13. CLAOXYLON • luss. 
1. C. rubescens Mi(|. v;u-. obianceolatum var. iiov. 
Similar to the species, Imt with oblaneeolate to oblong oblanceolate leaves, 
abruptljr acute or acuminate, tapering below to the acute base. Fruit subglobose, 
fleshy, white when fre.sh. 
{ 122‘2, 1700 Borden) June, August; (2703 Meyer) February; (1480 Ahern’s 
collector, in part) July; (3112 Merrill) October. In forests 100 to 800 in. 
2. Claoxylon rubescens Miq., meyenianum Muell. Arg. 1. c. 788. 
(2918 Borden) March. In forests at 180 m. Endemic. 
14. TREWIA Limi. 
1. Trewia ambigua Merrill, sp. nov. - U 
A tree 8 to 12 m. high with penninerved leaves, axillary and terminal inflores- 
cence and 1 -celled fruits. Dioecious. Branches brown, glabrous, the younger 
branchlets finely brownish puberulent. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate ovate, 
chartaceous, glabrous throughout or bearded in the vein axils beneath, 10 to 
20 cm. long, 4.5 to 9.5 cm. wide, dull or slightly shining, the apex short or 
rather long acuminate, the base acute, the margins subentire to obscurely coarsely 
undulate or crenate undulate, often with few scattered glands; nerves 8 to 9 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent beneath; petioles 1.5 to 6 cm. long, somewhat 
pubescent. Male inflorescence axillary, racemose, 5 to 8 cm. long, densely brownish 
puberulent, the flowers solitary or 3 to 6 in the axil of the same bract, the buds 
globose, sessile or short pedicelled. Sepals 4, ovate to oblong ovate, acute, about 3 
mm. long, pubescent outside. Stamens indefinite ; filaments glabrous, about 1 .3 
mm. long; anthers 2-celIed. about 0.3 mm. long. Female inflorescence axillary, race- 
mose, 4 to 7 cm. long, long peduncled, pubescent, few flowered, the pedicels about 
2 m^. long, one flower in each bract, the bracts ovate, decidous. Ovary oblong 
ovoid, 1-celled, 1-ovuled, puberulent, the disk wanting. Style single, undivided, 
stout, in old flowers 5 to 6 mm. long, densel.y covered with stout forked or 
branched processes 1.5 to 2 mm. long. Fruit (immature) ovoid, about 1.5 cm. 
in diameter, brown, crustcaeous, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent, tipped by the base 
of the style. 
(2798 Meyer) March; (623. 1251 Borden) April, .June. In forests 100 to 
800 m. The following specimens are the same: Province of Rizal, Luzon (2977, 
3180 Ahern’s collector) April, July; (2271 Merrill) May. 
Difl'ering from Trewia in its 1-celled, 1-ovuled ovaries and 1-celled, 1-seeded 
fruits, and in its penninerved leaves, but apparently referable to the genus. 
1 5. M ALLOTUS Lour. 
1. M. moluccanus (Linn.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 958. 
(63 Whitford) April; (765 Borden) May. In thickets below 100 m., common 
and widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia and Malaya. T.. 
Taqiiip asin. 
2. M. muricatus (Wight) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 972, in part. (2555 Merrill) .Tune; 
(3011 Meyer) May; (26, 378, 386 Whitford ) April, .Time. In forests and thickets 
75 to 250 m. Malaya. 
3. M. philippinensis (Lam.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 980. 
(1556, 1919, 2726 Borden) August, September, March; (1486 Ahern's collector) 
.July; (67 Whitford) April; (2551 Merrill) June. In forests and thickets 50 
to 150 In., widely distributed in the Philippines. Tropical Asia to INIalaya and 
Australia. T., Banato. 
