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of the branchlets. The leaves appear after the flowers, and with the 

 gnrowth of the branchlet the panicles in fruiting stage become lateral, 

 being situated in the axils of fallen leaves below the terminal crown of 

 leaves. 



The species is known in Tayabas as libas (Tagalog) ; in Masbate and 

 Cebu as bogo (Visayan), and in Mindoro as abilo (Tagalog), the last 

 name more usually applied to Garuga abilo (Blanco) Merr. 



Var. PAUCIJUGA var. nov. 



A typo differt foliis 5- vel 6-jugatis. 



Cagayan de Sulu, Merrill 5301, October 15, 1906. 



The specimen is in fruit, but in all essential characteris it appears to 

 be like the species, differing only in its fewer leaflets. A specimen from 

 Balabac Island, with flowers only, no leaves, may be referable here, Bur. 

 Sci. S98 Mangubat, March, 1906, locally known as baro. 



GARUGA CLARKII sp. nov. • 



Arbor circiter 30 m alta, subglabra; foliis alternis, usque ad 

 40 cm longis, imparipinnatis, 11- vel 12-jugatis, rhachibus plus 

 minusve puberulis; foliolis inaequilateralibus, oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, usque ad 10 cm longis, 3 cm latis distincte acuminatis, 

 basi oblique rotundatis, margine distincte regulariterque crenato- 

 dentatis; floribus ignotis; paniculis sub fructu axillaribus, 

 pedunculatis, leviter puberulis, circiter 16 cm longis; fructibus 

 obovoideis, nigris, circiter 1 cm diametro. 



A tree about ^0 m high, subglabrous, or somewhat gray-puber- 

 ulent. Branches reddish-brown, glabrous, about 5 mm in dia- 

 meter. Leaves crowded at the apices of the branchlets, 35 to 

 40 cm long, the rachis usually black when dry, somewhat puber- 

 ulent. Leaflets opposite or subopposite, lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, chartaceous, straight or slightly falcate, the median 

 ones 8 to 10 cm long, 2.5 to 3 cm wide, the upper and lower ones 

 somewhat smaller, the base strongly inequilateral, rounded on 

 one side of the midrib, acute on the other, the apex prominently 

 acuminate, the acumen about 1 cm long, blunt, the margins 

 distinctly and regularly crenate-dentate, the upper surface quite 

 glabrous, shining, the lower very slightly paler, glabrous or 

 with few soft hairs ; nerves about 13 on each side of the midrib, 

 distinct; petiolules about 2 mm long, usually puberulent. 

 Flowers unknown. Fruiting panicles axillary, peduncled, about 

 16 cm long, gray-puberulent Fruits black and wrinkled when 

 dry, obovoid, glabrous, 1 cm in diameter or less, each containing 

 one or two rugose, subglobose seeds. 



Masbate, For. Bur. 1700 Clark, July 23, 1904, in forests at an altitude 

 of about 150 m, on moderate slopes, locally known as bugo (Visayan), and 

 said to yield a valuable timber. 



