546 Philippine Journal of Science 



1920 



when fresh, somewhat pubescent, when mature the valves some- 

 what woody. 



Mindanao, Lanao District, near Camp Vickers, For. Bur. 

 25183 Alvarez (type), March 17, 1916, in dipterocarp forests, 

 altitude about 900 meters. Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Set. 15352 

 Ramos, August 12, 1912, said to be from the mossy forest. Mount 

 Buraui. 



Both specimens cited above were originally identified by me 

 as Glochidion weberi C. B. Rob., as they distinctly resemble the 

 latter species in vegetative characters. The most remarkable 

 character of the present species and one that distinguishes it 

 from all representatives of the genus known to me is its cauline, 

 solitary or fascicled, racemose inflorescence, the racemes vary- 

 ing in length from 3 to 12 cm and having the flowers either 

 solitary or fascicled at their leafless nodes. 



APOROSA Blume 

 APOROSA ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 7 m alta ; f oliis subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, 

 tenuiter caudato-acuminatis, integris, usque ad 10 cm longis, 

 pallide olivaceis, nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, distinctis, 

 anastomosantibus, adscendentibus ; infructescentiis axillaribus 

 et e axillis defoliatis, racemosis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, glabris vel par- 

 cissime pubescentibus ; f ructibus ovoideis vel ellipsoideo-ovoideis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis. 



A glabrous tree about 7 m high, the branches and branchlets 

 reddish-brown, slender. Leaves lanceolate, subcoriaceous, pale- 

 olivaceous when dry, somewhat shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 

 3 cm wide, base acute or acuminate, apex slenderly caudate-acu- 

 minate, the acumen usually falcate, margins entire ; lateral nerves 

 about 5 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, ascending, 

 anastomosing ; petioles about 5 mm long ; stipules none or minute 

 and caducous. Fruiting racemes axillary and from the axils of 

 fallen leaves, solitary, 2 to 4 cm long, glabrous or very slightly 

 pubescent, each with from two to five fruits; fruits ovoid or 

 ellipsoid-ovoid, about 1 cm long, pale-brownish when dry; stig- 

 mas 2. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Cavinti, Palasan, For. Bur. 26185 

 Amarilla.s, September 9, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 

 465 meters. 



A species similar, and manifestly allied, to Aporosa sphaeri- 

 dophora Merr., from which it is readily distinguished by its much 

 narrower, lanceolate, prominently caudate-acuminate leaves. 



