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Leaves ample, up to 70 cm long, the petiole long, about 5 mm 

 in diameter, and with the rachis and petiolules puberulent; leaf- 

 lets ovate to oblong, 15 to 25 cm long, 8 to 11 cm wide, chartace- 

 ous to subcoriaceous, brown and shining when dry, the lower 

 surface a little paler than the upper, entire, apex acuminate, 

 base rounded, subtruncate, or slightly cordate, broad, equilateral, 

 the upper surface quite glabrous, the lower pubescent on the 

 midrib; petiolules 1 to 2 cm long; stipules not seen, apparently 

 early deciduous. Panicles axillary, solitary, 15 cm long or less, 

 narrowly pyramidal, branched at or above the middle, the 

 branches few, scattered, the lower ones 2.5 cm long or less, each 

 branch with one or two long-pedicelled, ebracteolate flowers, or 

 if the bracteoles are present then small and early deciduous; 

 pedicels 1 cm long or less. Flowers 3-merous, about 8 mm long, 

 the calyx cylindric, 6 to 7 mm long, puberulent, the teeth three, 

 broadly triangular-ovate, acute, 2 mm long. Petals 3, oblong, 

 obtuse, 6 to 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, the upper one-third spread- 

 ing. Stamens 6 ; filaments 2 mm long, nearly free, flattened and 

 slightly enlarged below, apparently connate into a short obscure 

 disk. Ovary ellipsoid, glabrous, about 4 mm long, narrowed 

 upward into the short, cylindric, stout, 1 mm long style; stigma 

 capitate. 



Masbate, Marintoc River, P. T. Barnes, May, 1903, distributed as 

 Merrill 2618. In forests along the river, altitude about 16 m, locally 

 known as pili and yielding a white resin. 



A species manifestly allied to CanaHuni luzanicuvi A. Gray, but well 

 characterized by its large leaves, ample leaflets, and especially by its 

 narrowly pyramidal, few-flow:ered panicles, the flowers ebracteolate, their 

 pedicels about 1 cm long. 



CANARIUM NITENS sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 15 m alta, inflorescentiis puberulis exceptis 

 glabra; foliis usque ad 35 cm longis, 7- vel 9-foliolatis, foliolis 

 crasse coriaceis, utrinque nitidis, integris, oblongis, acuminatis, 

 8 ad 13 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 10, subtus promi- 

 nentibus; paniculis obscure brunneo-puberulis, terminalibus, 

 quam folia brevioribus; fructibus anguste ovoideis. 



A tree about 15 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branches brown, terete, glabrous, wrinkled when dry. Leaves 

 alternate, up to 35 cm in length. Leaflets oblong, thickly coria- 

 ceous, prominently shining on both surfaces, the lower a little 

 paler then the upper, 7 or 9 to each leaf, 8 to 13 cm long, 2.5 

 to 3.5 cm wide, entire, rather prominently acuminate, base acute, 

 often somewhat inequilateral and sometimes rounded on one 

 side and acute on the other; lateral nerves about 10, very 



