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fascicles 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Sepals obovate, about 7 mm 

 long. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Bur. Sci. 33591 Ramos 

 & Edano, November 28, 1918, in damp forests at low altitudes. 



This species is readily distinguished by its lanceolate leaves, 

 which are gradually narrowed upward to the slenderly subcau- 

 date-acuminate apex, and by its terminal, crowded, sessile, fas- 

 cicled flowers. 



FLACOURTIACEAE 



HYDNOCARPUS Gaertner 



HYDNOCARPUS HUTCHINSON 1 1 sp. nov. § Euhydnocarpus, Oliganthera. 



Arbor, usque ad 15 m alta, partibus junioribus floribusque ex- 

 ceptis glabra; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, 15 ad 25 cm longis, basi 

 distincte inaequilateralibus, apice acuminatis, nervis utrinque 

 12 ad 14, perspicuis; floribus longe pedicellatis, 5-meris, sepalis 

 pubescens, 9 ad 11 mm longis; petalis glabris, usque ad 13 mm 

 longis, appendicibus linearis, usque ad 10 mm longis ; staminibus 

 5; fructibus globosis, circiter 8 cm diametro, pericarpio fragile, 

 seminibus usque ad 2 cm longis. 



A tree, reaching a height of 15 m, glabrous except the younger 

 parts and flowers. Leaves oblong, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 entire, 15 to 25 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, the base distinctly in- 

 equilateral, usually rounded or obtuse on the broader side and 

 often acute on the narrower side, the apex rather abruptly and 

 distinctly acuminate, the upper surface subolivaceous or brown- 

 ish, shining, smooth, the lower surface brownish, #listinctly reticu- 

 late ; lateral nerves 12 to 14 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 curved, anastomosing close to the margin ; petioles usually about 

 1 cm long. Flowers yellow, the inflorescence axillary, few- 

 flowered, the axils of the inflorescence up to 8 mm long, somewhat 

 pubescent, usually simple; pedicels up to 2 cm long. Sepals 5, 

 from 9 to 11 mm long, pubescent, reflexed in anthesis, oblong- 

 elliptic to elliptic-ovate, rounded. Petals glabrous, up to 13 mm 

 long, about 5 mm wide when spread, ultimately involute and in- 

 closing a linear-oblong, flattened, free appendage up to 10 mm 

 long and 1 mm wide, which is slightly pubescent above and at- 

 tached by its base only. Stamens 5, the filaments 5 mm long, 

 much thickened below, tapering upward, glabrous; anthers as 

 long as the filaments. Rudimentary ovary pubescent. Fruit 

 globose, about 8 cm in diameter, the pericarp rather thin when 

 dry, brittle, externally puberulent. Seeds numerous, irregular, 

 up to 2 cm in length. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, For. Bur. ^822 Hutchinson, 



