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minal, very short, 2 cm long or less, the immature fruits green, 
black when dry, globose, 5 to 7 mm in diameter. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26260 Ramos 
& Edano, August 14, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 350 meters, 
locally known as paratalak. 
A very characteristic species closely allied to Leea unifoliolata Merr., 
from which it is readily distinguishable by its smaller, coriaceous, caudate- 
acuminate, coarsely toothed, fewer-nerved leaves, which are rounded and 
distinctly cordate at the base. 
ELAEOCARPACEAE 
ELAEOCARPUS Linnaeus 
ELAEOCARPUS FORBESII sp. nov, § Dicera. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis 
exceptis glabra; foliis coriaceis, ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, 
basi rotundatis vel obtusis, apice obtuse acuminatis, margine 
distanter crenatis, nervis utrinque 7 ad 9, subtus cum reticulis 
primariis perspicuis; petiolo 1.2 ad 3 cm longo; racemis axil- 
laribus, solitariis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, adpresse pubescentibus ; 
floribus 5-meris, confertis, circiter 9 mm longis, sepalis petalis- 
que extus uniformiter adpresse pubescentibus, petalis oblongo- 
obovatis, 8 mm longis, laciniatis, laciniae circiter 15, usque ad 
3 mm longae; staminibus circiter 14, antheris anguste oblongis, 
obtusis, circiter 2.7 mm longis, appendiculatis ; ovario 3-loculare. 
A tree about 10 m high, quite glabrous except the younger 
parts and the inflorescence. Branches terete, rugose when dry, 
dark-brown, the branchlets obscurely pubescent, the indumentum 
dark-brown, appressed. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, rather pale 
when dry, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.5 to 6.5 cm wide, base rounded 
or obtuse, apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, sometimes apic- 
ulate, margins distantly crenate; lateral nerves 7 to 9 on each 
side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, curved, 
anastomosing, the primary reticulations very prominent, lax, 
the ultimate ones very distinct; petioles 1.2 to 3 cm long. Ra- 
cemes in the upper axils, solitary, 2 to 4 cm long, rather densely 
flowered, all parts rather densely pubescent with pale brownish 
or grayish, appressed, shining hairs. Flowers whitish, 5- 
merous, about 9 mm long, their pedicels pubescent, about 4 
mm long. Sepals lanceolate, externally densely appressed-pub- 
escent, about 7 mm long, 2.2 mm wide below, gradually narrowed 
upward, somewhat acuminate. Petals narrowly oblong-obovate, 
about 8 mm long, externally densely appressed-pubescent with 
