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usque ad 15 cm longis, basi acutis, apice abrupte acuminatis, 

 nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis, reticulis subtus distinctis; 

 floribus S axillaribus, fasciculatis, pedicellatis, resinosis, stam- 

 inibus circiter 35. Capsulis globosis, 3 ad 3.5 cm diametro, tarde 

 2-valvis. 



A glabrous tree up to 12 m high, the branches and branchlets 

 terete, slender, internodes 6 to 10 cm long. Leaves all verti- 

 cillate, 3 or 4 at each node, coriaceous, subolivaceous or pale 

 when dry, slightly shining, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 10 to 15 

 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, base acute, apex rather abruptly acu- 

 minate, the acumen blunt, up to 1 cm long; lateral nerves 5 or 

 6 on each side of the midrib, distinct, somewhat ascending, the 

 reticulations rather lax, evident on the lower surface; petioles 

 2.5 to 3 cm long. Staminate flowers axillary, fascicled, mostly 

 from leafless branches and on the trunk, the axis of the inflo- 

 rescences not produced. Pedicels 4 to 5 mm long. Sepals 3, 

 broadly ovate, rounded or obtuse, about 4 mm long. Stamens 

 about 35. Buds globose, glutinous. Pistillate flowers unknown. 

 Capsules globose, 3 to 3.5 cm in diameter, ultimately 2-valved, 

 but the sutures scarcely visible on nearly mature fruits, the 

 pericarp smooth, brown; stigmas 2, short, recurved. 



Luzon, Bataan Province, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 2603 

 Meyer, February, 1905 (type). For. Bur. 1190 Borden, June, 

 1904, For. Bur. 1515 Ahern's collector, July, 1904, Whitford s. n. 

 In primary forests, altitude about 600 meters. 



A species characterized by its constantly verticillate leaves 

 and fascicled flowers, the latter being for the most part borne 

 at leafless nodes and on the trunk and larger branches. 



5. BLUMEODENDRON SUBROTUNDI FOLI UM (Elm.) Merr. in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 384; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 

 63 (1914) 49. 

 Sapium subrotundifoUuvi Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot, 3 (1910) 930. 



This species is as yet represented by only the type collec- 

 tion, Elmer 12349 from Sibuyan, the specimen having very 

 immature fruits. Pax and Hofi'mann state regarding it: 

 "species quoad genus incerta." To my mind there is not the 

 slightest doubt that this species is properly placed as to the 

 genus. It differs radically from the other described forms in 

 its fruits being either compressed or 3-angled and further in 

 th^r being borne on tubercles on the larger branches and ap- 

 parently also on the trunks. 



