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aceous, about 4.5 mm long, 3 to 3.5 mm wide, the inner three 
thinner, oblong to oblong-elliptic, obtuse, pubescent, 4 to 4.5 
mm long, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Corolla glabrous, the tube about 
3 mm long, the lobes lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed, about 8 
mm long, 2 mm wide. Stamens 18; filaments 4 to 5 mm long, 
3 to 3.5 mm wide. Ovary glabrous, 6-celled ; style 12 to 15 mm 
long. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mauban, Bur. Sci. 191,83 Ramos, January, 
1913: Province of Camarines, Sagnay, Bur. Sci. 22135 Ramos, December, 
1913. 
As to Blanco’s description, the above specimens agree with it absolutely 
in all respects except that the leaves are not “lanceoladas,” but while some 
approach the lanceolate type, most of them are oblong-obovate to oblong- 
oblanceolate ; they are glabrous and the petioles are short. The flowers 
agree perfectly especially in the corolla lobes “estrechas, aguzadas, y muy 
revueltas hacia abajo.” The stamens are 18 (in Blanco’s description 18, 
19, or fewer); ovary (fruit) 6-celled; style longer than the stamens. 
Blanco gives the date of flowering as March, but saw only old dried 
flowers; his specimens were from the Province of Batangas which may 
account for the difference in the time of flowering, which at most would 
be about one month, as the specimens from Camarines were collected on 
January 25. The native (Tagalog) name bagalangit does not appear on 
any of our specimens of Palaquium. 
Whether or not “Vidal 7” referred to Blanco’s species by Dubard is the 
same as my interpretation of Blanco’s species I cannot say. I have a 
copy of Pierre’s detailed drawing of the flower, apparently taken from 
young buds, and it does not appear to be the same as the specimens cited 
above; the differences, however, may be due to the stage of development. 
At any rate, Pierre’s drawing does not agree with Blanco’s description in 
the corolla lobes which in Vidal’s specimen are rounded and merely elliptic, 
not “estrechas, aguzadas.” 
PALAQUIUM NEGROSENSE sp. nov. § Palaquoides. 
Arbor circiter 20 m alta, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glabra ; foliis crasse coriaceis, obovatis, usque ad 22 cm 
longis, in siecitate brunneis, nitidis, apice late rotundatis, basi 
angustatis, cuneatis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, subtus prom- 
inentibus; floribus axillaribus, paucis, sepalis extus pubescen- 
tibus ; staminibus 18 ; ovario parce pubescente, 6-loculare. 
A tree about 20 m high, glabrous except the younger parts and 
the flowers. Branches rather stout, terete, brown, the growing 
tips somewhat ferruginous-pubescent, as are the very young 
petioles, the pedicels, and the calyx externally. Leaves thickly 
coriaceous, obovate, 14 to 22 cm long, 6 to 12 cm wide, apex 
broadly rounded, base gradually narrowed, cuneate, when dry 
brown and shining on both surfaces; lateral nerves about 12 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations very fine; 
petioles 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Flowers few, axillary and in the 
