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Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, Phil. PL 1550 Ramos, 

 November 20, 1913, in forests. 



This species is probably as closely allied to Canarium perkinaiae Merr, 

 as to any other, differing in its much smaller, lanceolate leaves and in 

 its short pedicels. It is well characterized by its narrowly lanceolate 

 leaflets. 



CANARIUM ELLIPSOIDEUM sp. nov. § Eucanarium. 



Arbor alta, glabra (floribus ignotis) ; ramis incrassatis, gla- 

 bris, circiter 2 cm diametro, brunneis, nitidis; foliis altemis, 

 usque ad 55 cm longis, foliolis circiter 9-jugis, coriaceis, nitidis, 

 ovatus ad oblongis, usque ad 16 cm longis, basi cordatis, apice 

 distincte acuminatis; inflorescentiis ut videtur paniculatis, axil- 

 laribus, solitariis, infructescentibus 10 ad 30 cm longis; fruc- 

 tibus ellipsoideis, circiter 3 cm longis, utrinque rotundatis, laevis 

 vel obscure rugosis, in siccitate castaneis, endocarpio longitu- 

 dmaliter 6-carinato. 



A tall tree, nearly glabrous, the ultimate branches much thick- 

 ened, about 2 cm in diameter, dark-brown, shining, more or less 

 striate or wrinkled when dry, marked with scattered large scars 

 of fallen petioles, the very tip, above the ultimate leaves, densely 

 ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves more or less crowded toward 

 the ends of the branchlets, up to 55 cm long, each with about 

 19 leaflets, odd-pinnate, the rachis and petiole rather stout, shin- 

 ing, striate ; stipules none or very early deciduous. Leaflets op- 

 posite, the lower ones ovate, 8 to 10 cm long, the intermediate 

 and upper ones oblong, up to 16 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, shin- 

 ing on both surfaces, glabrous, rather pale when dry, the base 

 prominently and broadly cordate, apex acuminate, the acumen 

 blunt, rather stout; lateral nerves of the median leaflets about 

 16 on each side of the midrib, of the lower leaves about 10, 

 distinct, anastomosing; petiolules stout, about 5 mm long. 

 Flowers not seen. Infructescence axillary, solitary, 10 to 30 

 cm long, dark-brown, glabrous, shining, somewhat paniculate. 

 Persistent calyx 3-lobed, very coriaceous, about 8 mm in diam- 

 eter, slightly pubescent externally, inside densely appressed 

 cinerous-pubescent, the lobes broadly ovate; pedicels stout, very 

 short. Fruit ellipsoid, about 3 cm long, rounded at both ends, 

 not at all 3-angled, the pericarp apparently fleshy, when dry 

 castaneous, slightly wrinkled, glabrous, or the younger fruits 

 with few, scattered, appressed, stiff, ferruginous hairs, the 

 endocarp bony, 3-celled, only a single cell developing a seed, 

 rounded at both ends, not at all 3-angled, but with three very 

 prominent primary longitudinal keels or ridges that unite with 

 each other at the base, and three intermediate keels or ridges, 



