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Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Mount Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 

 36567 Ramos & Edano, October, 1919. In forests along streams 

 at an altitude of about 200 meters ; locally known as dalipa. 



A species well characterized among the Philippine forms by its 

 unusually large leaves. 



THYMELAEACEAE 

 AQUILARIA Lamarck 

 AQUILARIA APICULATA sp. nov. 



Frutex subglaber, ramis teretibus, glabris, ramulis leviter 

 pubescentibus ; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, breviter petio- 

 latis, oblongis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, 6 ad 11 cm longis, 

 tenuiter acute acuminatis, basi acutis, subtus leviter pubescen- 

 tibus, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 16, tenuibus; inflores- 

 centibus subumbellatis vel cymosis, paucifloris, breviter pedun- 

 culatis; floribus 5-meris, sursum ampliatis, vix campanulatis, 5 

 mm longis, tenuiter pedicellatis, lobis orbicularibus, 2 mm longis ; 

 capsulis subellipsoideis, pedunculatis, circiter 1.7 cm longis; 

 2-locellatis, perspicue apiculato-acuminatis, basi acutis. 



A subglabrous shrub about 3 m high, the branches brown or 

 reddish brown, glabrous, the branchlets more or less appressed- 

 pubescent, slender. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong, 

 brownish when dry, shining, 6 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, 

 the apex slenderly and sharply acuminate, the base acute, the 

 upper surface glabrous, the lower paler, sparingly pubescent, 

 lateral nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, slender, 

 distinct; petioles about 3 mm long. Flowers subumbellate or 

 somewhat cymose, yellow, the peduncles up to 3 mm long, some- 

 what pubescent, the flowers few, mostly 3 to 5 on each peduncle, 

 their pedicels slender, up to 7 mm long. Perianth about 5 mm 

 long, somewhat widened upward and about 2.5 mm in diameter 

 at the throat but scarcely campanulate, glabrous, the lobes 5, 

 spreading or reflexed, very slightly pubescent, orbicular-ovate, 

 rounded, 2 mm long. Anthers 10, 0.8 to 1 mm long, inserted 

 immediately below and alternate with the orbicular, pubescent, 

 0.8 mm long scales, which are inserted at the apex of the 

 perianth tube. Ovary obovoid, 2-celled, compressed, pubescent, 

 shortly stipitate. Stigma about 1 mm in diameter. Capsules 

 subellipsoid, red when fresh, dark brown when dry, distinctly 

 peduncled, the peduncle at least as long as the persistent perianth 

 tube, 2-celled, 2-valved, about 1.7 cm long, the base acute, the 

 apex distinctly apiculate-acuminate. Seeds dark brown, smooth. 



