Burseraceae. 97 



common-petiole pubescent and longitudinally furrowed, impari- 

 pinnate; leaflets chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, oblong -lan- 

 ceolate to elliptic- oblong, entire and sometimes slightly undu- 

 late, shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base rounded, slightly 

 oblique, on both surfaces glabrous and shining; main nerves 

 10 — 14 pairs, slightly ascending, curving, interarching, reticu- 

 lations and nerves distinct on both surfaces; length 9 — 13 cm, 

 width 2,5 — 4,5 cm; petiolules 3 — 5 mm long. Male panicles 

 axillary, clustered at the ends of the branches, 34 cm long, 

 glabrous with many long spreading branches; the flowers nu- 

 merous, in dense shortly pedicelled clusters. Calyx campanu- 

 late, about Ys ^^ ^o"g ^s the corolla with 3 broad, rounded 

 teeth, densely brown -tomentose outside, yellow -pubescent in- 

 side. Petals about 1 cm long, thick, concave, blunt, pubescent 

 on both surfaces. Anthers 6, much shorter than the slender, 

 pubescent filaments. Disk -lobes densely hairy. Female flowers 

 not seen; the fruiting racemes 8—14 cm long. Drupe 

 ovoid, clothed with long, stout, stiff hairs, 11 mm long, 

 7 mm in diam., peduncles stout; the persistent calyx 3 -angled, 

 Avoody. 



Luzon Isl., Prov. Rizal, Bosoboso (Merrill no. 1851; cf, 

 in flower in April 1903); Prov. Camarines Sur, Pasacao (Ahern 

 no. 117, 9, in fruit a. 1902); Island of Mindoro, Pola (Merrill 

 no. 2230, a', in flower May 1903). 



The inflorescence, the flowers and the petiole of this species 

 resemble very closely those of Canarium Idspidum Blume. The 

 leaves, however, of our plant are perfectly glabrous, while those 

 of Plume's are hispid on the under surface. 



15. Canarium staehyaiitlmm Perk. n. sp. Tree?; young branches 

 brown -pubescent. Leaves 18 — 40 cm long, rachises pubescent 

 or subglabrous, imparipinnate; stipules lanceolate, deciduous; 

 leaflets 4 — 6 pairs, papyraceous, opposite, ovate, ovate- oblong 

 or oblong, abruptly narrowly, long- acuminate or caudate, the 

 base rounded, often very oblique, undulate, shining and glabrous 

 above, beneath glabrous or clothed with very minute, scattered 

 hairs; main nerves 10 — 17 pairs, slightly ascending, curving, 

 interarching near the edge, reticulations and nerves distinct on 

 both surfaces; length 7 — 17,5 cm long, width 4 — 6 cm wide; 

 petiolules 0,75 — 1,25 cm long. Male panicles axillary, crowded 



