X.C.I Merrill: New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XI 39 



ince, Mount Polls, Bur. Sci. 196S0 McGregor, February, 1913. Here 

 probably should be referred Loher 268 (herb. Kew.) from Atoc, Benguet 

 Subprovince, a mere fragment of which is in the Herbarium of the Bureau 

 of Science. 



Closely allied to Meliosma monophylla Merr. of central Luzon, but at 

 once distinguishable by its fewer nerved leaves, about 15 pairs in the 

 present species, about 20 pairs in M. monophylla. 



MELIOSMA PAUCINERVIA sp. nov. 



Arbor, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque plus minusve fer- 

 rugineo-hirsutis ; foliis pinnatis, usque ad 35 cm longis, foliolis 

 7 vel 8, subcoriaceis, oblongis, acute acuminatis, basi acutis ad 

 subrotundatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, nitidis, margine distanter 

 apiculato-serratis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5, prominente anasto- 

 mosantibus; paniculis terminalibus, laxis, circiter 25 cm longis; 

 floribus circiter 3 mm longis; ovario hirsute. 



A tree, size not indicated, the younger parts and inflorescence 

 more or less ferruginous-hirsute. Branches reddish-brown when 

 dry, nearly glabrous, the younger ones sparingly hirsute. Leaves 

 pinnate, up to 35 cm in length, the rachis reddish-brown, sparing- 

 ly hirsute, leaflets 7 or 8, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, sub- 

 coriaceous, oblong, sharply acuminate, base acute to somewhat 

 rounded, margins of the larger leaflets with from 4 to 6, distant, 

 small, apiculate, serrate teeth, the upper surface olivaceous when 

 dry, shining, glabrous or the midrib sparingly hirsute, the lower 

 surface paler, sparingly hirsute on the midrib and lateral nerves 

 which are brown in contrast to the paler surface ; lateral nerves 

 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, very prominent, curved, 

 prominently anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petiolules spar- 

 ingly hirsute, 5 mm long or less. Panicles terminal, ample, lax, 

 up to 25 cm in length, rather prominently ferruginous-hirsute, 

 the branches distant, the lower ones up to 16 cm long, spreading 

 or curved-ascending. Flowers white, racemosely and laxly dis- 

 posed on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels hirsute, 1 to 2 

 mm long, the bracts oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm 

 long. Sepals pubescent, oblong to ovate, about 2 mm long. 

 Outer three petals orbicular-ovate, rounded, about 3 mm in 

 diameter, with a short ligulelike appendage near the apex inside ; 

 two inner petals reduced to mere rudiments, each consisting 

 of two, narrowly linear lobes about 1.2 mm long, adnate to the 

 stamens. Fertile stamens 1.5 mm long, the imperfect ones broad, 

 incurved, oblong-ovate, about 1.5 mm long (spread) and 1 mm 

 wide. Ovary ovoid, hirsute. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Santa Maria, Bur. Sci. 16^36 Reillo, 

 October, 1912. 



