366 MERRILL. 



Mindanao. Pierre gives the locality as "•Philippines" but Vesque erroneously 

 adds "Manila." 



14. Garcinia rubra sp. nov. § Oxi/rar]nis. 



Arbor vel arbuscula, 3 ad 10 m alta; ramis ramulisque tenuibus, 

 teretibus; foliis menibranaeeis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, 

 apice valde acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 10 ad 13 utrinque, subtus 

 distinctis, reticulis laxis; floribus mascailinis axillaribus, fasciculatis, 

 sessilibus, 4-meris, rubri?, circiter 4 mm longis; staminibus 4; ovarii 

 rudimento nullo. 



A shrub or small tree, 3 to 10 m high. Branches slender, terete, dark- 

 reddish-brown, more or less wrinkled A\-lien dry, the branchlets frequently 

 paler. Leaves membranaceous, oblong-elliptic or oblong, 9 to 13 cm 

 long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, slightly shining, the apex gradually and rather 

 long slenderly acuminate, the base acute; nerves 10 to 13 on each side 

 of the midrib, distinct, obscurely anastomosing near the margin, the 

 reticulations ver\' lax; petioles slender, 1 cm long or less. Staminate 

 flowers sessile in many-flowered fascicles on warty protuberances in the 

 axils of leaves or more frequently in the axils of fallen leaves, red, 

 cylindrical. Sepals 4, subequal, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 3 mm 

 long. Petals 4, 4.5 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, oblong, obtuse or 

 acute. x'Vnthers 4, basifixed, about 1 mm long, oblong-obovoid, apparently 

 2-cellecl, sessile at the apex of the 1 mm long androgynophore ; rudi- 

 mentary ovary none. Fruit depressed-globose, nearly 3 cm thick and 

 1.5 cm long, when dry with about 7 rather ])rominent ridges, and with 

 the same number of cells, each with a single seed. 



The type of tliis species Avas collected l)y I!. V. McGregor, no. 192, Baco River, 

 Mindoro, April, 1905, it is represented ahso by the following specimens from 

 tlie same locality: Merrill .'lOS.'f, For. Bur. 620.), 6208 Merritt, as well as by 

 additional material from other parts of Mindoro, Mount Haleon, For. Bur. Ji.i22 

 Merritt; Pola, Merrill 2Ji59 ; Abra de Hog, For. Bur. S116 Merritt; l^ongabong 

 River, Whitford 1375; Camantigue, For. Bur. 3657 Merritt; Paluan, For. Bur. 

 907/f Merritt. From the material available, I can see no valid reason for 

 distinguishing the following: Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bur. 8ci. 2636 Ramos: 

 Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. J053'/ Curran. Mindanao, Lake Lanao. Camp 

 Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 7^5, and one specimen without number. 



Garcinia rubra is very similar to G. hinucao (Blanco) Clioisy in gross char- 

 acters, but the leaves are of difTerent shape, more acuminate, not so much 

 narrowed towards the base, wliile tlie male flowers are quite diUVrcnt. The fruit 

 of the two species is simil:n\ but smaller in the present one tlian in (1. hinucao. 

 It is well characterized liy ils naii'ow, red, fascicled f()ni--antliored flowers. 



15. Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy Ciuttif. Ind. .34; PI. & Tr. Mem. (Jullif. 

 (1SC2) 205; Pierre V\. Forest. C'ochinch. Knnm. XXVIII: Vesque in DC. IMonog. 

 Phan. 8 (b-!,).3) 454; Merr. in Govt. Lab. I'nbl. 35 (I'tOC)) 75; Philip, .bnini. Sci. 

 1 (190C) .Su|)pl. !)7. 



Htalaf/wilr.s dulcis \u\. Cat. PI. Prov. Maiiihx (ISSO) 18. non Roxb. 

 Garcinia (luotlci-nniini I'icrre Fl. Forest. Cocliiiich. Ennm. XXVIII, t. Nj. /. FJ ; 

 Vesque I. c. 443. 



Camhofiia hinucao V,\:yur,> Kl. I'ilii.. (1837) 434; ed. 2 (1845) 302; ed. 3.2:l!t7. 



