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each pinna, oblong, chartaceous, 1.4 to 1.8 cm long, 5 to 7 mm 

 wide, equilateral, the midrib central, apex rounded, base obtuse 

 or rounded the lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, 

 indistinct, the upper surface olivaceous, shining when dry, the 

 lower paler. Panicles in the upper axils, usually one in each 

 axil, as long as the leaves, narrow, the whole forming a ter- 

 minal leafy inflorescence, sparingly fulvous-pubescent; primary 

 branches confined to the upper 10 cm, spreading, solitary or 

 fascicled, scattered below, rather crowded toward the apices, 

 5 cm long or less, each branch bearing near its apex numerous, 

 racemose-capitate, greenish-white flowers, the heads, including 

 the anthers, about 3 cm in diameter. Pedicels about 2 mm 

 long, appressed-pubescent with short fulvous hairs. Calyx nar- 

 rowly funnel-shaped, about 4 mm long, sharply 5-toothed, densely 

 appressed fulvous pubescent. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 twice as long as the calyx, 5-lobed, the lobes 2 mm long or less, 

 oblong, acute; stamens long-exserted. 



Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 9259, May 15, 1913, in forests near the sea 

 and slightly above sea level. 



A very characteristic species apparently most closely allied to Albizzw 

 pedicellata Baker, of the Malay Peninsula. 



PARKIA R. Brown 



PARKIA SHERFESEEI sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, plus minusve f errugineo-pubesecentibus ; foliis cir- 

 citer 50 cm longis; pinnis 8- ad 12-jugatis, inferioribus bre- 

 vioribus; foliolis 11- ad 16-jugatis, oblongis, coriaceis, usque 

 ad 2.5 cm longis, 1 cm latis, sessilibus, basi subtruncatis, apice 

 rotundatis vel leviter inaequilateraliter retusis ; pedunculis usque 

 ad 30 cm longis, inflorescentiis junioribus obovoideis, dense fer- 

 rugineo-pubescentibus. 



A tree reaching a height of 27 meters, the trunk 1.2 m in 

 diameter, the young branchlets, rachis, secondary rachises, pe- 

 duncles and inflorescence rather prominently ferruginous-pubes- 

 cent with short hairs. Leaves up to 50 cm long, the pinnae 

 8 to 12 pairs, the lower ones about 10 cm long, the intermediate 

 and upper ones up to 16 cm long; leaflets coriaceous, rather 

 pale when dry, obtong, up to 2.5 cm long, and 1 cm wide, sessile, 

 base rounded-truncate, inequilateral, apex rounded or somewhat 

 inequilaterally retuse, the lateral nerves slender, anastomosing, 

 indistinct. Peduncles up to 30 cm long, the inflorescence (in 

 bud) obovoid or pyriform, rather abruptly contracted below 

 the middle, 4 to 5 cm long, about 2.5 cm in diameter, the bract- 

 eoles densely imbricate, spatulate, about 7 mm long, glabrous 



