] 7)4 merruAj. 



MEMECYLON I>iim. 



Memecylon venosum Mfirill sji. iiov. 



Arbor parva; ramvilis tenuibus, tetragonis. aniiustissime 4-alatis; foliis 

 sulisessilibiis^ elliptico-ovatis, G ad 10 cm loiigis. valdo acuminatis, basi 

 late I'otiindatis vel cordatis, valde .^-ncrviis. iicrvis lateralibus rogulariter 

 arcuatis; cyinis axillaribus ; llorilnis in apicc i-ainuloruiii eapitato- 

 umbellatis. 



xV small tree, the brauches terete, slender, reddisli-brown, the brancli- 

 lets slender, 4-angled and narrowly winged on the angles. Leaves sub- 

 sessile, elliptical-ovate, coriaceous, shining, G to 10 cm long, 3 to 5 cm 

 wide, the base broad, roimd or cordate, the apex strongly acuminate, 

 acumen blnnt. about 1 cm long; primary nerves 8 or 9 on each side of 

 the midrilj, very prominent, spreading, arcuate-anastomosing and forming 

 a pair of lateral nerves, the reticulations coarse, very prominent ; petioles 

 very short. Cymes axillary, solitary, about 4 cm long, the peduncles 1.5 

 cm long, the branches whorled, each bearing a subglobose umbellate head 

 of numy flowers about 1 cm in diameter. Pedicels about 3 mm long. 

 Calyx funnel sliaped, truncate, 2 mm long and wide. Petals orl)icular- 

 ovate or subreniform, ahout 1.3 mm long, sometimes 1.5 mm wide. 

 Filaments 2 mm long; anthers 1.2 mm long. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Caiiip Koitlilcy, Mrs. Clemens Ji32, September, 1900, 

 also three slieets without numbers, same date and hjcality. 



A species closely allied to Memecylon pauiciilutum Jack, differing- fi'om that 

 species in its differently shaped nincli more acuminate and shorter leaA'es, more 

 prominent reticuhitions, and shorter inilorescence. 



AKALIACE.E. 



BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms. 



Boerlagiodendron mindanaense .Mcirill >p. iio\ . 



Arbor glal)ra, .") ad (i m alia; foliis fere ad basin ])almato 10-14-lol)atis, 

 coriaceis vel subcdi'iaccis, basi cordatis, lobis irregulai-iter et grosse incisis; 

 lloribus 5- vel G-iiU'ris: rructibus in capitnla ovoidca vel cllipsoidca 3 ad 

 4 cm longa congestis. 



A tree 5 to G m high ( ('opcland ) . 10 in high ( Clcincns) . glabrous 

 tliroughout. Leaves GO cin long or less, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 

 ])almately 10- to 14-lobe(l, the lobes reaching n(>arly to the base, S to 15 

 cm wide, oblong, ii'i-cgularly toothed and coarsely irregulai-ly incised, 

 acuminate, the base cordate; petiole T)!) cm long or less, stoul. wilh about 

 three |H'ominent crests at the base. I lubels i-ompound. the |ieihMU'Ies 

 stout, about !) cm long, each subtended by ol)long. coriaceous, alniul 3 cm 

 long, more or less setose bracts, bearing at the a])e\ a central sessile head 

 of sterile Ibtwers, sul)tended by bracts similai' to the basal oiu's but shorter, 

 and two lateral brandies about !) cm lon^;, these lateral blanches with a 



