18 MKKKILL. 



VO i-iii loniT, •).*> (Ill \vi(k'. sinoDtli. sliininir, iiTciiiihirly sinuate Jind de- 

 liiscc'iit on liotli siitiires, straight or nearly .«o, apex with a stout, soniewliat 

 incurved heak, the stipe slender, ahout 4 ein lon<f. Seeds (\ or 7 in eaeli 

 ]io(l. Hattened, hiack, elliptic in outline, ahout 'i eni lonjj. 



Iazox, Province of Benguet, Twin Peaks, Elmer G'fSO, June 8, 1904. 



A species in vegetative characters similar to Pifhccnlnhhim scutifmn)i, hut 

 distinguishable at once by its very difterent pods. 



4. Pithecolobium pauciflorum Bentli. in Ix)nd. .Journ. Bot. 3 (1844) 212; 

 Miq. Fl. Iiid. I'.at. V (185;')) 40; Mcrr. in Pliilip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 229. 



J^rzox, Province of Albay, For. liitr. lOolif! Curran. Leyte, For. Bur. lUiSO 

 W'hitford, For. Bur. ]280,i Rosenblulh. BoiioL, Vum'uuj IHo) (cotype). Mix- 

 DANAO, Province of Surigao, Bolster .iSil. 



Native names: Malutayum (Albay); ixtiKiuisuiiiiiii/ ( Suriijao) . 



An endemic species, erroneously reduced by Benthani ■' to I'lUwcoIobiuni lnholuiu 

 Bentli.. from wliich it is quite distinct in vegetative and fniil cliaracters. 



.'). Pithecolobium mindanaense sj). nov. § Vli/pcarid. 



.\rhor jiarva. sul\i;-lal)i-a ; I'oliis l)i|Mnnalis. pinnis 'i-jutiatis, foliolis ?- 

 vel ;3-jugatis, elli])tico-ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, cliartaceis vel subiiieni- 

 branaceis, usque ad 12 cm longis. basi acutis, apice plerunupie ahrii})te 

 obtuse acuininatis, interdum caudato-acuniinatis, nervis utrinque 3 vel 

 I. ])rnniinentihns. valde obliquis ; tlorihus sessilibus, capitato-dispositis ; 

 leguniinibus circinatis, 10 ad I'i cm longis. circiter l.-") cm latis. in sicco 

 e.xtus nigri.s vel l)runneis, intus rubris. 



A small tree (4 m high fide Clemens), glabrous or nearly so, or the 

 t)iaiichlets and inflorescence at first slightly pubescent. Branches terete, 

 light-gray or brown, somewhat lenticellate. Leaves liipinnate, the petiole 

 and rachis varying from .") to 10 cm in length, with from two to four 

 >mall .sessile glands on the upper surface; })innae "^-jugate; leaflets 2- or 

 •5-jugate, those on the tipper jiair of ])innae usually 3-jugate, those on 

 the lower pair 2-, rarely 1-jugate. elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, char- 

 taceous or sulimembranaceous, slightly shining when dry. 7 to 12 cm 

 long, ',] to ") cTii wide, the liase acute, the a])ex usually rather abruptly acu- 

 minate, the acuiiien blunt, or sometimes the apex caudate-acuminate: 

 nerves prominent, curved-ascending, ."! or 4 on each side of the midrib, 

 the reticulations lax; ])etiohiles about 2 mm long, ranicle-branches 

 very slender, elongated, the (lowers sessile, in heads of from three to five 

 flowers each at the ends of the branchlets. the liracl.-- and bracteoles 

 small, about 1.') mm long. ol)tiis<'. oblong. Calyx about l."» mm long, 

 glabrous, with live broad teeth. Corolla ."i mm long, the lobes somewhat 

 acuminate, veined. Stamens about .^o, nearly 1.') cm long. I'ods Id to 

 ^2 cm in length, about 1.5 cm wide, ciirveil into an almost complete 

 circle, glabrous, ultimately dehiscing by both sutures, before (lehiscence 

 not .-rmiate heiweeii the seeds, the base acute, the apex rounded, when 



'Trans. I. inn. Soc. 30 ( 1 S7 ') i .■)7r). 



