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PARINARIUM BICOLOR sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta, subtus foliis ramulis inflorescen- 
tiisque dense albido- vel ferrugineo-villosis ; foliis coriaceis, usque 
ad 7 cm longis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, 
apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, supra castaneis, nitidis, glabris, 
subtus albidis vel subferrugineis, densissime tomentosis villo- 
sisque, nervis utrinque circiter 15, prominentibus ; inflorescentiis 
terminalibus confertis, dense multifloris, usque ad 4 cm diametro, 
bracteis bracteolisque numerosis; floribus circiter 4 mm longis, 
petalis sepalisque subaequilongis. 
A tree about 10 m high, the younger parts and inflorescence 
densely ferruginous-villous, the lower surface of the leaves very 
densely white- or subferruginous-tomentose and more or less 
villous. Branches dark-colored, terete, glabrous, the younger 
ones ferruginous. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 
4 to 7 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, base rounded to subacute, apex 
shortly and obscurely blunt-acuminate, the upper surface cas- 
taneous, glabrous and shining when dry, when young somewhat 
ferruginous-tomentose, the lower surface white or subferrugi- 
nous; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, very 
prominent on the lower surface, nearly straight ; petioles densely 
ferruginous-villous, 3 mm long or less ; stipules inequilateral, de- 
ciduous, oblong acuminate, up to 7 mm long, somewhat pubescent. 
Panicles terminal, dense, many-flowered, densely ferruginous- 
tomentose, up to 4 mm in diameter. Flowers yellowish-brown, 
their pedicels short, densely villous, the bracteoles oblong-ovate, 
acuminate, pubescent, concave, about 4 mm long. Calyx about 
4 mm long, densely ferruginous-villous, the lobes 5, oblong, 
acuminate, 1.2 to 2 mm long. Petals membranaceous, glabrous, 
about 2 mm long, oblong-obovate. Calyx-tube densely villous 
within. Style densely villous below, glabrous or nearly so above. 
Fruit hard, irregular, dark brown, somewhat ovoid, about 3 
cm long and 2.3 cm in diameter, apex rounded. 
Mindanao, Province of Surigao (Ginituan Island), For. Bur. 28022 
Razon, October 6, 1914, on slopes, altitude about 30 meters. 
A species entirely different from the other Philippine representatives 
of the genus, well characterized by its small leaves and its indumentum. 
Its alliance is with the Malayan Parinarium costatum Blume. 
PARINARIUM CORYMBOSUM (Blume) Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 1 (1855) 356. 
Maranthes corymbosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 89. 
Maranthes multiflora Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1839-42) 259, 
t. 70, fide Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 2: 98. 
Parinarium grifflthianum Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. (1849) 334; 
Miq. 1. c. 356; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 76; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas 
