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glabrous, o-cellcd, each cell 2-ovuled. Flowers one in each bract, subses- 
sile. Fruit about 4 iimi. long’, somewhat tlattened vertically, (1 nun. Avide, 
obscureh- 3-lobed, 3-celled, dehiscent, each cell 2-seeded, the pedicel in 
infrutescence slender, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. 
Palaavan, Puei'to rviiK;e.sa (218, 258 Benncjos) Deceiiiber, P)(,)5; Panacaii 
Point (8828 Curran) (Marcli. lOOd. In forests near tlie seaslioro. 
CLAOXYLON Jnss. 
Claoxylon elongatum (Merrill sp. nov. § EucJaoxylon. 
A tree about 10 m. high Avith oblong to oldong-lanceolate, acuminate 
leaves and slender elongated staminate inflore.scence much exceeding the 
leaves, llranchlets slightly puliescent. Leaves membranous, rigid, 12 
to 20 cm. long, 4 to G cm. Avide, scabrous, the base acute, the apex rather 
slenderly acununate, the margins distantly serrate, the upper surface 
glal)rous, dtdl, scalnid Avith tmmerous densely di.sposed small Avhite 
dots, the loAver surface ])aler, slightly pubescent on the nerves, becoming 
nearly glabrous; lateral nerves prominent beneath, 5 to G on each side of 
the midrib, cun'ed-ascending, the reticulations distinct ; petioles 4 to 7 
cm. long, slightly pubescent. Staminate inflorescence slender, axillary, 
solitary, 13 to ilO cm. long, many floAvered, the axis rather densely hirsute 
pul>escent. FloAvers glomerate, Avliite, sessile or short pediceled, 3 or 4 
in the axil of each liract, the glomendi scattered, the bracts densely 
])ubescent, 1 to 1..5 mm. long. Sepals 3, oblong ovate, acute, glabrous 
or slightly ciliate on the margins, about 3 mm. long. Stamens about 
25; filaments glabrous, about 1.5 mm. long; anther cells basifixed, about 
0.5 mm. long. Disk glands .scattered among the stamens, ovate to 
oboA'ate. obtuse, densely ciliate above, about 0.8 mm. long. Pistillate 
iloAvers and fruits not seen. 
Luzox, Province of Laguna, (Mount (Ma(|iiiling (5141 Merrill) yfarcli 17, P.IOO. 
In forests on steep slopes at about 150 m. 
Claoxylon purpureum (Merrill sj). nov. % Euclaoxylon. 
A shrul) about 5 m. high, Avith shining, feAV nerved, usually purplish, 
glabrous leaves and short, feAv floAvered, axillary racemes, dioecious. 
Branches light gray, glabrous, the ultimate branchlets often slightly 
pubescent. Leaves oblong ovate to elli})tical oblong, or obovate, sub- 
membranous, the apex short acuminate, often abruptly so, narroAA’od 
bcloAV to the acute liase, the margins distantly sinuate crenate or dentate 
to subentire; nerves 5 to G on each side of the midrib, distant, ]jrominent, 
curA'ed-ascending, interarching, the reticulations prominent, lax; ])etiol'es 
0.5 to 1.5 cm. long, glabrous or nearly so. Inflorcvsccnce slender, 4 cm. 
long or less, axillary, slightly pubescent. Phmiale flowers feAv. Ovary 
2-celled, each cell 1-ovuled ; style cleft nearly to the base, the tAvo arms 
recurved, about 2 mm. long. Male tloAvers: Sejials 3, valvate, elliptical, 
ovate, about 2 mm. long, acute. Petals 0. Stamens about IG ; Hlaments 
about 1 mm. long; anther cells S])reading or a.scending, about 0.7 mm. 
