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tomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles 4.5 to 5.5 cm long, 

 much thickened and rugose at the base. Flowers axillary, about 

 5 in each axil, the pedicels glabrous or very slightly pubescent, 

 nearly 3 cm long. Calyx-lobes four, 2-seriate, coriaceous, 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, about 8 mm long, 7 mm wide. Corolla 

 and stamens not seen. Fruit "green, globose" (not seen) ; seeds 

 brown, shining, about 18 mm long, 10 mm wide, slightly com- 

 pressed, acute. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Margosatubig, For. Bur. 21873 Villa- 

 mil, June 9, 1914, forested slopes, altitude about 70 meters. 



A species characterized by its large leaves with numerous, very prom- 

 inent nerves; flowering specimens may show it to belong in some other 

 genus. 



SIDEROXYLON Linnaeus 



SIDEROXYLON VILLAMILII sp. nov. 



Arbor alta partibus junioribus floribusque parce pubescentibus 

 exceptis glabra ; foliis oblongis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, usque 

 ad 20 cm longis, nitidis, sursum angustatis, obtusis, basi cuneatis 

 vel decurrento-acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, subtus 

 prominentibus ; floribus parvis, axillaribus, fasciculatis, breviter 

 pedicellatis ; sepalis 6, circiter 2 mm longis, extus parce pubes- 

 centibus ; staminoideis oblongis, obtusis, integris, 0.7 mm longis ; 

 ovario dense hirsute. 



A tree reaching a height of 30 meters, glabrous except the 

 slightly cinereous-pubescent flowers and pedicels and the growing 

 tips of the branchlets. Branches terete, dark reddish-brown 

 when dry, glabrous. Leaves oblong, chartaceous to subcoria- 

 ceous, 10 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm wide, about equally narrowed 

 to the obtuse tip and to the cuneate or decurrent-acuminate base, 

 dark-olivaceous and shining when dry; lateral nerves about 8 

 on each side of the midrib, slender but prominent, curved, anas- 

 tomosing, the reticulations lax, distinct; petioles 1 to 3 cm long. 

 Flowers small, axillary, fascicled, up to 7 in each fascicle, the 

 pedicels sparingly cinereous-pubescent, 3 to 5 mm long. Sepals 

 6, outside sparingly cinereous-pubescent, about 2 mm long, 1.5 

 to 2.5 mm wide, concave, rounded, the inner ones larger than 

 the outer ones, varying from oblong-ovate to subreniform-ovate. 

 Corolla tubular, about 2.7 mm long, glabrous, the lobes 5, orbi- 

 cular-ovate, rounded, about 1 mm in diameter. Stamens 5, the 

 filaments very short; anthers ovoid, acute, 0.6 mm long. Sta- 

 minodes alternating with the corolla lobes, oblong, obtuse, entire, 

 0.7 mm long, glabrous. Ovary densely hirsute; style stout, 

 glabrous, 2 mm long. Fruit globose or depressed-globose, gla- 

 brous, fleshy, when dry up to 4 cm in diameter, the seeds pale- 



