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aceous, about 4.5 mm long, 3 to 3.5 mm wide, the inner three 

 thinner, oblong to oblong-elliptic, obtuse, pubescent, 4 to 4.5 

 mm long, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Corolla glabrous, the tube about 

 3 mm long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed, about 8 

 mm long, 2 mm wide. Stamens 18; filaments 4 to 5 mm long, 

 3 to 3.5 mm wide. Ovary glabrous, 6-celled ; style 12 to 15 mm 

 long. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mauban, Bur. Sci. 19^83 Ramos, January, 

 1913: Province of Camarines, Sagnay, Bur. Sci. 22135 Ramos, December, 

 1913. 



As to Blanco's description, the above specimens agree with it absolutely 

 in all respects except that the leaves are not "lanceoladas," but while some 

 approach the lanceolate type, most of them are oblong-obovate to oblong- 

 oblanceolate ; they are glabrous and the petioles are short. The flowers 

 agree perfectly especially in the corolla lobes "estrechas, aguzadas, y muy 

 revueltas hdcia abajo." The stamens are 18 (in Blanco's description 18, 

 19, or fewer); ovary (fruit) 6-celled; style longer than the stamens. 

 Blanco gives the date of flowering as March, but saw only old dried 

 flowers; his specimens were from the Province of Batangas which may 

 account for the difference in the time of flowering, which at most would 

 be about one month, as the specimens from Camarines were collected on 

 January 25. The native (Tagalog) name bagalangit does not appear on 

 any of our specimens of Palaquium. 



Whether or not "Vidal 7" referred to Blanco's species by Dubard is the 

 same as my interpretation of Blanco's species I cannot say. I have a 

 copy of Pierre's detailed drawing of the flower, apparently taken from 

 young buds, and it does not appear to be the same as the specimens cited 

 above; the differences, however, may be due to the stage of development. 

 At any rate, Pierre's drawing does not agree with Blanco's description in 

 the corolla lobes which in Vidal 's specimen are rounded and merely elliptic, 

 not "estrechas, aguzadas." 



PALAQUIUM NEGROSENSE sp. nov. § Palaquoides. 



Arbor circiter 20 m alta, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glabra ; f oliis crasse coriaceis, obovatis, usque ad 22 cm 

 longis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, apice late rotundatis, basi 

 angustatis, cuneatis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, subtus prom- 

 inentibus; floribus axillaribus, paucis, sepalis extus pubescen- 

 tibus ; staminibus 18 ; ovario parce pubescente, 6-loculare. 



A tree about 20 m high, glabrous except the younger parts and 

 the flowers. Branches rather stout, terete, brown, the growing 

 tips somewhat ferruginous-pubescent, as are the very young 

 petioles, the pedicels, and the calyx externally. Leaves thickly 

 coriaceous, obovate, 14 to 22 cm long, 6 to 12 cm wide, apex 

 broadly rounded, base gradually narrowed, cuneate, when dry 

 brown and shining on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 12 on 

 each side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations very fine; 

 petioles 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Flowers few, axillary and in the 



