xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 289 
parts and fruits densely ferruginous-tomentose. From Knema parviflora 
Merr. it is distinguished by its different indumentum, short-pedicelled 
male flowers, and fewer anthers. 
MELIACEAE 
AGLAIA Loureiro 
AGLAIA RIZALENSIS sp. nov. § Hearnia. 
Species A. luzoniensis affinis differt foliolis lanceolatis ad 
oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 10 cm longis et 2.5 cm latis. Arbor 
parva, novellis et inflorescentiis dense cupreo-lepidotis ; foliis 
1-foliolatis, foliolis subcoriaceis, rigidis, acuminatis, subtus par- 
cissime lepidotis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, tenuibus; paniculis 
axillaribus, brevibus, paucifloris, 2 ad 4 cm longis; floribus 
parvis, 5-meris, racemose dispositis, petalis liberis, extus par- 
cissime lepidotis. 
A small tree, about 4 m high, the younger parts and the 
inflorescences densely cupreous-lepidote. Branches terete, gray- 
ish-brown, somewhat wrinkled, glabrous, the branchlets densely 
lepidote as are the very young leaves. Leaves simple, alternate, 
the petiole 1 to 1.5 cm long, more or less lepidote, the leaflet 
lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, olivaceous when 
dry, dull or slightly shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, 
subequally narrowed to the acute base and the acuminate apex, 
the upper surface glabrous, the lower sparingly lepidote es- 
pecially along the midrib; lateral nerves slender, 10 to 12 on 
each side of the midrib, indistinct, obsolete or nearly so on the 
upper surface, the reticulations obsolete. Panicles axillary, few- 
flowered, 2 to 4 cm long, densely cupreous-lepidote, usually 
branched from the base, the lower branches 1.5 cm long or less; 
flowers yellowish, racemosely arranged on the branches, their 
pedicels 1 to 2.5 mm long. Calyx densely lepidote, the teeth 5, 
short, acute to obtuse. Petals 5, orbicular, 1 to 1.2 mm in dia- 
meter, externally slightly lepidote. Staminal tube free, broad, 
about 1 mm high. Anthers 5, inserted at the apex of the tube 
just within the rim. Ovary pubescent. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Mount Lumutan, Bur. Sci. 2Q6U0 Ramos & Edano, 
April 22, 1917. 
This species is manifestly allied to Aglaia luzoniensis (Vid.) Merr. & 
Rolfe, one of the few species of the genus with unifoliolate leaves. It is 
readily distinguished by its much narrower, differently shaped leaves. It 
is distinguished from Aglaia brevipetiolata Merr. by its much longer 
petioles and differently shaped leaves. I now have before me a cotype of 
the Celebesian Aglaia unifoliolata Koord., and am able to confirm its 
identity with the Philippine Aglaia monophylla Perk.; both are identical 
with Beddomea luzoniensis Vid., the basis of Aglaia luzoniensis Merr. & 
