196 
The Philippine Journal of Science 
1918 
Mindanao, Zamboanga Province, Naganaga, For. Bur. 21895 Villamil, 
May 18, 1914 (type). Also For. Bur. 23832. 
9. VATICA Linnaeus 
Key to the Philippine species of Vatica. 
a 1 . Leaves obtusely rounded at both ends 2. V. obtusifolia. 
a'. Leaves acute or acuminate at apex. 
b 1 . Stigma distinctly lobed, not glandular 1. V. mangachapoi. 
b 2 . Stigma capitate and glandular. 
c 1 . Style gray-tomentose 5. V. sorsogonensis. 
c a . Style glabrous. 
d x . Secondary veins about 7 pairs 3. V. blancoana. 
d 2 . Secondary veins 11 to 14 pairs 4. V. mindanensis. 
1. VATICA MANGACHAPOI Blanco. 
Babuyan Isands. Luzon : Cagayan, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Xlocos Sur, 
Union, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Zambales, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Ta- 
yabas, Camarines, Albay. Samar. Leyte. Panay. Mindanao: Agusan, 
Davao, Cotabato, Lanao, Olutanga, Zamboanga. Basilan. 
This species is quite variable in texture and in the arrangement of its 
leaves. There is also a considerable variation in the amount of pubescence 
on the twigs and inflorescences. 
2. VATICA OBTUSIFOLIA Elmer in Leafl. Phil. Bot. 4 (1912) 1471. 
Known only from Palawan. 
3. VATICA BLANCOANA Elmer in Leafl. Phil. Bot. 4 (1912) 1473. 
Known only from Palawan. 
4. VATICA MINDANENSIS Foxw. in Leafl. Phil. Bot. 6 (1913) 1957. 
Mindanao, Agusan. Leyte. Negros. 
Some of the forms credited here have fruits larger than those in the 
type. 
5. VATICA SORSOGONENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor magna. Folia chartacea, glabra, 5 ad 10 cm longa, 2.3 
ad 8 cm lata, acuminata, ad basin rotundata vel cuneata; nervis 
secundariis 11 ad 13; petiolo 14 ad 20 mm longo, ferrugino- 
pubescente. Floribus paniculatis, axillaribus, 1.5 cm diametro. 
Fructibus ovoideus, tomentosus, 4 ad 5 mm longus, aliis oblanceo- 
latis vel oblongis, 3.5 ad 4.5 cm longis, 9 ad 10 mm latis, 
pubescentibus. 
A tree, 12 m high and 60 cm in diam. Leaves chartaceous, 
glabrous, except along the veins, dark green above, much lighter 
beneath, 5 to 10 cm long, 2.3 to 8 cm wide, acuminate, rounded 
or cuneate at the base, secondary veins 11 to 13 pairs; tertiary 
veins reticulate, more distinct on lower side of leaf; petiole 14 
to 20 mm long, ferruginous-pubescent, as are also the twigs, 
buds, the branches of the inflorescence and the lower part of the 
midrib of the leaf. Inflorescence paniculate, axillary, 2 to 4 cm 
long, near the ends of the branches. Flowers about 1.5 cm in 
