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A species well characterized by its simple, racemose inflo- 

 rescences and its obliquely nerved leaves, the very slender and 

 often obscure lateral nerves ascending at an angle of about 

 45° and giving the leaf surface a striated appearance; the 

 individual nerves are scarcely distinguishable under a lens. The 

 alliance of this species appears to be with Calophyllum buxifo- 

 lium Vesque, but it has much larger leaves than the latter species. 



FLACOURTIACEAE 



CASEARIA Jacquin 

 CASEARIA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, subglabra; foliis magnis, oblongis 

 ad oblongo-ellipticis, circiter 30 cm longis, subcoriaceis, acumi- 

 natis, basi subacutis ad obtusis, margine minute denticulatis 

 vel deorsum integris, subtus ad costa nervisque leviter puberulis, 

 vetustioribus glabris, nervis utrinque circiter 9, adscendentibus, 

 subtus valde perspicuis, reticulis subconfertis, distinctis, petiolo 

 incrassato, 8 ad 10 mm longo; floribus fasciculatis, ut videtur 

 paucis, brevissime pedicellatis, sepalis 4 mm longis, obtusis, 

 punctato-glandulosis, glabris; capsulis 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longis, 

 2-valvis, haud costatis, subellipsoideis, acutis vel brevissime 

 apiculatis; seminibus 4 ad 4.5 mm longis, obtusis, inaequilate- 

 ralibus, arillo grosse fimbriato. 



A shrub or small tree, the younger parts sparingly pubescent, 

 ultimately glabrous, branches terete, grayish, about 5 mm in 

 diameter, glabrous, distinctly lenticellate, the very young 

 branchlets more or less pubescent. Leaves oblong to oblong- 

 elliptic, about 30 cm long, 11 to 12 cm wide, the upper surface 

 olivaceous, glabrous, the lower surface somewhat brownish and 

 when young obscurely pubescent on the midrib and nerves, ulti- 

 mately glabrous, the apex acuminate, the base subacute to obtuse, 

 the margins minutely denticulate or entire in the lower part; 

 lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 

 very prominent on the lower surface, the reticulations distinct, 

 rather close; petioles thickened, 8 to 10 mm long. Flowers 

 fascicled, apparently few, very shortly pediceled, persistent 

 sepals 4 mm long, obtuse, glandular-punctate, glabrous or 

 nearly so. Capsules glabrous, reddish yellow when fresh, dark 

 brown when dry, subellipsoid, acute or very shortly apiculate, 

 not costate, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, 2-valved; seeds 4 to 4.5 mm 

 long, inequilateral, somewhat compressed, obtuse, the aril ex- 

 ceeding the seed in length and coarsely fimbriate. 



