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ARONYCHIA Forster 
ACRONYCHIA OBOVATA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 13 m alta ramulis junioribus et inflorescentiis 
exceptis glabra ; f oliis firmiter charactaceis, obovatis ad oblongo- 
obovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, apice truncatis, latissime rotun- 
datis vel obscurissime late acuminatis, deorsum angustatis, basi 
cuneatis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 12; fructibus glo- 
bosis, circiter 1 cm diametro, obscure apiculatis, 4-locellatis. 
A tree about 13 m high, the very young branchlets and the 
inflorescences more or less pubescent with pale fulvous hairs, the 
infructescences ultimately nearly glabrous. Leaves obovate to 
oblong-obovate, 9 to 14 cm long, 4 to 6 cm wide, the apex truncate, 
broadly rounded or broadly and obscurely blunt-acuminate, nar- 
rowed below the middle to the cuneate base, rather pale when dry, 
shining; primary lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the 
midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the secondary nerves and reticu- 
lations rather prominent; petioles 2 to 2.5 cm long. Infructes- 
cences in the upper axils, peduncled, up to 8 cm in length, spar- 
ingly pubescent, ultimately glabrous or nearly so. Fruits glo- 
bose, somewhat fleshy, broadly and obscurely apiculate, about 
1 cm in diameter, brownish when dry, 4-celled, 4-seeded, the 
seeds about 5 mm long, nearly black, shining. 
Mindanao, Surigao Province, Manangas, Carrascal, For. Bur. 26U73 
Mallonga, December 13, 1916, on slopes in rich soil, altitude about 50 
meters. 
A species readily recognized by its obovate to obovate-oblong leaves. 
SIMARUBACEAE 
BRUCEA J. S. Miller 
BRUCEA STENOPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus, partibus junioribus leviter ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus exceptis glaber ; ramis ramulisque teretibus, tenui- 
bus, pallidis; foliis 12 ad 20 cm longis, foliolis 3 ad 5, rariter 
7, membranaceis, lanceolatis, usque ad 9 cm longis, 1 ad 2 cm 
latis, integris vel subintegris, tenuiter acuminatis, basi acutis; 
infructescentiis foliis subaequantibus, tenuibus; fructibus pau- 
cis, oblongo-ovoideis, leviter acuminatis, reticulatis, leviter bicar- 
inatis, circiter 12 mm longis. 
A shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous except the slightly ferru- 
ginous-pubescent younger parts. Branches and branchlets slen- 
der, terete, pale. Leaves 12 to 20 cm long, distant; leaflets 3 
to 5, rarely 7, opposite, the pairs distant, lanceolate, membrana- 
ceous, subolivaceous and shining when dry, entire or very rarely 
