X, c. 1 Merrill: New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XI 33 

 ANACARDIACEAE 



DRACONTOMELUM Blume 

 DRACONTOMELUM EDULE sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, ramis incrassatis, ramulis junioribus dense fer- 

 rugineo-puberulis ; foliis circiter 40 cm longis, rhachibus pube- 

 rulis, foliolis altemis subtus, axillis barbatis exceptis, glabris, 

 chartaceis oblongis, nitidis, acuminatis, 12 ad 17 cm longis, ner- 

 vis utrinque circiter 12, prominentibus ; fructibus globosis, car- 

 nosis, edulis, glabris, circiter 2.5 cm diametro, putamine depres- 

 so, 1.8 cm diametro. 



A tree reaching a height of 20 m, similar and closely allied 

 to Dracontomelum cumingianum Baill., differing especially in its 

 glabrous leaflets. Branches thickened, terete, about 1 cm in 

 diameter, grayish-brown, marked with large petiolar scars, the 

 tips densely ferruginous-puberulent. Leaves crowded at the 

 apices of the branchlets, about 40 cm long, the petiole and rachis 

 somewhat cinereous-puberulent, becoming glabrous; leaflets 

 about 11, chartaceous, oblong, entire, rather sharply acuminate, 

 base acute to rounded, somewhat inequilateral, mostly 12 to 17 

 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, shining on both surfaces, the lower 

 slightly paler than the upper, quite glabrous except for the 

 bearded glands in the axils on the lower surface; lateral nerves 

 about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved upward, 

 distant from the margin, anastomosing, the reticulations dis- 

 tinct; petiolules about 2 mm long. Panicles in the upper axils, 

 puberulent, flowers not seen. Fruit globose, green, turning 

 yellowish when ripe, about 2.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, smooth, 

 the mesocarp fleshy, acid, edible; stone depressed, about 1.8 cm 

 in diameter, 8 mm high, obscurely undulate-ridged. 



Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 9S91, May 14, 1913, in forests immediately 

 back of the mangrove and on steep slopes, ascending to at least 40 meters 

 altitude. 



A species manifestly closely allied to Dracontomelum cumingianum Baill., 

 from which it differs in its leaflets being quite glabrous except for the 

 bearded axils. It might be considered merely as a variety or form of 

 Baillon's species by some authors. 



BUCHANAN I A Sprengel 



BUCHANAN lA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Sagittatae. 



Arbor 10 ad 20 m alta, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 parce adpresse f errugineo-hirsutis ; foliis coriaceis, oblongis, 

 nitidis, usque ad 35 cm longis, apice breviter, abrupte, obtuseque 

 acuminatis, basi cuneatis vel leviter decurrento-acuminatis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 20; paniculis circiter 20 cm longis, 



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