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oblong, coriaceous, shining when dry, 9 to 15 cm long, 3.5 to 6 

 cm wide, entire, the apex rather prominently acuminate, the 

 base acute; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent, the reticulations distinct. Petioles 5 to 20 cm long. 

 Racemes simple, axillary, few-flowered, 1.5 to 2 cm long, the 

 pedicels stout, 1.5 mm long or less, the bracteoles linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, about 1 mm long. Calyx somewhat cup- 

 shaped, narrowed below, 2 to 2.5 mm long, the lobes short, 

 broader than long. Petals oblong-elliptic, 3 mm long. Disk 

 prominent, truncate. Staminodes 6, inserted outside of the disk. 

 Ovary ovoid, 1.2 mm long. Fruit nearly terete, oblong-ovoid, 

 somewhat inequilateral, acute, about 1.3 cm long, the pericarp 

 thin, wrinkled when dry. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3^720 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, June 14, 1919, along streams at low altitudes at the iron 

 deposit on the northeast coast. 



A species belonging in the same group with Canxirium viU 

 losum F.-Vill. but distinguished from all previously described 

 forms of the genus by its simple leaves. 



MELIACEAE 



DYSOXYLUM Blume 

 DYSOXYLUM CAPIZENSE sp. nov. § Eudysoxylum. 



Arbor parva, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque puberulis; 

 foliis alternis, usque ad 18 cm longis, foliolis oppositis, circiter 

 10, chartaceis, nitidis, oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 4 

 ad 8 cm longis, acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, indis- 

 tinctis, reticulis subobsoletis ; inflorescentiis solitariis, spicif orm- 

 ibus, e axillis defoliatis, 4 ad 5 cm longis; floribus 4-meris, 5 ad 

 6 cm longis, calycis circiter 3 mm diametro; petalis oblongis, 

 extus puberulis ; ovario 4-locellato, pubescente. 



A tree, about 5 m high, the young branchlets, inflorescences, 

 and petioles grayish or yellowish puberulent. Leaves alternate, 

 15 to 18 cm long, the petioles and rachis somewhat angular; 

 leaflets opposite, usually 10 or 11, firmly chartaceous, brown- 

 ish and shining when dry, glabrous, somewhat inequilateral, 

 oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 4 to 8 cm long, 2 to 3 cm 

 wide, the apex acuminate, base acute or rounded ; lateral nerves 

 slender, indistinct, up to 15 on each side of the midrib, the 

 reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petiolules 3 mm long or 

 less. Inflorescences simple, solitary, spikelike, from the axils 

 of fallen leaves, 4 to 5 cm long. Flowers sessile or subsessile, 

 4-merous, 5 to 6 mm long. Calyx shallowly cup-shaped, about 



