16,6 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, III 55I 



subcaudate-acuminate apex, the acumen blunt, up to 2 cm in 

 length, sparingly pubescent on the midrib on both surfaces or 

 ultimately glabrous; lateral fterves 7 or 8 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent on the lower surface, anastomosing, ascend- 

 ing; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules apparently minute, ca- 

 ducous. Infructescences terminal, 5 to 6 cm long, sparingly 

 grayish-puberulent, usually with 2 or 3 branches, the branches 

 3 to 4 cm long. Fruits racemosely arranged, their pedicels 1 to 

 1.5 mm long, the subtending bracteoles ovate, acute, somewhat 

 pubescent, 0.6 mm long, the fruits brown when dry, shining, 

 glabrous, rugose, oblong-ellipsoid, equilateral, about 4 mm long, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute or slightly acuminate base and 

 apex, the stigma terminal. Calyx cup-shaped, about 1.2 mm 

 long, the teeth 4, broad, shallow, obtuse, somewhat ciliate. 



Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Banahao, For. Bur. 26300 

 Santos, August 28, 1916, on slopes along small streams, altitude 

 about 600 meters. 



A species well characterized by its obliquely nerved, subcau- 

 date-acuminate leaves; its branched inflorescences; racemosely 

 arranged, shining, equilateral, 4 mm long, glabrous fruits ; and 

 4-merous flowers. It is apparently most closely allied to Anti- 

 desma obliquinervium Merr., of Palawan, but is at once distin- 

 guished from it by its much longer petioles. 



ANTIDESMA M EGALOPHYLLUM sp. nov. 



Species A. cumingii afRnis, differt foliis majoribus, usque ad 

 33 cm longis et 13 cm latis, stipulis longioribus, circiter 2.5 cm 

 longis, et fructibus majoribus, circiter 13 mm longis. 



A tree about 7 m high, glabrous except the younger branch- 

 lets. Branches terete, brownish, smooth, glabrous. Leaves 

 firmly chartaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 20 to 33 cm long, 9 

 to 13 cm wide, base rounded, cordate, apex usually prominently 

 acuminate, entirely glabrous or when young sparingly pubescent 

 on the midrib beneath, subolivaceous, shining and of about the 

 same color on both surfaces when dry; lateral nerves about 15 

 on each side of the midrib, prominent, arched-anastomosing, the 

 reticulations lax ; petioles stout, 5 to 10 mm long, pubescent when 

 young, ultimately glabrous; stipules linear-lanceolate, slightly 

 falcate, acuminate, about 2.5 cm long and 3 mm wide. Pistillate 

 racemes greatly elongated in fruit, pendulous, 30 to 40 cm in 

 length, bearing fruit only in the upper part, the rachis and pe- 

 duncle sparingly pubescent. Fruits strongly inequilateral, ovoid, 

 obtuse, rounded at the base, prominently and laxly reticulate- 



