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Leaves all alternate, or the uppermost ones occasionally op- 

 posite or rarely in whorls of 3, coriaceous, usually brownish when 

 dry, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 8 to 20 cm long, 4 to 10 cm wide, 

 the base acute, sometimes rounded, the apex rather abruptly 

 and conspicuously acuminate, the acumen 1 to 2 cm long ; lateral 

 nerves usually 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 ascending, the reticulations slender, subparallel, not prominent; 

 petioles 3 to 7 cm long. Staminate inflorescences, axillary, fas- 

 cicled, 1 to 1.5 cm long, the flowers subumbellately arranged 

 near the apices of the peduncles, the buds globose, glutinous, 

 the pedicels up to 8 m long. Sepals 3, elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 

 4.5 mm long. Stamens about 35, the fllaments up to 4 mm long. 

 Pistillate inflorescences axillary, usually solitary, 1 to 1.5 cm 

 long, the flowers usually 4 or 5, subumbellate, the pedicels stout, 

 2 to 3 m long. Calyx 1.5 to 2 mm long, 3- or 4-toothed. Ovary 

 narrowly ovoid, 2-celled; style very short; stigmas 2, stout, re- 

 curved. Fruit globose, usually 1- or 2-seeded, 3 to 4 cm in 

 diameter, the pericarp brown, rather brittle, ultimately dehiscent, 

 the sutures obscure. 



Luzon, Bataan Province, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 630, 

 2377 Borden, For. Bur. 2U01 Meyer, For. Bur. 7511, 7228 

 Cu7Tan, For. Bur. 12962 Alvarez, For. Bur. 20054 Topacio 

 (type). For. Bur. 24782 Sulit, Williams 699, Whitford 339: 

 Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 16549 Ramos, pistil- 

 late flowers. In primary forests at low altitudes, ascending to 

 700 meters, flowering in January, September, and October. 



Although much of the material representing this species was 

 collected between the years 1903 and 1905 no description of it 

 has yet been published. Female flowers were not secured until 

 1912 and from the staminate flowers and fruits it was impos- 

 sible for me to place it in its proper genus in Manila. In No- 

 vember, 1911, Dr. C. B. Robinson and Mr, R. A. Rolfe made a 

 critical examination of the Philippine material available in the 

 Kew Herbarium, resulting in Mr. Rolfe's placing the species in 

 the genus Blumeodendron. In a note supplied by Doctor Rob- 

 inson at that time he intimated that both he and Mr. Rolfe 

 were in agreement that four distinct species were represented 

 by the Indian and Malayan material then available at Kew. 

 The present species I believe to be most closely allied to Blumeo- 

 dendron kurzii J. J. Sm., of the Andaman Islands, Tenasserim, 

 Malay Peninsula, and Java. 



