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tinctis; floribus 6-meris, sepalis puberulis circiter 5 mm longis, 

 exterioribus quam interioribus bis latioribus; staminibus 6; 

 ovario glabro, 6-loculare ; fructibus globosis, 2 ad 2.5 cm diametro, 

 breviter apiculatis, glabris, pericarpio fragile. 



A tree about 18 m high, entirely glabrous except the flowers. 

 Branches dark-colored when dry, the younger ones marked with 

 numerous, crowded, petiolar scars. Leaves subcoriaceous, 

 oblong-obovate, 9 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, entirely gla- 

 brous on both surfaces, shining, subolivaceous when dry, the 

 base acute, the apex obtuse to rounded, margins distinctly re- 

 curved; lateral nerves very numerous, slender but rather dis- 

 tinct, the primary ones not more prominent than the secondary 

 ones and the reticulations, crowded, about 20 to a centimeter, 

 uniting to form a distinct submarginal nerve about 1 mm from 

 the edge of the leaf; petioles 2 to 2.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, 

 6-merous, their pedicels puberulent, in fruit thickened upward 

 and about 2.5 cm long. Sepals 6, 2-seriate, puberulent, the outer 

 three about 5 mm long, triangular-oblong, acute, the inner three 

 as long as the outer ones but one-half as wide. Stamens 6. 

 Ovary glabrous, 6-celled. Fruit globose, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, 

 brown when dry, tipped by the very short style, glabrous, the 

 pericarp brittle. Seeds 1 or 2 in each fruit, brown and shining, 

 obtuse, about 1.5 cm long and 1 cm wide, slightly compressed. 



Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Cadyangao, For. Bur. 22834- Ponce, 

 August 20, 1914, in rather dense forests at about sea level, locally known 

 as duyuk-duyuk. 



The alliance of this species is with the Malayan Mimusops kauki hinn. 

 from which it differs in its leaves being entirely glabrous, even when very 

 young, not at all pubescent on the lower surface, its much more distinct 

 lateral nerves, giving the leaves quite the appearance of those of some 

 species of Calophyllum, and the distinct marginal veins. 



OLEACEAE 



LINOCIERA Swartz 

 LINOCIERA OBOVATA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque minute 

 puberulis exceptis glabra; foliis crassissime coriaceis, obovatis, 

 4 ad 7 cm longis, apice late rotundatis vel late breviter acumi- 

 natis, basi angustatis, decurrento-acuminatis, nervis lateralibus 

 obscuris, circiter 8 utrinque. Cymis axillaribus, solitariis, an- 

 guste pyramidatis, dense multifloris, sessilibus. 



A small tree, glabrous except the minutely puberulent branch- 

 lets and the inflorescence. Branches gray, stout, terete, gla- 

 brous. Leaves very thickly coriaceous, obovate, 4 to 7 cm long, 

 2 to 4.5 cm wide, pale when dry, the upper surface shining, the 



