X, c. 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XII 315 



For. Bur. 23039 Ferraris from the same locality, dry slopes, altitude about 

 50 meters, probably represents the same species. 



The species is decidedly similar to Sindora supa Merr. in its vegetative 

 characters, but differs in having its pods entirely unarmed. 



BURSERACEAE 



CANARIUM Linnaeus 

 CANARIUM CAUDATIFOLIUM sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra (floribus ignotis), circiter 10 m alta; foliis 

 circiter 70 cm longis, foliolis 11, subcoriaceis, oblongis ad oblongo- 

 lanceolatis, integris, usque ad 20 cm longis, apice caudato-acumi- 

 natis, basi acutis, plus minusve inaequilateraKbus, in siccitate 

 pallidis nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, patulis, prominen- 

 tibus ; inf ructescentiis 22 cm longis, cymosis, longe pedunculatis ; 

 fructibus oblongo-ovoideis vel oblongis, baud angulatis, inaequila- 

 teralibus, 4 cm longis, obtusis, 1-locellatis, pericarpio crustaceo, 

 in siccitate valde rugoso. 



A glabrous tree (flowers unknown), about 10 m high, the 

 branches and branchlets, petioles, petiolules, axis, and branches 

 of the infructescence reddish-brown, with numerous small len- 

 ticels. Ultimate branches subterete, about 1 cm in diameter, 

 longitudinally wrinkled when dry. Leaves alternate, about 70 

 cm long; leaflets 11, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 15 to 22 cm long, 

 5.5 to 7 cm wide, entire, subcoriaceous, the apex prominently 

 caudate-acuminate, the acumen 1.5 to 2 cm long, slender, blunt, 

 the base acute or subacute, somewhat inequilateral, the upper 

 surface pale and shining when dry, the lower a little browner 

 than the upper ; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent, spreading, somewhat curved upward, anastomosing, 

 the reticulations lax ; petiolules about 2 cm long. Infructescence 

 axillary, about 22 cm long, cymose, the peduncles at least 12 cm 

 long, above somewhat dichotomously branched, the pedicels about 

 1.5 cm long. Fruits oblong to oblong-ovoid, subterete, not at 

 all angled, inequilateral, about 4 cm long, 1.6 cm wide, base 

 rounded, apex obtuse, 1-celled, the pericarp crustaceous, yellowish, 

 and prominently wrinkled when dry. 



Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Ilaya Mainit, For. Bur. 22827 Ponce, 

 August 16, 1914, on semiopen slopes, altitude about 15 meters, locally 

 known as pilihanay. 



A species well characterized by its rather large, prominently caudate- 

 acuminate, entire leaflets, its cymose infructescence, and its subterete, 

 inequilateral, rather large fruits, the pericarp thin, crustaceous, and prom- 

 inently wrinkled when dry. Its alliance is apparently with Canarium 

 nitens Merr., although it is entirely different from that species. 



