294 ^^^ Philippine Journal of Science loi? 



AGLAIA LANCILIMBA sp. nov. § Euaglaia. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, ramulis inflorescentiisque densissime 

 cupreo-lepidotis ; foliis circiter 25 cm longis, rhachibus petiolu- 

 lisque dense cupreo-lepidotis; foliolis 11 ad 17, lanceolatis, acu- 

 minatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, in siccitate pallidis, nitidis, supra 

 minutissime puncticulatis, in costa utrinque perspicue cupreo- 

 lepidotis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 14, tenuibus, obscuris, reticulis 

 obsoletis; paniculis folia subaequantibus, anguste pyramidatis, 

 multifloris; floribus 5-meris, racemose dispositis, 2.5 ad 3 mm 

 longis. 



A tree about 10 m high, the branches and branchlets, inflores- 

 cences, petioles, rachises, and petiolules, and the midrib on both 

 surfaces of the leaflets conspicuously and densely cupreoua- 

 lepidote. Ultimate branches terete, cupreous, nearly smooth, 

 about 6 mm in diameter. Leaves numerous, crowded near the 

 apices of the branchlets, about 25 cm long, the rachis, petioles 

 and petiolules densely and conspicuously cupreous-lepidote ; leaf- 

 lets 11 to 17, lanceolate, chartaceous, pale when dry, somewhat 

 shining, apex slenderly acuminate, base somewhat inequilateral, 

 acute, 7 to 9 cm long, 1.2 to 2 cm wide, the upper surface min- 

 utely puncticulate-pitted, the lower paler than the upper, con- 

 spicuously cupreous-lepidote on and along the midrib on both 

 surfaces, with few, widely scattered scales on the epidermis; 

 lateral nerves 10 to 14 on each side of the midrib, very slender, 

 obscure, not anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete ; petiolules 

 6 to 9 mm long. Panicles in the uppermost axils, narrowly 

 pyramidal, nearly as long as the leaves, peduncled, all parts 

 densely cupreous-lepidote, the lower branches up to 12 cm in 

 length, the upper shorter. Flowers 5-merous, racemosely dis- 

 posed on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels 1.5 to 2.5 mm 

 long. Sepals 5, suborbicular, densely cupreous-lepidote, about 

 1 mm in diameter. Petals 5, free, glabrous, about 3 mm long, 

 oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, rounded, concave. Staminal- 

 tube oblong-obovoid, 2.2 mm long, slightly crenate. Anthers 5 

 or 6, oblong, 1 mm long, inserted at about the middle of the 

 tube, included. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Fo7: Bur. 26509 De Mesa & 

 Magistrado, August 2, 1916, on low hills, altitude about 20 meters, locally 

 known as ibaiba. 



This very characteristic species is well marked by its dense, cupreous, 

 lepidote indumentum and its narrow, pale leaves. It somewhat resembles 

 Aglaia lanceolata Merr. and A. curranii Merr., being most closely allied 

 to the former. It is distinguished from both by its much larger flowers. 



