414 '^he Philippine Journal of Science 1919 



8 to 6 cm wide, acuminate, base acute, shining, brown when dry, 

 the lower surface paler than the other; lateral nerves about 20 

 on each side of the midrib, distinct ; petiolules 7 to 10 mm long. 

 Panicles equal to or longer than the leaves, ferruginous- 

 tomentose. Accrescent calyx up to 10 cm in length, the lobes 4, 

 narrowly oblong, up to 9 cm long, about 1.5 cm wide, obtuse, 

 ferruginous-tomentose, at first membranaceous becoming coria- 

 ceous, the inflated base brown when fresh, the lobes more or 

 less pink toward their tips, when dry uniformly brown. Young 

 fruits ovoid, very densely ferruginous-villous with spreading 

 hairs about 2 mm long. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. SlOJfJf Ramos & 

 Edano, May, 1918 (type) ; Antique Province, Culasi, Bur. Sci. 

 S2219 McGregor, May 24, 1918, on forested hillsides, altitude 900 

 meters. The same species is represented by a sterile specimen 

 from Sibuyan Island, For. Bur. 270^0 Sajor, November 7, 1917, 

 with the Visayan name bulalog. 



This species is the second one of the genus to be found in the 

 Philippines and is readily distinguished from Parishia malabog 

 Merr. by its narrower, differentially shaped, equilateral, more 

 numerously nerved leaflets and by its ferruginous-tomentose in- 

 florescences and accrescent, much larger calyces, the lobes of 

 which are much wider than are those of Parishia malabog. 



ICACINACEAE 



VILLARESIA Ruiz and Pavon 

 VILLARESIA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis crasse co- 

 riaceis, rigidis, ellipticis ad elliptico-oblongis, olivaceis, nitidis, 

 usque ad 11 cm longis, integris, acuminatis, basi plerumque le- 

 viter inaequilateralibus, acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 4, per- 

 spicuis, petiolo 2 ad 3 cm longo; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 5 

 ad 8 cm longis, solitariis vel binis, ramis brevissimis; floribus 

 circiter 6 mm longis, confertis; fructibus ovoideis, 2.5 ad 3 cm 

 longis, inaequilateralibus. 



A small tree, 4 to 5 m high, entirely glabrous except the in- 

 florescences. Leaves thickly coriaceous, rigid, elliptic to elliptic- 

 oblong, olivaceous and shining on both surfaces when dry, 6 to 

 11 cm long, 3 to 6.5 cm wide, entire, the apex rather prominently 

 acuminate, base usually slightly inequilateral, acute; lateral 

 nerves usually 4 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, 

 arched-anastomosing, prominent on the lower surface, the reti- 

 culations lax, distinct; petioles black when dry, 2 to 3 cm long. 

 Inflorescences terminal, 5 to 8 cm long, solitary or sometimes 



