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petiolules stout, densely stellate-tomentose. Panicles axillary, 

 about as long as the leaves, densely stellate-tomentose, the in- 

 dumentum subcastaneous, peduncled, the branches few, scat- 

 tered, spreading, the lower ones up to 16 cm in length. Flowers 

 rather densely crowded on the ultimate branchlets, 5-merous, in 

 bud about 1 mm in diameter, the calyx externally stellate- 

 tomentose, the lobes 1 mm long or less. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Tulaog, Bur. Sci. 29133 Ramos & 

 Edano, May 24, 1917, in forests near streams. 



The alliance of this species is unmistakably with Aglaia harmsiana 

 Perk., from which it differs chiefly in its very much larger leaflets. 



AGLAIA GRANDIFOLIOLA sp. nov. § Euaglaia. 



Arbor parva, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis dense et 

 pallide lepidotis, costa subtus parcissime lepidotis; foliis alter- 

 nis, circiter 60 cm longis, foliolis circiter 5, oblongo-ellipticis, 

 membranaceis, nitidis, acuminatis, usque ad 30 cm longis; pani- 

 culis axillaribus, paucifloris, 5 ad 6 cm longis; floribus magnis, 

 5-meris, circiter 5 mm longis ; antheris 8, oblongis, 2 mm longis. 



A small tree, 7 m high fide Ramos, the younger parts densely 

 lepidote, the scales appressed, pale, small. Branches terete, 

 brownish, smooth, about 5 mm in diameter, ultimately glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, about 60 cm long, the petioles and rachis rather 

 densely pale-lepidote, the midrib on the lower surface of the 

 leaflets sparingly lepidote. Leaflets about 5, membranaceous, 

 brownish-olivaceous when dry, shining, oblong-elliptic, 20 to 30 

 cm long, 8 to 10 cm wide, base rounded to acute, that of the 

 lateral ones inequilateral, apex slenderly acuminate; lateral 

 nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved, 

 distant, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, indistinct. Panicles 

 axillary, few-flowered, 5 to 6 cm long, densely pale-lepidote, 

 the branches few, the lower ones 1.5 cm long or less, spreading. 

 Flowers yellow, distinctly large for the genus, about 5 mm long, 

 their pedicels short, stout, densely lepidote. Calyx about 3 mm 

 long and wide, the lobes broadly ovate, obtuse, about 1.5 mm 

 long, externally lepidote. Petals 5, free, obovate, glabrous, 5 

 to 5.5 mm long, apex rounded, base narrowed. Staminal-tube 

 obovoid, 4 mm long, the anthers 8, oblong, 2 mm long, included. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Umiray River, Bur. Sci. 28981 Ramos & 

 Edano, June 3, 1917, in forests along the river. 



A strongly marked species, well characterized by its few, unusually large 

 leaflets, which are entirely glabrous except for the sparingly lepidote 

 midrib; its very short, few-flowered panicles; and its unusually large 

 flowers. 



