142 MICKHILL. 



])il()sis; ll()ril)us sessilihus, ;!-iiici'is. spicnlis. spicis ;i\ilhii-iliiis. solilariis. 

 ■J-IO fin l()ni;is: rnict iliiis oMon^uo-ovoideis. l..") ad l.(S cm longis. <ilal)ris. 

 A Ircc al)()ul 'io in liiuii. liraiiclios li,iilil-,uray. alabrous. flic voiiiigiT 

 ones inoiv or li'ss densely dark-ln'own- or feiTnu'inons-pnheseenl. Leaves 

 2- to 4-jiigale, odd ])innate, about ;i() em long, the jjetiole and raeliis 

 rather densely ])ubeseent; leaflets elliptieal-oblony to ovate-oblong, coria- 

 ceous, shining and glabrous above e.\ce])t on the somewhat pubescent 

 midrib, beneath rather strongly pilose on the nerves and reticulations, 

 the reticulations rather dense and very in-ominent, apex acute or short- 

 acuminate, base cuneate to somewliat I'ounded, often ine((uilaleral, nuirgins 

 minutely denticulate, 10 to 15 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide; nerves 

 very ])rominent, 16 to 20 on each side of the midrib, spreading, curved, 

 parallel, the reticulations subparallel : petiohiles pubescent, 5 mm long 

 or less. Spikes axilhuy, solitary, 4 to 10 cm long, usually densely 

 pul)escent, stout, many flowered. Flowers sessile, buds globose, each sul)- 

 tended by tAvo or three ovate basal bracteoles about 1.5 mm long. i\fature 

 flowers not seen. Petals three. Stamens six. Sepals in fruit Ijroadly 

 orbicular, rounded, 5 mm wide, 4 mm long, pubescent on both surfaces. 

 Fruit oblong-ovoid, 1.5 to l.S cm long, light-gray, rugose, glabrous, obtuse, 

 not compressed or angled. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley. Mrs. Clemens 11 -lO. September. 1907. 



A species well characterized by its very strongly veined and reticulate leaves 

 and spicate inflorescence. jMature flowers not availalile. and tlierefore its proper 

 section is uncertain. 



Canarium dementis Merrill sji. nov. 



Arbor; foliis im])ai'ipinnatis. ca. (iO c-m longis, 5-Jugatis; foliolis ellij)- 

 tico-oblongis, acutis vel obscui'e acuminatis. sulitus ferrugineo-pubescenti- 

 bns, valde reticulatis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus. ])aniculatis. ca. :)0 cm 

 longis. iidloresccnt iae I'amis primariis us(|uc ad 15 cm longis; lloribus 

 trimeris, sessilibus, fasciculalis ; fiuctihus oblongo-ovoideis, 1 ad 1.5 cm 

 longis. 



A large ti'ce, the branches gray, glabrous or slightly pubescent. Tjcaves 

 50 to 7<) cm long, odd pinualc, ahont 5-jngat(', the racliis and petiole 

 subterete, glal)rous or only slightly pubescent when young: leallets 

 oblong-elli]jtical. \'l to "M cm long, 5 to it cm wide, acute oi- oKscui'ely 

 short-acuminate, mai'gins obscui'cly denliculate. base cuueale lo obtuse 

 rre(|uently sonu'whal iue(|uilateral : abo\'e shining, glabrous or neai'ly so. 

 except the |iuheseeiil niidrih and ner\cs, henealh I'eri'uginous and I'alher 

 densely ])ubescenl : nei\cs 15 to "jO on each side of the nndrib. \ery 

 ])romiiient beneath, parallel, spi-eailing, curved, the reel iculat ions proun- 

 nenl. rani(4es a\ilLir\. .'10 cm long oi' less, when ycuing densely fei-- 

 ruginous-|)nl)escent. liieii' |iriniai-\ hranelies 15 cm long or less. powers 

 sessile, fasciculate, the huds osdid. ('aly\ ;! mm long. ".'.5 mm wide, 

 ]nibeseent, 3-toothed, teeth o\atc'. acute, about L mm long. I'etals 3, 



