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8 ad 10 ; capsulis late obovatis, 3-lobatis, circiter 1 cm longis et 

 1.3 cm latis, lobis late rotundatis, apice retusis apiculatisque. 



A shrub, the younger parts and the young leaves more or less 

 pubescent, the older leaves glabrous or nearly so, at least on the 

 upper surface. Leaves 10 cm long or less, the rachis and petio- 

 lules puberulent; leaflets usually 6, narrowly oblong, coriaceous, 

 2 to 4 cm long, 6 to 15 mm w^ide, obtuse, narrowed below to the 

 somewhat decurrent-acuminate base, the upper surface dark- 

 olivaceous, glabrous, the lower surface much paler and, at least 

 when young, more or less pubescent with scattered short hairs ; 

 lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent on 

 the lower surface; petiolules 2 to 5 mm long. Infructescences 

 axillary, 3 to 5 cm long, pubescent, the branches few. Capsules 

 broadly obovate, 3-lobed, apex more or less retuse and distinctly 

 apiculate, about 1.3 cm wide and nearly 1 cm long, the lobes 

 broadly rounded, red, glabrous. Seeds obovoid, smooth, shining, 

 about 6 mm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Nagapatan, Bur. Sci. 

 33187 Ramos, August 8, 1918, on dry slopes, altitude about 700 

 meters. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Guioa obtusa 

 Merr., from which it radically differs in its very much smaller, 

 relatively much narrower leaflets. 



ELAEOCARPACEAE 



ELAEOCARPUS Linnaeus 

 ELAEOCARPUS ILOCANUS sp. nov. § Dicera. 



Arbor parva inflorescentiis densissime f errugineo-pubescens ; 

 foliis ellipticis ad obovato-ellipticis, glabris, olivaceis, nitidis, 

 4 ad 7 cm longis, basi acutis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, 

 margine distanter apiculato-crenatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, 

 distinctis; racemis numerosis, solitariis, plerumque e axillis de- 

 foliatis, 5 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, 8 mm longis ; sepalis lanceo- 

 latis, pubescentibus ; petalis glaberrimis, usque ad J laciniatis, 

 laciniae circiter 20; staminibus circiter 25, antheris oblongis, 

 obtusis, apice parce ciliatis; ovario pubescente, 3-loculare; fruc- 

 tibus ellipsoideis, 2.5 cm longis, 1-locellatis. 



A tree, about 5 m high, the inflorescences very densely ferru- 

 ginous-pubescent, the branches terete, glabrous, the very young 

 branchlets either more or less pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 

 elliptic to obovate-elliptic, olivaceous and shining on the upper 

 surface, the lower surface paler, 4 to 7 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm 

 wide, base acute, apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, margins 

 distantly apiculate-crenate ; lateral nerves about 7 on each side 



