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This species is characterized by its few flowers, equally and slenderly 

 divided petals which are densely villous on the margins of the lower 

 one-half, and its eglandular leaves. It is an ally of Elaeocarpus isotri- 

 chus F.-Vill., but has much smaller, quite different leaves. 



ELAEOCARPUS OLIGANTHUS sp. nov. § Dicera. 



Arbor parva, plus minusve pubescens; foliis oblongis, char- 

 taceis, usque ad 8 cm longis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, mar- 

 gine leviter crenatis, dentibus tenuiter aristatis, nervis utrinque 5 

 vel 6 ; racemis, axillaribus, solitariis, paucifloris ; floribus 5-meris, 

 5 mm longis, petalis obovatis, i laciniatis, laciniis 12, tenuibus, 

 intus dense hirsutis; staminibus 15; ovario 2-loculare, dense 

 villoso; fructibus 2.5 cm longis, vix 1 cm diametro, utrinque 

 angustatis, acutis. 



A tree about 8 m high, the branchlets, petioles, lower surfaces 

 of the leaves on the midribs, and inflorescence rather densely 

 pubescent. Branches terete, reddish-brown, glabrous, smooth, 

 very slightly lenticellate. Leaves oblong to broadly oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 5 to 8 cm long, 1.8 to 3 cm wide, the base acute, the apex 

 acuminate, the margins crenulate, each tooth tipped with a 

 short, slender, awn or mucro, the upper surface shining, the 

 lower a little paler, chartaceous; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each 

 side of the midrib, slender; petioles 3 to 4 mm long. Racemes 

 axillary, solitary, few-flowered, pubescent, 4 to 5 cm long. 

 Flowers 5-merou3, their pedicels slender, about 8 mm long, 

 pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, 

 slightly pubescent externally, margins densely puberulent, inside 

 glabrous. Petals obovate in outline, 4 mm long, cut one-half to 

 the base into 12, slender, subequal, segments, the lower one-half 

 inside densely hirsute, margins hirsute, back glabrous except 

 near the base. Stamens 15, the anthers narrowly oblong, 2 mm 

 long, minutely scabrid, one cell slightly longer than the other 

 and shortly ciliate at the apex, both obtuse; filaments 0.5 mm 

 long or less. Ovary densely villous, 2-celled, narrowed upward 

 to the style, densely pale-villous ; disk-glands prominent, pubes- 

 cent. Fruit narrowly oblong, about equally narrowed and acute 

 at both ends, smooth, about 2.5 mm long, 0.8 mm in diameter. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Siay River, For. Bur. 1SS98 Fo.v- 

 worthy, DeMesa, & Villamil, May 29, 1912, along the river, near sea level. 



A species characterized by its pubescence, its rather small leaves, its 

 few-flowered racemes, and its petal-characters. It somewhat resembles 

 and probably is closely allied to Elaeocarpus villosiuscuhis Waib., from 

 which, however, it differs in many characters. 



