xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 289 



parts and fruits densely ferruginous-tomentose. From Knema parviflora 

 Merr. it is distinguished by its different indumentum, short-pedicelled 

 male flowers, and fewer anthers. 



MELIACEAE 

 AG LA I A Loureiro 

 AGLAIA RIZALENSIS sp. nov. § Heamia. 



Species A. luzoniensis affinis differt foliolis lanceolatis ad 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 10 cm longis et 2.5 cm latis. Arbor 

 parva, novellis et inflorescentiis dense cupreo-lepidotis ; foliis 

 1-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, rigidis, acuminatis, subtus par- 

 cissime lepidotis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, tenuibus; paniculis 

 axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris, 2 ad 4 cm longis; floribus 

 parvis, 5-meris, racemose dispositis, petalis liberis, extus par- 

 cissime lepidotis. 



A small tree, about 4 m high, the younger parts and the 

 inflorescences densely cupreous-lepidote. Branches terete, gray- 

 ish-brown, somewhat wrinkled, glabrous, the branchlets densely 

 lepidote as are the very young leaves. Leaves simple, alternate, 

 the petiole 1 to 1.5 cm long, more or less lepidote, the leaflet 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, olivaceous when 

 dry, dull or slightly shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute base and the acuminate apex, 

 the upper surface glabrous, the lower sparingly lepidote es- 

 pecially along the midrib; lateral nerves slender, 10 to 12 on 

 each side of the midrib, indistinct, obsolete or nearly so on the 

 upper surface, the reticulations obsolete. Panicles axillary, few- 

 flowered, 2 to 4 cm long, densely cupreous-lepidote, usually 

 branched from the base, the lower branches 1.5 cm long or less; 

 flowers yellowish, racemosely arranged on the branches, their 

 pedicels 1 to 2.5 mm long. Calyx densely lepidote, the teeth 5, 

 short, acute to obtuse. Petals 5, orbicular, 1 to 1.2 mm in dia- 

 meter, externally slightly lepidote. Staminal tube free, broad, 

 about 1 mm high. Anthers 5, inserted at the apex of the tube 

 just within the rim. Ovary pubescent. 



Luzon, Rizal Province, Mount Lumutan, Bur. Sci. 2,964-0 Ramos & Edano, 

 April 22, 1917. 



This species is manifestly allied to Aglaia luzoniensis (Vid.) Merr, & 

 Rolfe, one of the few species of the genus with unifoliolate leaves. It is 

 readily distinguished by its much narrower, differently shaped leaves. It 

 is distinguished from Aglaia brevipetiolata Merr. by its much longer 

 petioles and differently shaped leaves. I now have before me a cotype of 

 the Celebesian Aglaia unifoliolata Koord., and am able to confirm its 

 identity with the Philippine Aglaia monophylla Perk.; both are identical 

 with Beddomea luzoniensis Vid., the basis of Aglaia luzoniensis Merr. & 



