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the lower surface slightly paler, sparingly appressed-pubescent, 

 the hairs on the nerves somewhat ferruginous; petioles ferrugi- 

 nous-pubescent, 2 to 3 mm long. Fruits globose, hard, glabrous, 

 smooth, about 1.5 cm in diameter. 



Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, Umingan, Bur. Sci. 1796U Otanes, 

 April 16, 1914, in forests east of the town, known to the Ilocanos as 

 dilap. 



Manifestly allied to Zizyphus trinervia Poir., but at once distinguished 

 by its much smaller, but slightly pubescent leaves. 



ELAEOCARPACEAE 



ELAEOCARPUS Linnaeus 

 ELAEOCARPUS BATAANEN8IS sp. nov. § Dicera. 



Arbor circiter 12 m alta, novellis inflorescentiisque parcissime 

 pilosis exceptis glabra ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, chartaceis, usque 

 ad 9 cm longis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, nitidis, subtus 

 eglandulosis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, tenuibus; racemis axi- 

 llaribus, 3 ad 4 cm longis, paucifloris; floribus 5-meris, sepalis 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 5 mm longis, petalis laciniatis, 

 basi cuneatis, margine dense villosis; staminibus 25, antheris 

 apice ciliatis; fructibus 1-locellatis, ellipsoideis, circiter 2.5 cm 

 longis. 



A tree about 12 m high, quite glabrous except the slightly ap- 

 pressed-pilose younger branchlets and inflorescence. Branches 

 slender, reddish-brown. Leaves oblong-elliptic, chartaceous, 6 

 to 9 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the 

 acute base and the somewhat acuminate apex, margins serrate- 

 crenulate, somewhat olivaceous when dry, shining; lateral 

 nerves slender, about 6 on each side of the midrib, anasto- 

 mosing, the reticulations slender, axils of the leaves eglandular; 

 petioles slender, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, 

 few, 3 to 4 cm long, few-flowered, the pedicels about 5 mm long. 

 Flowers white, 5-merous. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, about 

 5 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, externally very slightly puberulent. 

 Petals 5.5 to 6 mm long, base cuneate, margins in the lower 

 part densely villous with long hairs, the apical 2 mm cut into 

 about 15, very slender, subequal divisions. Stamens about 25, 

 3 mm long, the anthers narrow, scabrid, cleft at the apex, one 

 cell very slightly exceeding the other and ciliate-bearded at the 

 tip. Ovary pubescent; style slender, lower part somewhat pu- 

 bescent. Fruit ellipsoid or narrowly ellipsoid, about 2.5 era 

 long, 1.5 cm in diameter, rounded at both ends, the endocarp 

 hard, bony, 1-celled. 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, forests back of Limay, For. Bur. 21908 

 Medina, July 2, 1914, on forested slopes, altitude about 300 meters. 



