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prominent, the lateral nerves slender, very densely arranged; 

 petioles 7 to 10 mm long. Infructescences axillary, peduncled, 

 about 5 cm long, the peduncle 1 to 2 cm long, bearing usually 3 

 or 4 flabellately arranged pedicels, these up to 2 cm in length. 

 Fruits ovoid, smooth, brown w^hen dry, about 1 cm long. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34-518 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 25, 1919, in thickets along streams at the iron de- 

 posit on the northeast coast. 



Although the flowers of this species are as yet unknown, it 

 seems to belong in the group with Calophyllum soulattri Burm. 

 f. (C spectabile Willd.) ; it is well characterized by its leaves 

 being broadly rounded and conspicuously cucullate at the base. 



CALOPHYLLUM OLIGANTHUM sp. nov. § Apetalum. 



Arbor parva, glabra, ramulis tenuibus, teretibus ; f oliis oblongo- 

 ellipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, coriaceis, 5 ad 10 cm longis, 

 utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice distincte 

 acuminatis; petiolo 8 ad 10 mm longo; inflorescentiis plerumque 

 axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, 2.5 ad 4 cm longis, floribus 

 3 ad 5, racemosis vel umbellatis; sepalis interioribus elliptico- 

 obovatis, circiter 6 mm longis, exterioribus late ovatis, 4 mm 

 longis, apice rotundatis et perspicue cucullatis; fructibus ellip- 

 soideis, 1.5 cm longis. 



A glabrous tree, 5 to 8 m high, the branches and branchlets 

 slender, dark reddish-brown, terete, the internodes up to 5 cm in 

 length. Leaves oblong, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 shining, 5 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, subequally narrowed 

 to the cuneate base and to the distinctly but blunt-acuminate 

 apex; lateral nerves very slender, densely arranged; petioles 

 8 to 10 mm long. Inflorescences chiefly axillary, sometimes 

 terminal, solitary, peduncled, 2.5 to 4 cm long, 3- to 5-flowered, 

 the flowers either racemosely or umbellately arranged, their ped- 

 icels 1 to 1.5 cm long. Sepals white, the inner 2 elliptic-obovate, 

 rounded, somewhat concave, about 6 mm long and 4 mm wide, 

 the outer 2 broadly ovate, rounded, and conspicuously cucullate 

 at their apices, about 4 mm long. Ovary globose, glabrous; 

 style 3 mm long. Fruits dark brown when dry, nearly smooth, 

 ellipsoid, 1.5 cm long. 



BucAS Grande, Bur. Sci. 35110 Ramos & Pascasio (type) , June 

 10, 1919. Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34520 Ramos 

 & Pascasio, April 25, 1919. In forests at low altitudes, the 

 branches pendulous. 



This species very closely resembles Calophyllum gracilipes 

 Merr. but the petals are lacking, and it further differs from this 



