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brown, shining, hard, somewhat compressed, about 1.8 cm long 

 and 1.2 cm wide. 



Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling, For. Bur. 19762 (type), 

 2060U Villamil, June and September, 1913, and from the same tree, For. 

 Bur. lS15i. Curran, November, 1911, with mature fruits, For. Bur. 11927 

 Tamesis, April, 1910, locally known as dolitan. 



A species resembling in vegetative characters Sideroxylon macranthum 

 Merr., but quite different in floral characters; it is readily distinguished 

 by its very much smaller flowers which are but slightly pubescent. 



SAPOTACEAE 

 PALAQUIUM Blanco 

 PALAQUIUM FOXWORTHYI sp. nov. 



Arbor, partibus junioribus floribusque exceptis glabra; foliis 

 coriaceis, oblongo-obovatis ad obovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, 

 in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, nervis utrinque 12 ad 14, apice 

 breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi cuneatis ; floribus axillaribus, 

 fasciculatis, sepalis extus pubescentibus ; staminibus 16; ovario 

 6-locuIare, pubescente; pedfcellis circiter 1.5 cm longis, leviter 

 pubescentibus. 



A tree, apparently of large size, glabrous except the very tips 

 of the branchlets, pedicels, and parts of the flowers. Branches 

 terete, grayish-brown, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 

 obovate to obovate, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, dark-brown 

 and shining when dry, the lower surface a little paler than the 

 upper, the apex very shortly and broadly blunt-acuminate, base 

 gradually narrowed, cuneate; lateral nerves 12 to 14 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations very fine ; petioles 

 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers axillary and in the axils of fallen 

 leaves, fascicled, 2 to 5 in each axil, their pedicels slightly pu- 

 bescent, about 1.5 cm long. Sepals broadly ovate, about 3 mm 

 long, the outer three thickly coriaceous, acute or slightly acu- 

 minate, the inner three rounded or obtuse. Corolla tube about 

 3 mm long, the lobes 6, reflexed, lanceolate, about 6 mm long, 

 2.5 mm wide. Stamens 16; filaments 3 mm long; anthers lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, 2.8 mm long. Ovary appressed-pubescent, 

 6-celled; style about 12 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Apad, Bur. Sci. 1S112 Foxworthy & 

 Ramos, March 8, 1911, in forested valleys, altitude about 30 meters. 



A species similar to Palaquium lanceolatum Blanco, differing in its 

 somewhat smaller leaves, much shorter, less pubescent pedicels, smaller 

 flowers, and pubescent ovaries. To this species I tentatively refer the 

 following sterile material: Luzon, Province of Laguna, For. Bur. 22S28 

 Mariano: Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 19J^U1 Agama. 



