XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 407 



acutis; seminibus plerumque 2, exarillatis, coccineis, basi nigris, 

 subellipticis, circiter 2 cm longis, 1.5 ad 2 cm latis, nitidis. 



A tree about 10 m high, glabrous (inflorescences unknown). 

 Leaves about 40 cm long, the rachis produced above the upper 

 pair; leaflets chartaceous, rather pale when dry, elliptic to 

 oblong-elliptic, 9 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 8.5 cm wide, the apex 

 rather abruptly and sharply acuminate, base acute; lateral 

 nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing. 

 Pods woody, subelliptic, about 7 cm long, brown when dry, the 

 valves recurved after dehiscence, base and apex rounded or the 

 apex obscurely and broadly apiculate or merely subacute. Seeds 

 usually 2, not arillate, crimson, with a black base, subellipsoid, 

 about 2 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, hard, shining, slightly rugose 

 when dry. 



Mindanao, Lanao District, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 

 1139, July, 1907, altitude about 900 meters. 



This species is probably most closely allied to Ormosia orbi- 

 culata Merr., but the pods are usually 2-seeded and the seeds 

 have a conspicuous black base. 



ORMOSIA BASI LAN EN SIS sp. nov. § Toulichiba, Macrodisca. 



Arbor magna, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis plus mi- 

 nusve ferrugineo-pubescentibus, ramis circiter 1 cm diametro; 

 f oliis circiter 40 cm longis, rhachibus et petiolis et subtus foliolis 

 ad costa ferrugineo-pubescentibus, rhachibus productis; foliolis 

 9, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, 12 ad 17 cm longis, 

 basi acutis, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 8; legu- 

 minis orbiculari-ovatis, leviter inaequilateralibus, circiter 7 cm 

 longis, valvis crassis, lignosis, apice breviter crasseque acumi- 

 natis; seminibus solitariis, 3 cm longis, ellipsoideis, rubris, 

 nitidis, exarillatis. 



A large tree, the younger parts, inflorescences, and leaves 

 more or less ferruginous-pubescent, the leaflets only sparingly 

 pubescent beneath along the midrib, the branches rather stout, 

 about 1 cm in diameter, dark colored when dry, glabrous. 

 Leaves about 40 cm long, the rachis and petioles more or less 

 ferruginous-pubescent with rather long hairs, the rachis 

 prolonged beyond the distal pair of leaflets ; leaflets 9, oblong to 

 oblongo-elliptic, subcoriaceous, shining, 12 to 17 cm long, 4.5 to 

 7 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and the dis- 

 tinctly acuminate apex; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of 

 the midrib, distinct, ascending; petiolules 5 to 7 mm long. Pods 

 orbicular-ovate, slightly inequilateral, about 7 cm long and wide, 

 base rounded, apex with a short stout acumen, the valves woody, 



