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much thickened, much swollen opposite the solitary seed. Seed 

 about 3 cm long, ellipsoid, red, shining, not arillate. 



Basilan, Maluno, For. Bur. 17893 Rafael, November 13, 1912, 

 Hollier 508, January, 1904, in forests, altitude about 140 meters. 



This species like the others here described resembles Ormosia 

 macrodisca Baker, but the seeds are not arillate. Among the 

 Philippine species it is perhaps most closely allied to Ormosia 

 oi'biculata, but the leaflets are more numerous, subequally nar- 

 rowed at both ends, acute at the base, and sparingly pubescent 

 beneath along the midrib. 



ORMOSIA GRAN Dl FOLIA sp. nov. § Toulichiba, Macrodisca. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, inflorescentiis foliisque plus minusve 

 pubescentibus ; foliis circiter 50 cm longis, rhachibus productis; 

 foliolis 7, terminalibus late obovatis, lateralibus ellipticis, 13 ad 

 17 cm longis, subcoriaceis, apice abrupte obtuseque acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, vel terminalibus acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 

 8; leguminis ellipticis, 6 ad 7 cm longis, apice late rotundatis, 

 valvis crassis, lignosis; seminibus solitariis ellipsoideis, cocci- 

 neis, 3 cm longis, exarillatis. 



A tree, about 10 m high, the inflorescences, petioles, and leaf- 

 lets on the lower surface more or less pubescent, the indumentum 

 on the leaflets obscure. Leaves about 50 cm long, the rachis 

 extended beyond the distal pair of leaflets ; leaflets 7, the terminal 

 one broadly obovate, the lateral ones elliptic, 13 to 17 cm long, 

 8 to 10 cm wide, subcoriaceous, rather pale when dry, shining, 

 the base usually rounded or that of the terminal leaflet acute, 

 apex very abruptly and shortly acuminate; the lateral nerves 

 about 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent ; petiolules about 

 1 cm long. Pods elliptic, 6 to 7 cm long, about 5.5 cm wide, 

 apex broadly rounded, scarcely apiculate, the valves thick, woody, 

 recurved, apparently one-seeded. Seed solitary, ellipsoid, scarlet, 

 shining, somewhat rugose when dry, 3 cm long, 2.2 cm wide, 

 slightly compressed, not arillate. 



Luzon, Camarines Province, Magdoronganon River, For. Bur. 

 21172 Alvarez, March 23, 1914, in forests near the river, alti- 

 tude about 100 meters. 



This species manifestly belongs in the same group as Ormosia 

 orbiculata, but has much larger, difl'erently shaped leaflets, which 

 are somewhat pubescent beneath ; difi'erently shaped pods, which 

 are broadly rounded and scarcely apiculate at their apices; and 

 much larger seeds. The seed is not at all arillate. Ormosia 

 basilariensis Merr. differs in its more numerous leaflets and its 

 elliptic pods, which are broadly rounded at their apices. 



