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brous, beneath thinly pubescent at the nerves; main nerves 

 12 — 14, stout, shining, broad, conspicuous on the lower surface, 

 thin and only slightly prominent on the upper surface, spreading 

 and interarching near the edge; length 8 — 10 cm, breadth 

 2,5 — 4,5cm; petiole 0,75— 1,5cm long. Panicles usually ter- 

 minal, pedunculate, shorter than the leaves, puberulous; branches 

 short. Female flowers 3 mm in diam., much crowded in short, 

 subglobular, sessile fascicles; calyx cupular, 5 -fid, rusty -tomen- 

 tose; petals 5, externally rusty -pubescent, inner surface gla- 

 brous, ovate; stamens 5, rudimentary, with very small anthers. 

 Ovary densely tomentose, conical; styles 4, radiating, horizontal 

 or depressed, pubescent, bifid at the apex. 



Island of Paragua, E-wi-ig River (Merrill no. 734 in 

 flower in February 1903). 



This species resembles closely Semecarpns Perrottetii March., 

 but has smaller leaves that are almost glabrous beneath. The 

 flowers in Semecarpus Tafiiana are nearly spicate in arrangement 

 and are much larger than those of Semecarpus 2)hilippmensis¥ing\. 



I have named this beautiful tree in honor of Gov. Taft, 

 who has so identified himself with the interests of the Philip- 

 pines. 



9. Semecarpus tracliyphylla Perk. n. sp. A large forest tree (ex 

 Warburg), branches terete, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 

 entire coriaceous, oblong or obovate- oblong, shortly and bluntly 

 acuminate, base cuneate or narrowed, upper surface glabrous, 

 shining, lower surface pale brown, scabrous when dry, with 

 scattered stellate hairs; main nerves 14 — 19, spreading, curving 

 at the margins, slightly prominent on the upper surface, very 

 conspicuous beneath and densely reticulate; length 13 — 22 cm 

 long, width 5,5 — 7,5 cm; petiole 1 — 1,5 cm long, glabrous, 

 thickened at the base. Panicles terminal, erect, shorter than 

 the leaves, branching from near the base, main rachis stout; 

 the branches ascending, angled, tawny-puberulous. Drupe (very 

 young) obliquely obovoid, compressed, rusty -tomentose. 



North Luzon, Malunu (Warburg no. 11796). Semecarpus 

 tracliyphylla resembles Semecarpus anacardium L., but the 

 scabrous indumentum of the leaves, caused by the small, stiff, ad- 

 pressed hairs upon the lower surface, is a distinguishing character. 



