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alternate, coriaceous, generally oblong-obovate, 11 to 18 cm long, 
4 to 8 cm wide, apex obtuse to obtusely acuminate, narrowed 
below to the cuneate base, when dry pale or yellowish on the 
upper surface, the lower surface more or less cupreous, glandular- 
punctate; lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, 
rather prominent, irregular, anastomosing with the marginal 
nerves, the reticulations lax; petioles about 5 mm long. In- 
florescences axillary, about 12 cm long, simple or forked, race- 
mose, few-flowered, supplied with numerous, lanceolate, coria- 
ceous, leaf -like bracts 1.5 to 2 cm in length. Flowers white, 
about 3.5 cm in diameter, the pedicels 5 mm long or less. Calyx- 
tube shallow, 1 to 1.2 cm in diameter, the lobes spreading, per- 
sistent, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, about 9 mm long. Petals 
orbicular-obovate, rounded, 1.3 to 1.5 cm long. Stamens about 
25, 1-seriate on the prominent disk which is about 1 cm in dia- 
meter. Ovary 3-celled; style 13 mm long. Capsule about 1 cm 
in diameter, sugblobose, sometimes slightly 3-lobed, 3-celled, 3- 
valved, brown when dry; seeds very numerous, flat, thin. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, For. Bur, 26500 de Mesa & Ma- 
gistrado, on low hills, altitude about 30 meters. 
The same species is represented by a sterile specimen from Mambulao, 
For, Bur. 13350 Aguilar, and from Samar, For. Bur. 25961 Cortes. It is 
known in Camarines Province as diricalin, and in Samar as bagoadlao. 
The wood is hard and in Camarines Province it is considered to be one 
of the most durable building timbers. The species is very distinct from 
the two other Philippine forms, and does not appear to be closely allied 
to any of the described extra-Philippine ones. 
SYMPLOCACEAE 
SYMPLOCOS Jacquin 
SYMPLOCOS OBOVATI FOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor glaberrima, 5 ad 10 m alta; foliis coriaceis vel sub- 
coriaceis, obovatis ad anguste obovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, 
nitidis, subintegris vel obscure crenulato-denticulatis, apice ro- 
tundatis ad breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi cuneatis vel acutis, 
nervis utrinque 6 vel 7, plus minusve adscendentibus, subtus 
perspicuis; fructibus numerosis, axillaribus, solitariis vel fas- 
ciculatis, oblongis, cylindraceis, 1 cm longis, calycibus lobis 3, 
ovatis, obtusis. 
An entirely glabrous tree (flowers not seen), 5 to 10 m high. 
Branches brownish, terete, smooth, the branchlets greenish-oli- 
vaceous, somewhat angled when dry. Leaves alternate, coria- 
ceous or subcoriaceous, greenish-yellow, of the same color on 
both surfaces and shining when dry, obovate to narrowly ob- 
