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suborbicular, bifid, 1 to 1.2 mm in diameter. Ovary oblong-ovoid, 

 glabrous, about 1 mm long. Disk thin, truncate, 0.5 mm high. 



Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Mount Pukis, Bur. Sci. 37756 Ra- 

 mos & Edano, March 11, 1920. In the mossy forest, altitude 

 about 1,900 meters. 



A species closely allied to Meliosma vulcanica Merr. but with 

 thicker leaves w^hich are rounded to obtuse or merely apiculate, 

 not acuminate at the apex, shorter petioles, and more conspicu- 

 ous lateral nerves which are usually more or less impressed on 

 the upper surface. 



SAPINDACEAE 



GUIOA Cavanilles 



GUIOA MINDORENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex subglaber, ramulis junioribus leviter adpresse pubes- 

 centibus; foliis circiter 12 cm longis, rhachibus glabris, sursum 

 anguste alatis vel carinatis, foliolis plerumque 7, oblongo-ellipti- 

 cis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 5 ad 7 cm longis, subtus 

 parcissime pubescentibus, apice obtuse acuminatis, basi decur- 

 rento-acuminatis, plerumque inaequilateralibus, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 6, subtus cum reticulis perspicuis; infructescentiis axil- 

 laribus, paniculatis, circiter 6 cm longis; sepalis ovatis, 2 mm 

 longis, margine ciliatis ; f ructibus late obovatis, retusis, glabris, 

 1 cm longis latisque. 



A nearly glabrous shrub about 4 m high, the branches terete, 

 dark-colored when dry, the very young branchlets obscurely ap- 

 pressed-pubescent. Leaves about 12 cm long, the petiole and 

 rachis glabrous, the rachis in the upper part very narrowly 

 winged or carinate; leaflets usually 7, oblong-elliptic to oblong- 

 lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 5 to 7 cm long, 1.3 to 2 cm wide, the 

 upper surface olivaceous, smooth, glabrous or slightly pubescent 

 along the midrib, the lower surface paler, glabrous or with very 

 few, widely scattered, short hairs, narrowed above to the ob- 

 tusely acuminate apex and below to the usually inequilateral 

 and decurrent-acuminate base; lateral nerves about 6 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, arched-anas- 

 tomosing, the primary reticulations distinct. Infructescences 

 axillary, paniculate, about 6 cm long, slightly pubescent. Sepals 

 broadly ovate, rounded, 2 mm long, their margins somewhat 

 ciliate. Fruits broadly obovate, equally 3-winged, the apex re- 

 tuse and apiculate, about 1 cm long and usually slightly wider 

 than long, glabrous, smooth, shining. 



