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pedicellatis, circiter 7 mm longis, petalis extus puberulis, liberis ; 
disco cylindrico, crenato, glabro; ovario pubescente, 3-loculare. 
A tree about 13 m high, glabrous except the minutely but 
densely cupreous-puberulent branchlets, younger parts, and in- 
florescences. Branches pale-brownish, about 8 mm in diameter. 
Leaves alternate, up to 45 cm in length, the petioles, rachis, 
petiolules, and midribs of the leaflets purplish-brown when dry; 
leaflets about 8, alternate or subopposite, oblong, subcoriaceous, 
brittle when dry, olivaceous, both surfaces densely and minutely 
verruculose, 10 to 14 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, base prominently 
inequilateral, decurrent-acuminate, apex rather slenderly sub- 
caudate-acuminate; lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the 
midrib, distinct, slightly curved, not anastomosing, the reticula- 
tions obsolete. Inflorescences axillary, solitary, up to 18 cm long, 
spikelike, the rachis brownish-purple when dry. Flowers 
4-merous, white, about 7 mm long, somewhat crowded on the very 
slightly produced nodes, their pedicels stout, 1 to 1.5 mm long. 
Calyx slightly pubescent, broadly and shallowly 4-toothed, about 
2 mm in diameter. Petals oblong, free, 7 mm long, 2 mm wide, 
externally puberulent. Staminal-tube cylindric, free, glabrous, 
crenate, 6 mm long; anthers 8, about 0.9 mm long. Disk 
cylindric, crenate, glabrous, 2 mm long. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 
pubescent, 3-celled ; style about 5 mm long. 
Panay, Capiz Province, For. Bur. 23951 Hirro, February 13, 1915, in 
dipterocarp forests near streams at an altitude of about 400 meters, locally 
known as balic. 
A species manifestly closely allied to Dysoxylum palawanense Merr., 
which it greatly resembles. It is readily distinguished, however, by its 
brownish-purple branchlets, petioles, petiolules, midribs, and inflorescences, 
its somewhat caudate-acuminate leaflets, and its cylindric, crenate disk. 
VAVAEA Bentham 
This genus, long considered to be a typical Polynesian one, is apparently 
as well or even better represented in the Malayan region than in Polynesia. 
At least one species is widely distributed in the Malay Archipelago, rep- 
resented by numerous collections, as yet unidentified, in the Buitenzorg 
herbarium. In Java is also found Vavaea bantamensis (Koord. & Val.) 
Koord. & Merr., originally described, from fruiting specimens, as a species 
of Vitex, while at least eight species are represented in our Philippine 
collections. The previously described species are Vavaea amicorum Benth., 
V. harveyi Seem., and V. megaphylla Q. H. Wright, of Fiji and the Friendly 
Islands; V. papuana F. M. Bailey, of New Guinea; V. chalmersii C. DC., of 
New Guinea; V. pauciflora Volk., of the Caroline Islands; V. bantamensis 
Koord. & Merr., of Java; and V. surigaoensis Elm. and V. ardisioides Elm., 
of Mindanao. At least in the Philippines, the species do not appear to be 
sharply defined, as in some cases specimens are found presenting inter- 
mediate characters between rather distinct types. 
