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placed in this genus unless a new one be proposed for it. It 

 cannot be placed in the genus Discocalyx on account of its 

 elongated filaments, which equal the corolla lobes in length. In 

 the type specimen the much thickened, prominently scarred', 

 ultimate branchlets attain a length of at least 15 cm and are 

 distinctly thicker than the smooth or nearly smooth branches 

 which bear them. The species is otherwise very prominently 

 characterized by its very thickly coriaceous, entire, obscurely 

 nerved leaves, which are crowded toward the apices of the 

 branchlets and by its usually racemose inflorescences. 



SAPOTACEAE 



PALAQUIUM Blanco 

 PALAQUIUM GLABRIFOLIUM sp. nov. 



Arbor novellis et floribus exceptis glabra; foliis subcoriaceis, 

 anguste oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, apice perspicue 

 acuminatis, basi angustatis, cuneatis vel decurrento-acuminatis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 20, tenuibus; floribus solitariis vel fas- 

 ciculatis, sepalis coriaceis, exterioribus glabris, interioribus 

 leviter pubescentibus, circiter 3.5 mm longis ; ovario puberulo. 



A tree, 6 to 8 m high, entirely glabrous except the growing 

 tips of the branchlets, the inner sepals, and the ovary. Leaves 

 subcoriaceous, rigid, dark-brown when dry, shining, the lower 

 surface paler than the upper, narrowly oblong-obovate, 10 to 

 14 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, apex rather conspicuously acu- 

 minate, the acumen blunt, narrowed in the lower one-half to 

 the cuneate or somewhat decurrent-acuminate base; primary 

 lateral nerves slender, about 20 on each side of the midrib, 

 anastomosing, slightly more conspicuous than are the secondary 

 nerves and reticulations; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Flowers 

 solitary or fascicled, from the axils of fallen leaves, their pedi- 

 cels about 1 cm long, in age entirely glabrous. Outer sepals 

 glabrous, thickly coriaceous, somewhat rugose when dry, very 

 broadly ovate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, about 4 mm wide, the inner 

 sepals ovate, obtuse or acute, about 3.5 mm long, slightly pubes- 

 cent on the median portion, the margins thin, glabrous. Sta- 

 mens and corolla not seen. Ovarj' slightly puberulent, 6-celIed; 

 style about 9 mm long, glabrous. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon, Bur. Set. S0820 

 Ramos & Edano, April 22, 1918, on forested slopes. 



This species is most closely allied to Palaquimn dubardii Elm., 

 from which it is distinguished by its conspicuously acuminate 



