42 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
This species is characterized by its few flowers, equally and slenderly 
divided petals which are densely villous on the margins of the lower 
one-half, and its eglandular leaves. It is an ally of Elaeocarpus isotri- 
chus F.-Vill., but has much smaller, quite different leaves. 
ELAEOCARPUS OLIGANTHUS sp. nov. § Dicera. 
Arbor parva, plus minusve pubescens; foliis oblongis, char- 
taceis, usque ad 8 cm longis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, mar- 
gine leviter crenatis, dentibus tenuiter aristatis, nervis utrinque 5 
vel 6 ; racemis, axillaribus, solitariis, paucifloris ; floribus 5-meris, 
5 mm longis, petalis obovatis, £ laciniatis, laciniis 12, tenuibus, 
intus dense hirsutis; staminibus 15; ovario 2-loculare, dense 
villoso; fructibus 2.5 cm longis, vix 1 cm diametro, utrinque 
angustatis, acutis. 
A tree about 8 m high, the branchlets, petioles, lower surfaces 
of the leaves on the midribs, and inflorescence rather densely 
pubescent. Branches terete, reddish-brown, glabrous, smooth, 
very slightly lenticellate. Leaves oblong to broadly oblong-lan- 
ceolate, 5 to 8 cm long, 1.8 to 3 cm wide, the base acute, the apex 
acuminate, the margins crenulate, each tooth tipped with a 
short, slender, awn or mucro, the upper surface shining, the 
lower a little paler, chartaceous; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each 
side of the midrib, slender; petioles 3 to 4 mm long. Racemes 
axillary, solitary, few-flowered, pubescent, 4 to 5 cm long. 
Flowers 5-merous, their pedicels slender, about 8 mm long, 
pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, 
slightly pubescent externally, margins densely puberulent, inside 
glabrous. Petals obovate in outline, 4 mm long, cut one-half to 
the base into 12, slender, subequal, segments, the lower one-half 
inside densely hirsute, margins hirsute, back glabrous except 
near the base. Stamens 15, the anthers narrowly oblong, 2 mm 
long, minutely scabrid, one cell slightly longer than the other 
and shortly ciliate at the apex, both obtuse; filaments 0.5 mm 
long or less. Ovary densely villous, 2-celled, narrowed upward 
to the style, densely pale-villous; disk-glands prominent, pubes- 
cent. Fruit narrowly oblong, about equally narrowed and acute 
at both ends, smooth, about 2.5 mm long, 0.8 mm in diameter. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Siay River, For. Bur. 13398 Fox- 
worthy, DeMesa, & Villamil, May 29, 1912, along the river, near sea level. 
A species characterized by its pubescence, its rather small leaves, its 
few-flowered racemes, and its petal-characters. It somewhat resembles 
and probably is closely allied to Elaeocarpus villosiusculus Warb., from 
which, however, it differs in many characters. 
