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basi cuneatis, subtus plus minusve glandulosis, nervis inconspi- 

 cuis ; f ructibus axillaribus, plerumque solitariis, oblongo-ovoideis, 

 5 ad 7 mm longis, apice glanduloso-punctatis ; floribus 5-meris, 

 calycis persistentibus, 3 mm diametro, lobis ovatis, acutis, per- 

 spicue glandulosis, margine ciliatis. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree about 3 m high, the branches 

 and branchlets nearly black when dry, terete, the scars not prom- 

 inent. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, usually dark brown when dry, shining, the lower 

 surface much paler than the upper, 3 to 6 cm long, 0.8 to 1.8 cm 

 wide, narrowed upward to the acute or obtuse apex and below 

 to the cuneate base, more or less glandular-punctate, the glands 

 conspicuous and closely arranged along the margins; lateral 

 nerves very inconspicuous, 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib; 

 petioles 2 to 3 mm long. Fruits axillary, mostly solitary, oblong- 

 ovoid, 5 to 7 mm long, brown when dry, glandular-punctate with 

 black glands at the apex, their pedicels 2.5 mm long. Flowers 

 5-merous, the persistent csdyx 3 mm in diameter, the lobes ovate, 

 acute, 1 to 1.2 mm long, conspicuously glandular, the margins 

 ciliate. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Bur. Sci. 33256 (type), 33311 

 Ramos, August, 1918. On forested slopes, altitude about 1,000 

 meters. 



A species strongly characterized among the Philippine forms 

 by its oblong-ovoid rather than globose fruits. 



SAPOTACEAE 

 MADHUCA Gmelin 

 MADHUCA PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 



Species M. betis valde afRnis, differt foliis subtus glabris vel 

 subglabris. 



A tree reaching a height of about 25 m. Branches terete, 

 more or less rugose, glabrous, the young branchlets usually 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves crowded at the apices 

 of the branchlets, oblong-oblanceolate, chartaceous, 14 to 22 

 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, the upper surface glabrous, strongly 

 shining, greenish olivaceous to brown-olivaceous when dry, the 

 lower surface glabrous or slightly pubescent on the midrib, paler 

 than the upper, the apex shortly acuminate, more or less nar- 

 rowed below to the acute or somewhat obtuse base ; lateral nerves 

 about 18 on each side of the midrib, somewhat impressed on the 

 upper surface, prominent on the lower surface; petioles rather 



