PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF GAKCINIA. 367 



Garcinia cambogia F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 16, non Desr. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, Elmer 894't; Bur. Sci. 2^98 Mearns; 

 Sablan, Elmer 6103: Province of Zambales, Botolan, Merrill 2962; Cabangan, 

 Merrill 3012: Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Whitford 369; For. Bur. 612, 

 113, 783 Borden: Province of Tayabas, Guinayangan, Merrill 201Jf: Province of 

 Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 18. Mindoro, Cuming 1509 (cotype of G. duodecandra 

 Pierre). Burias, For. Bur. 113Jf Clark. Guimaras, For. Bur. 218 Gammill. 

 Negros, Himagaan River, For. Bur. .'i251 Everett. 



Like many other species described by Blanco, his Cambogia bimtcao has long 

 been doubtful. I am confident, however, that the above specimens represent his 

 species, as his description applies closely, with the exception of the description 

 of the stamens, and it is the onlj^ species known to me to which the name Bilucao 

 is applied, and is, moreover, common and widely distributed, especially in the 

 regions from wliich Blanco secured most of his material. The fruits are edible, 

 and are prominently ridged when dry, as described by Blanco, the latter character 

 confined to very few species so far as the Philippines are concerned. Cviming's 

 specimen, cited above, the type number of Garcinia duodecandra Pierre, is the only 

 one I have seen with flowers, the other specimens having fruits, or a few with 

 leaves only. From the material at present at hand, I can see no valid reason for 

 holding G. duodecandra Pierre distinct from Blanco's species. T., Bilucao; Z., 

 Baucoc; V., Baiuan. 



16. Garcinia mindanaensis sp. nov. § Hebrademlron. 



Arbor parva vel inedioeris, ramulis ramulisque teretibiis; foliis ellip- 

 ticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, papyraceis, utrinque acuminatis vel basi acutis, 

 13 ad 18 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, distantibus, laxis ; floribus 

 masculinis axillaribus fasciculatis, breviter pedicellatis vel subsessilibus, 

 4-ineris; petalis oblongo-obovatis, 7 mm longis; antheris circiter 20, 

 in capitulo congestis, peltatis. 



A small or medium-sized tree. Branches and branchlets terete, oliva- 

 ceous. Leaves elliptical to oblong-elliptical, papyraceous, 13 to 18 cm 

 long, 4 to 8 cm wide, somewhat shining, the apex rather strongly 

 acuminate, rarely subacute, the base slightly acuminate or acute; nerves 

 about 10 on each side of the midrib, rather distant, ascending, anastomos- 

 ing, the reticulations lax ; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Staminate flowers 

 in axillary fascicles, red, the l)uds globose, the pedicels veiy short. Outer 

 two sepals reniform, 2.5 mm long and 5 mm wide, the inner two orbicular, 

 4 to 5 mm in diameter. Petals 4, in anthesis oblong-obovate, about 7 

 mm long. Stamens about 20, united into a 4-angled or rounded mass 

 about 2.5 mm in diameter; anthers rounded, peltate, sessile, their 

 dehiscence circumscissile ; i-udimentary ovary none. Fruit (immature) 

 ovoid, small. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao Camp Keithlej^, Mrs. Clemens s. n.. March, 1907, and 

 no. Jf61, April, 1906, as well as three other unnumbered sheets. 



17. Garcinia lateriflora Blume Bijdr. (1825) 214; Walp. Hepert. 1 (1842) 

 394; Choisy Guttif. Ind. .37: PL & Tr. Mem. Guttif. (1862) 857; Pierre Fl. 

 Forest. Cochinch. Enum. XXXII, pi. 85, f. C\ G- ; Vesque Epharm 2: t. 121, 128; 

 DC. Monog. Phan. 8 (1893) 474. 



Camiguin (Babuyanes), Bur. Sci. .'fO.'f3 Feni». Luzon. Province of Tayabas 

 (Principe), Baler, Merrill 1031 : Province of Bataan, Lamao River, For. Bur. 615, 



