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ANACARBIACEAE 
DRACONTOMELUM Blume 
DRACONTOMELUM EDULE sp. nov. 
Arbor alta, ramis incrassatis, ramulis junioribus dense fer- 
rugineo-puberulis ; foliis circiter 40 cm longis, rhachibus pube- 
rulis, foliolis alternis subtus, axillis barbatis exceptis, glabris, 
chartaceis oblongis, nitidis, acuminatis, 12 ad 17 cm longis, ner- 
vis utrinque circiter 12, prominentibus ; fructibus globosis, car- 
nosis, edulis, glabris, circiter 2.5 cm diametro, putamine depres- 
so, 1.8 cm diametro. 
A tree reaching a height of 20 m, similar and closely allied 
to Dracontomelum cumingianum Baill., differing especially in its 
glabrous leaflets. Branches thickened, terete, about 1 cm in 
diameter, grayish-brown, marked with large petiolar scars, the 
tips densely ferruginous-puberulent. Leaves crowded at the 
apices of the branchlets, about 40 cm long, the petiole and rachis 
somewhat cinereous-puberulent, becoming glabrous ; leaflets 
about 11, chartaceous, oblong, entire, rather sharply acuminate, 
base acute to rounded, somewhat inequilateral, mostly 12 to 17 
cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, shining on both surfaces, the lower 
slightly paler than the upper, quite glabrous except for the 
bearded glands in the axils on the lower surface; lateral nerves 
about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved upward, 
distant from the margin, anastomosing, the reticulations dis- 
tinct; petiolules about 2 mm long. Panicles in the upper axils, 
puberulent, flowers not seen. Fruit globose, green, turning 
yellowish when ripe, about 2.5 cm in diameter, glabrous, smooth, 
the mesocarp fleshy, acid, edible; stone depressed, about 1.8 cm 
in diameter, 8 mm high, obscurely undulate-ridged. 
Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 9391, May 14, 1913, in forests immediately 
back of the mangrove and on steep slopes, ascending to at least 40 meters 
altitude. 
A species manifestly closely allied to Dracontomelum cumingianum Baill., 
from which it differs in its leaflets being quite glabrous except for the 
bearded axils. It might be considered merely as a variety or form of 
Baillon’s species by some authors. 
BUCHANAN I A Sprengel 
BUCHANANIA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Sagittatae. 
Arbor 10 ad 20 m alta, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque 
parce adpresse ferrugineo-hirsutis ; foliis coriaceis, oblongis, 
nitidis, usque ad 35 cm longis, apice breviter, abrupte, obtuseque 
acuminatis, basi cuneatis vel leviter decurrento-acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 20; paniculis circiter 20 cm longis, 
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