The Philippine Journal of Science, C. Botany. 
Vol. XII, No. 2, March, 1917. 
A NEW SPECIES OF GUIOA FROM AMBOINA 
By L. Radlkofer 
(Munich, Germany) 
GUIOA Cavanilles 
GUIOA M ULTI PUNCTATA Radik, sp. nov. 
Arbor 5 m alta ; rami teretes, glabri, cortice laevi rubro-fusco ; 
folia abrupte pinnata ; foliola alterna, sat approximata, oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuminata, basi inaequilatera (latere exteriore an- 
gustiore), petiolulis conspicuis fere ab apice sensim incrassatis 
rugosis suffulta, integerrima, chartacea, nervis procurvis arcua- 
to-anastomosantibus, glabra nec nisi pilis microscopicis subulatis 
patentibus supra laxe adspersa, epapillosa, supra subfusca, sub- 
tus pallida, cellulis secretoriis crebris permagnis per stauren- 
chyma, nec non sat magnis utriculiformibus per pneumatenchyma 
persita, inde dense grossiuscule pellucido-punctata, insuper in- 
signia epidermide paginae superioris sparsim crystallophora, 
plurifoveolata, foveolis sat amplis; rhachis nuda, teretiuscula ; 
paniculae axillares, parvae, petiolos vix duplo superantes, gla- 
brae ; discus sub fructu relictus annularis, aequalis, glaber ; 
capsula inter minores, obcordato-triloba, breviter stipitata, styli 
reliquiis apiculata, lobis seminigeris ellipsoideis patentibus, 1 vel 
2 interdum inanibus multo minoribus lateraliter compressis, 
glabra, aqua agitata spumam efficiens, endocarpio sclerenchyma- 
tico secus medianam interrupto laevi ; semen ellipsoideum, totum 
arillo carnoso basi processu filiformi appendiculato obvolutum. 
Rami 6 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 2 cm longo adjecto 18 ad 22 
cm longa; foliola cum petiolulis 5 ad 7 mm longis 8.5 ad 14.5 
cm longa, 2,5 ad 4 cm lata. Paniculae 3.5 cm longae. Capsula 
8 mm alta, stipite vix 3 mm longo, 1.3 cm lata. Semen 6 mm 
longum, diametro 4 mm. 
Amboina, Gelala, Reliquiae Robinsonianae 1602, September 19, 1913, 
altitude 125 meters, comm, ex Hb. Manil. 
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