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leaves, which are truncately rounded at the apex and which vary exceed- 
ingly in size and somewhat in shape. It is apparently most closely allied 
to Vavaea pachyphylla Merr., but its leaves are entirely different in texture 
and have much shorter petioles than is the case with the latter species. 
VAVAEA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, ramis incrassatis, partibus junioribus 
et inflorescentiis plus minusve adpresse f ulvo-pubescentibus ; 
foliis crasse coriaceis, obovatis, usque ad 13 cm longis, apice 
latissime rotundatis, basi acutis, nitidis, nervis utrinque 7 vel 
8, perspicuis, subtus ad costa nervisque pubescentibus ; cymis 
sub fructu longe pedunculatis, parvis, 2.5 ad 3.5 cm diametro, 
fructibus glabris, ovoideis, circiter 1 cm longis. 
A shrub or small tree (2 to 3 m high fide Ramos) , the branches 
stout, brown, about 1 cm in diameter, the branchlets 5 to 7 mm 
in diameter, or sometimes as thick as the branches, often marked 
with numerous petiolar scars, glabrous except the growing tip 
which is rather densely pubescent with pale-fulvous appressed 
hairs. Leaves thickly coriaceous, rather pale when dry, obovate 
to broadly obovate, 9 to 13 cm long, 6 to 9 cm wide, shining, 
the apex broadly rounded, the base narrowed, acute, the upper 
surface smooth, glabrous except for the pubescent midrib, the 
lower surface distinctly reticulate, the veinlets raised, appressed- 
pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves; nerves 7 or 8 on 
each side of the midrib, very prominent, curved, anastomosing; 
petioles stout, pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm long. Fruiting peduneles 
axillary, solitary, 8 to 10 cm long, sparingly pubescent, the cymes 
2.5 to 3.5 cm long and wide, the bracts subtending the primary 
branches oblong, pubescent, up to 1 cm in length. Primary 
branches few, stout, somewhat pubescent. Fruits ovoid, glab- 
rous, about 1 cm long, the persistent calyx appressed-pubescent 
with pale-fulvous hairs. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Binuang, Bur. Sci. 28816 Ramos & 
Edano, May 11, 1917, in the mossy forest, altitude apparently about 1,000 
meters. I refer here without hesitation Bur. Sci. 28757 Ramos & Edano, 
from the same locality, a specimen with juvenile, yet thickly coriaceous, 
leaves 5 to 6 cm in length, and rather densely pubescent inflorescences with 
very young flowers. 
The species is a most characteristic one and is readily distinguishable 
by its very thickly coriaceous, obovate leaves which are broadly rounded 
at their apices. 
BURSERACEAE 
CANARIUM Linnaeus 
CANARIUM MICROPHYLLUM sp. nov. § Choriandra. 
Arbor parva, plus minusve puberulis vel pubescentibus; foliis 
usque ad 17 cm longis, foliolis circiter 11, parvis, oblongo-ovatis, 
