146 MERRILL. 



Chisocheton fulvus Merrill s|). iiov. 



Arbor pai'va, raiuis j'aiiiulis pctiolis paiiiculis c't siihtus foliolis plus 

 inimis fulvo-pubcsceiitibiis vcl hirsutis; foliis iiuparipiiinalis, 40 ad 60 

 cju longis, ca. r)-jugalis, i-liacliidibus dense birsuto-pul)escentil)Us; foliolis 

 oblongis, usque ad 20 cm iongis, sul)iiu'iHbranafeis, aciniiinatis, basi iu- 

 aequalibus, aeutis, supra, costa exee])ta, oUibra. siihtus plus uiinus bir- 

 sutis; panieulis axillaribus, J'oliis bvcvioi-ibiis : ll(>ril)iis ])olygarno-dioicis, 

 4-meris; ovario dense hirsuto. 



A small tree, the branebes, l)ranclilets, leaves jiikI iiillorescence more or 

 k'ss fulvous-jiubescent or birsute. Leaves alternate, odd pinnate, 40 to 

 (iO cm long, about 5-jugate, tbe i)etio]e and racbis densely birsute- 

 ])ubescent; leaflets submemlu'anous, oblong, opposite, 20 cm long or less, 

 4.5 to 8 cm wide, tbe apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, the 

 l)ase ine(iuibiteral, acute, somewhat shining above and glabrous except 

 tlie ratlier densely pubescent midrib and lateral nerves, beneath liirsute, 

 sometimes falcate; nerves distinct, 15 or less on each side of tbe midrib; 

 petiolules 5 mm long or less, densely fulvous-hirsute. Panicles axillary, 

 .■)() cm long or less, nai'i'ow, tlic lower branches 4 to 6 cm long, the racbis, 

 l)i'ancbes, branchlets and pedicels densely fulvous-hirsute-pubesccnt, the 

 flowers densely racemose-fasciculately disposed on tbe ultimate branchlets. 

 Flowers about 1 t-ni long, tbe calyx cup-shaped, niend)i-anous, 2 to 2.5 mm 

 long, 2 mm in diameter, slightly hirsute, obscurely toothed. Petals 4. 

 narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, glabrous or nearly so, !• to 11 mm long, 

 1.5 to 1.8 mm wide. Staminal tulx- cylindrical, 8 nini long, glabrous 

 outside, somewhat hirsute witbin, the teeth oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 mm 

 long, 0.5 mm wide; anthers 5 or more, alternating Avitli the teeth, 2 mm 

 long. Disk none. Ovai'y ovoid, densely liirsute, 4-celled; style about 

 (i mm long, birsute; stignui ca])itate. In tbe staminate ilowers the ovary 

 is aborted and a short annular glabrous disk is present. Fruit immature, 

 somewhat bii'sute. 



Mindanao, Lalce Lanao, Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemens lOJiG, May, 1907, also 

 Mrs. Clfiticns ofjJi, .583, 10()2, and tliroo slioets witliout niunbers, May and Juni*, 

 l!K)G-7. 



AGLAIA Lour. 



Aglaia costata Mi'iiill >)). nn\. s Ihninin. 



Ai'l)or ca. 1(J m alta. i';iiiiis foliis |)ani(•llli^<nl(■ plus ndniis lu'uniu'o- 

 lepidotis; foliis alternis, iiiipai'ipiiinalis, I- vcl 5-jugatis; jtaiiiculis dilfu- 

 sis, us(|ue ad 150 cm longis, dense I'errugineo-lcpidotis ; tloi'iljus |i;uicis. 

 ])edicellatis, lepidotis: fnictihus ovoideis vcl ellipsoidcjs. 2 ad 2.5 cm 

 longis, rugosis et valdc longimdiualitcr lO-sidcat is. 



A tree about 10 m higb, tbe hrancbes ;ind bi'ancldcts densely brown- 

 lepidote. T^caves alternate. ,'55 to 50 cm long, the petiol(\ racbis. ]ietio- 

 lules antl under surfaces <d' ilic Icallcts more or less densely hrown-lcpidote; 



