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chartaceis, integris, usque ad 5 cm longis, apice tenuiter sub- 

 caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis, inaequilateralibus, nervis utrin- 

 que circiter 8, perspicuis; inflorescentiis B axillaribus, circiter 

 6 cm longis, racemosis, floribus ad nodis f asciculatis ; calycis 

 parce cinereo-pubescentibus, 3 mm longis, 3-lobatis; staminibus 

 6, liberis ; disco villoso. 



A small tree, 5 m high fide Ramos, the branchlets, inflorescen- 

 ces, and parts of the leaves puberulent, the tips of the branchlets 

 also rather densely villous. Branches glabrous, terete, brown- 

 ish, the ultimate ones 3 to 4 mm in diameter. Leaves alternate, 

 about 17 cm long, the rachis and petiole puberulent as are the 

 midribs on both surfaces and nerves beneath; leaflets usually 

 11, oblong-ovate, chartaceous, brownish-olivaceous, shining, 4 

 to 5 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, inequilateral, entire, the apex 

 slenderly subcaudate-acuminate, the acumen blunt, base acute; 

 primary nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 curved, anastomosing; petiolules 3 to 5 mm long; stipules none. 

 Inflorescences in the uppermost axils, about 6 cm long, slender, 

 somewhat pubescent, the flowers fascicled at the nodes in the 

 upper part, their pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long, pubescent. Calyx 

 about 5 mm long, the lobes 3, broadly ovate, obtuse, slightly 

 pubescent. Stamens 6, inserted outside of the villous disk, free. 



Catanduanes, Bur. Sci. 30351 Ramos, December 10, 1917, in forests back 

 of Calolbong at low altitudes. 



This species is well characterized by its unusually small, entire, slenderly 

 subcaudate-acuminate leaflets, these being distinctly smaller than are those 

 of any other described Philippine species. It is closely allied to Canarium 

 euryphyllum Perk., differing in its indumentum and in its smaller leaves; 

 Canarium euryphyllum Perk, is entirely glabrous. 



SANTIRIA Blume 

 SANTIRIA ELLIPTIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 20 m alta; foliis alternis, usque ad 35 

 cm longis, foliolis 9 ad 13, subcoriaceis, ellipticis ad oblongo- 

 ellipticis, olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 16 cm longis, apice obtusis 

 ad latissime et breviter acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel truncatis, 

 saepe plus minusve inaequilateralibus, nervis utrinque circiter 

 11, patulis, curvatis, distinctis; paniculis axillaribus, solitariis, 

 circiter 20 cm longis, e basi ramosis, amplis, multifloris ; floribus 

 parvis, petalis ovatis, circiter 2.8 mm longis. 



A glabrous tree about 20 m high, the ultimate branches terete, 

 brownish, lenticellate, about 8 mm in diameter. Leaves alter- 

 nate, up to 35 cm in length, the rachis dark reddish-brown; 

 leaflets 9 to 11, opposite, subcoriaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 

 entire, 9 to 16 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm wide, olivaceous when dry, 



