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tundatis, leviter inaequilateralibus, spice caudato-acuminatis, 

 nervis utrinqiie 12 ad 15, subtus prominentibus ; paniculis axil- 

 laribus, 30 ad 40 cm longis, amplis, multifloris, ab infima tertia 

 parte ramosis ; floribus pubescentibus, circiter 6 mm longis. 



A tree 20 to 30 m high, glabrous except the branchlets and 

 inflorescence. Branchlets thickened, reddish-brown or brown 

 when dry, about 1 cm in diameter, terete, lenticellate, the 

 younger parts more or less ferruginous-pubescent with short 

 hairs. Leaves alternate, up to 80 cm in length, the rachis and 

 petioles reddish-brown when dry; leaflets 9 or 11, coriaceous, 

 rather pale when dry, somewhat shining, oblong to oblong- 

 elliptic, entire, 12 to 20 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, the base acute 

 to subrounded, somewhat inequilateral, the apex slenderly and 

 rather abruptly caudate-acuminate, the acumen up to 2.5 cm 

 long, blunt; lateral nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib, 

 very prominent on the lower surface, curved-anastomosing, the 

 reticulations distinct; petiolules 2 to 3 cm long, reddish-brown 

 when dry. Panicles axillary, solitary, many on each branchlet, 

 30 to 40 cm long, the lower one-third without branches, the 

 primary branches spreading or ascending, the lower ones up to 

 10 cm in length, sparingly pubescent, reddish-brown, the ulti- 

 mate branchlets and pedicels rather densely pale-ferrugineous 

 pubescent with short hairs. Flowers yellowish, about 6 mm 

 long, the pedicels 3 to 4 mm long, the bracts lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, deciduous, about 3 mm long. Male flowers : Calyx some- 

 what cup-shaped, pubescent, about 3 mm long and wide, with 

 3 broadly triangular-ovate, acute teeth about 1 mm long. Petals 

 3, free, pubescent on both surfaces, coriaceous, broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, 4 to 4.5 mm long. Disk prominent, thickened, annular, 

 glabrous, about 3 mm in diameter. Stamens 6; filaments at- 

 tached to the outer margin of the disk, flattened below, narrowed 

 above, about 1.5 mm long; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, 1 to 1.2 

 mm long. Rudimentary ovary very small, glabrous. Female 

 flowers in general similar to the males. Staminodes 1.5 mm 

 long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled; stigma capitate, sessile, 

 about 1 mm in diameter. 



Samar, Mount Cauayan, Phil. PL 1641 Ramos (type), April, 1914, 

 distributed sub Canarhivi. Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Balu, 

 P'or. Bur. 21136 Miranda, April, 1914; Taran^ng, For. Bur. 21098 Abe- 

 llanosa, March 31, 1914, in forests, altitude about 160 meters, Bicol name 

 palaspas. 



A species belonging in the same group with Santiria laevigata Bl, and 

 S. nvaingayi Benn., characterized among the few Philippine forms by its 

 large leaflets which are prominently caudate-acuminate, and by its elon- 

 gated, many flowered panicles. 



