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of the midrib, prominent; petioles glabrous, 1 to 1.3 cm long, 

 racemes numerous, solitary, chiefly from the axils of fallen 

 leaves, about 5 cm long, usually 6- to 10-flowered. Flowers pink, 

 about 8 mm long, 5-merous, their pedicels 5 to 6 mm long, densely 

 pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, 7 mm long, densely pubescent. 

 Petals entirely glabrous, 7 to 8 mm long, cuneate, split to about 

 the middle into three primary divisions, these again divided, 

 the ultimate laciniae about 20, slender. Stamens about 25, fi- 

 laments 1 to 1.5 mm long, anthers narrowly oblong, 1.5 to 1.8 

 mm long, minutely scabrid, the cells slightly unequal, obtuse, 

 sparingly ciliate at their tips. Ovary ovoid, densely pubescent, 

 3-celled. Fruit ellipsoid, about 2.5 cm long, black when dry, 

 one-celled. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33271 

 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes near the summit, 

 altitude about 1,000 meters. 



This species somewhat resembles both Elaeocarpus cumingii 

 Turcz. and E. forbesii Merr., differing radically from the former 

 in its very densely pubescent racemes and sepals and from the 

 latter in its much longer racemes and entirely glabrous petioles. 



SLOAN EA Linnaeus 



SLOAN EA JAVANIGA (Miq.) Szyszyl. ex K, Schum in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. 

 Pflanzenfam. 3' (1890) 5; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 1 

 (1894) 239, Atlas Baumart. Java 3 (1914) /. ^33 (after Miquel). 

 Phoenicospermum javanicum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bet. Lugd.-Bat. 2 

 (1865) 68, t. 3. 



Luzon, Cagayan Province, Pamplona, For. Bur. 1^713 Darling, 

 March 17, 1909 ; Pamplona, For. Bur. 16988 Bacani, March, 1907 : 

 Laguna Province, Cavinti, For. Bur. 19665 Racelis, August, 1912, 

 with mature fruits. Mindoro, Ibolo River, For. Bur. llJf82 

 Merritt, May, 1908, sterile. A tree, 10 to 25 m high, in forests 

 up to an altitude of 600 meters. * 



This species has previously been known only from Java, where 

 it is apparently very rare, as until recently it was known only 

 from trees cultivated in the botanical garden at Buitenzorg; it 

 is now known from Depok, near Buitenzorg, Koorders 42807, a 

 duplicate of Koorders* specimen being before me. The Philip- 

 pine specimens have somewhat larger and more prominently 

 acuminate leaves than the Javan material, while the fruits are a 

 little larger. In the absence of flowers I can detect no differen- 

 tial characters of sufficient importance to warrant the separa- 

 tion of the Philippine form from the Javan one. The genus is 

 new to the Philippines. 



