82 
Stamens about 100; fllanieiits free, glabrous, about 3 mm. long; antlier cells on the 
margin of the rather broad connective, parallel, the cells somewhat confluent at 
the apex, the fllaments straight in bud, the anthers eiect, the disk glands about 
1 mm. long. Female inflorescence similar to the male but the pedicels shorter, the 
flowers solitary, scattered, the bracts minute or wanting. Ovary densely hirsute, 
3-lobed, 3-celled; st 3 de arms 0, slender, glabrous, about 2.5 mm. long. Fruit dry, 
3-celled, dehiscent, about 1 cm. in diameter, glabrous. Seed about 0 mm. long, 
pale bi’own, marked with reddish brown dashes. 
Meyer) December; (1908 Borden) September; (273 Whitford) May; 
(6886 Elmer) November; (2517 Merrill) June; [Copeland) February. In for- 
ests 300 to 600 m. Differing from t^'pical Codicmm in the absence of the petals 
and in the numerous stamens. 
24. Dl MORPHOCALYX Thwaites. 
1. Dimorphocalyx longipes Merrill, sp. nov. 
A tree 10 to 12 m. high. Branches browm, glabrous, the jmunger parts often 
slightly pubescent. Leaves alternate, long petiolate, oblong, entire, or slightl_y, 
obscurely repand-crenate and with distant minute glandular teeth, the apex short 
acuminate, the base acute or obtuse, glabrous, shining, submembranous, dark 
colored when diy, 9 to 20 cm. long, 3 to 6 cm. wide; nerves 11 to 12 on each side 
of the midrib, distant, distinct beneath, anastomosing, the reticulations very lax ; 
petioles 2 to 10 cm. long, slender, glabrous. Dioecious. Male inflorescence axil- 
lary, spicate, 3 to 10 cm. long, glabrous or slightly' pubescent, the flowers purplish, 
sessile in fascicles of from 3 to 6 or more, the bracts small. Sepals 5, slightly 
united below, oblong ovate to obovate, obtuse, 2 to 2.5 mm. long. Petals 5, imbri- 
cate, free, obtuse, glabrous, elliptical ovate, about 2.5 mm. long. Stamens 5, the 
filaments very short and united or wanting, the anthers more or less united in a 
globose head 1 mm. in diameter, the cells parallel, not confluent. Pistillate 
inflorescence a narrow panicle, or a reduced raceme or spike, 5 to 15 cm. long, the 
bracts oblong, foliaceous, persistent, 5 to 8 mm. long, the flowers solitary or fas- 
cicled, sessile or pedicelled. Calyx and corolla of the male. Ovaiy 3-eelled, 1 
ovule in each, cell, the styles verj^ short, 3, erect, each cleft. Sepals accrescent 
persistent, about 6 nun. long in ^mung fruit. 
(1066 Whitford) Januaiy; (1801 Borden) September. In forests 175 to 250 
m. No. 2699 Merrill, Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon, is apparently the same. 
25. ENDOSPERMUM Benth. 
1. E. peltatum Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 25 (1905) 35. 
(716, 1669, 1672, 1747, 2754 Borden) May, August, March. In forests 100 to 
200 m. Endemic. T., Callucoy. 
26. EXCCECARIA Linn. 
1. E. agallocha Linn.; Muell. Arg. 1. c. 1220. 
(1271 Whitford) May. In thickets along the seashore, generally distributed 
throughout the Philippines. Tropical shores of Asia, Malajm, Australia, and 
Polynesia. T., Butahuta. 
2. Excoecaria philippinensis Merrill sp. nov. 
A shrul) or small tree 3 to 8 m. high. Branches brown, striate, glabrous. 
Leaves alternate, oblong lanceolate to oblong oblanceolate, short blunt acuminate, 
gradually narrowed below to the acute base, entire, subeoriaceous, glabrous, pale 
when dry and somewhat shining, 7 to 20 cm. long, 1.5 to 4.5 cm. wide; nerves 
18 to 20 on each side of the midrib, distant, spreading, indistinct, anastomosing, 
the reticulations somewhat lax; petioles 1 to 3 cm. long, usually slender, glabrous. 
