X, c. 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XII 309 



PARINARIUM BICOLOR sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, subtus foliis ramulis inflorescen- 

 tiisque dense albido- vel ferrugineo-villosis ; foliis coriaceis, usque 

 ad 7 cm longis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 

 apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, supra castaneis, nitidis, glabris, 

 subtus albidis vel subferrugineis, densissime tomentosis villo- 

 sisque, nervis utrinque circiter 15, prominentibus ; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus confertis, dense multifloris, usque ad 4 cm diametro, 

 bracteis bracteolisque numerosis; floribus circiter 4 mm longis, 

 petalis sepalisque subaequilongis. 



A tree about 10 m high, the younger parts and inflorescence 

 densely ferruginous-villous, the lower surface of the leaves very 

 densely white- or subferruginous-tomentose and more or less 

 villous. Branches dark-colored, terete, glabrous, the younger 

 ones ferruginous. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 

 4 to 7 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, base rounded to subacute, apex 

 shortly and obscurely blunt-acuminate, the upper surface cas- 

 taneous, glabrous and shining when dry, when young somewhat 

 ferruginous-tomentose, the lower surface white or subferrugi- 

 nous; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, very 

 prominent on the lower surface, nearly straight ; petioles densely 

 ferruginous-villous, 3 mm long or less ; stipules inequilateral, de- 

 ciduous, oblong acuminate, up to 7 mm long, somewhat pubescent. 

 Panicles terminal, dense, many-flowered, densely ferruginous- 

 tomentose, up to 4 mm in diameter. Flowers yellowish-brown, 

 their pedicels short, densely villous, the bracteoles oblong-ovate, 

 acuminate, pubescent, concave, about 4 mm long. Calyx about 

 4 mm long, densely ferruginous-villous, the lobes 5, oblong, 

 acuminate, 1.2 to 2 mm long. Petals membranaceous, glabrous, 

 about 2 mm long, oblong-obovate. Calyx-tube densely villous 

 within. Style densely villous below, glabrous or nearly so above. 

 Fruit hard, irregular, dark brown, somewhat ovoid, about 3 

 cm long and 2.3 cm in diameter, apex rounded. 



Mindanao, Province of Surigao (Ginituan Island), For. Bur. 28022 

 Razon, October 6, 1914, on slopes, altitude about 30 meters. 



A species entirely different from the other Philippine representatives 

 of the genus, well characterized by its small leaves and its indumentum. 

 Its alliance is with the Malayan Parinarium costatum Blume. 



PARINARIUM CORYMBOSUM (Blume) Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1 ' (1855) 356. 



Maranthes corymbosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 89. 



Maranthes multiflora Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839-42) 259, 



t. 70, fide Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2 : 98. 

 Parinarium griffithianum Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. (1849) 334; 



Miq. 1. c. 356; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 76; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas 



