; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, ut videtur 

 numerosis, 5-meris, tenuiter pedicellatis ; fructibus anguste 

 ovoideis vel ellipsoideo-ovoidis, 1 ad 1.4 cm longis, acutis, in 

 siccitate leviter 6-sulcatis. 



A small tree, nearly glabrous except the younger parts. 

 Branches terete, lenticellate, grayish-brown or reddish-brown, 

 glabrous, the younger branchlets distinctly hirsute with short 

 hairs. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, 8 to 15 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm 

 wide, the base abruptly and somewhat obliquely subtruncate- 

 cordate, the sinus shallow, the basal lobes broadly rounded, the 

 apex shortly but rather sharply acuminate, the margins regularly 

 and rather finely serrate throughout, brown when dry, the upper 

 surface strongly shining, the lower a little paler, shining, glabrous 

 or when young with few short hairs on the lower surface ; lateral 

 nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, some- 

 what curved, anastomosing, the reticulations fine, distinct; 

 petioles 5 to 8 mm long, the younger ones slightly pubescent. 

 Flowers 5-merous, axillary, fascicled, their pedicels slender, 3 

 to 6 mm long, slightly pubescent. Sepals 5, oblong-ovate, glab- 

 rous or nearly so, coriaceous, obtuse, 3 mm long slightly accres- 

 cent and persistent in fruit, somewhat hirsute on the median 

 portion inside. Stamens apparently 10; filaments 0.5 mm long; 

 anthers a little longer; staminodes shorter than the stamens, 

 densely ciliate-hirsute. Ovary narrowly ovoid, glabrous, nar- 

 rowed upward to the short style, the stigma capitate. Fruit 

 narrowly ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 1 to 1.4 cm long, glabrous, 

 numerous, 2 to 6 or more in each axil, shallowly longitudinally 

 6-sulcate when dry, acute; valves thickly coriaceous. Seeds 

 about 12 in each fruit, smooth, brown, somewhat inequilaterally 

 obovoid or oblong-obovoid, 4 mm long; aril fleshy, about 5 mm 

 long, quite inclosing the seeds, irregularly lacerate and divided. 

 Peduncles of the fruits about 1 cm long. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Bur. Sci. 15698 Fenix, August, 1912. 

 A species manifestly very closely allied to Casearia polyantha Merr., 



