278 ' The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 



A tree, about 10 m in height, glabrous except the very tips 

 of the branchlets and the cymes which are sparingly appressed- 

 pubescent. Branches terete, grayish, smooth, the branchlets 

 reddish brown, slender. Leaves alternate, oblong, membrana- 

 ceous, 9 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm wide, brovv'nish-olivaceous, 

 of the same color and shining on both surfaces when dry, the 

 apex acute to slightly acuminate, minutely apiculate, base sub- 

 acute; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 

 slender but prominent on the lower surface, curved-anastomos- 

 ing, the reticulations distinct, lax; petioles 8 to 10 mm long. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary, peduncled, lax, apparently few-flowered, 

 up to 3.5 cm long, in age white-glabrous, but in flower slightly 

 appressed-pubescent. Fruits oblong, up to 8 mm long, glabrous, 

 the pericarp somewhat fleshy, prominently gibbous on one side. 



Samar, Yabong, Phil. PL 1628 Merrill (type), April, 1914, 

 on forested slopes; Catubig River, Bur. Sci. 24241, 24547 Ra- 

 mos, March 10, 1916, Sablaya 16; Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 

 17660 Ramos, March, 1914. Leyte, Wenzel 1029, 1722, 1744. 

 In primary forests at low altitudes. 



Similar and closely allied to Gomphandra cumingiana F.-Vill., 

 differing in being almost entirely glabrous, and in its somewhat 

 differently shaped, more-numerously nerved leaves. 



GONOCARYUM Miquel 

 GONOCARYUM GRANDI FOLIUM sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, glabra; foliis coriaceis, late elliptico-ovatis, 25 

 ad 28 cm longis, circiter 18 cm latis, nitidis, basi late rOtundatis, 

 apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 4, per- 

 spicuis ; floribus sessilibus, 6 ad 7 mm longis, f asciculatis, fascicu- 

 lis in axillis def oliatis, paucifloris ; sepalis suborbicularibus, 1 ad 

 1.5 mm diametro, leviter pubescens. 



A glabrous tree, at least 5 m high. Leaves coriaceous, broadly 

 elliptic-ovate, 25 to 28 cm long, about 18 cm wide, shining when 

 dry, base broadly rounded, the apex shortly and bluntly acumi- 

 nate ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side of the midrib, the prima- 

 ry reticulations very lax ; petioles stout, about 2 cm long. Flow- 

 ers sessile, fascicled in the axils of fallen leaves, 6 to 7 mm long. 

 Calyx lobes suborbicular, slightly pubescent, 1 to 1.5 mm in diam- 

 eter. Corolla white, glabrous, the lobes oblong, acute, 1.5 to 

 2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, the style cylindric, stout, 1.2 mm in 

 length. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35205 Ramos & Pascasio, May 11, 1919, in 

 forests along small stream.s at low altitudes. 



This species is especially chai^acterized by its large leaves and 



