278 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
A tree, about 10 m in height, glabrous except the very tips 
of the branchlets and the cymes which are sparingly appressed- 
pubescent. Branches terete, grayish, smooth, the branchlets 
reddish brown, slender. Leaves alternate, oblong, membrana- 
ceous, 9 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm wide, brownish-olivaceous, 
of the same color and shining on both surfaces when dry, the 
apex acute to slightly acuminate, minutely apiculate, base sub- 
acute; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 
slender but prominent on the lower surface, curved-anastomos- 
ing, the reticulations distinct, lax; petioles 8 to 10 mm long. 
Cymes axillary, solitary, peduncled, lax, apparently few-flowered, 
up to 3.5 cm long, in age white-glabrous, but in flower slightly 
appressed-pubescent. Fruits oblong, up to 8 mm long, glabrous, 
the pericarp somewhat fleshy, prominently gibbous on one side. 
Samar, Yabong, Phil. PI. 1628 Merrill (type), April, 1914, 
on forested slopes; Catubig River, Bur. Sci. 2U2U1, 2U5U7 Ra- 
mos, March 10, 1916, Sablaya 16; Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 
17660 Ramos, March, 1914. Leyte, Wenzel 1029, 1722, 17 Uh- 
In primary forests at low altitudes. 
Similar and closely allied to Gomphandra cumingiana F.-Vilh, 
differing in being almost entirely glabrous, and in its somewhat 
differently shaped, more-numerously nerved leaves. 
GONOCARYUM Miquel 
GONOCARYUM GRANDIFOLIUM sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, glabra; foliis coriaceis, late elliptico-ovatis, 25 
ad 28 cm longis, circiter 18 cm latis, nitidis, basi late rotundatis, 
apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 4, per- 
spicuis ; floribus sessilibus, 6 ad 7 mm longis, fasciculatis, fascicu- 
lis in axillis defoliatis, paucifloris ; sepalis suborbicularibus, 1 ad 
1.5 mm diametro, leviter pubescens. 
A glabrous tree, at least 5 m high. Leaves coriaceous, broadly 
elliptic-ovate, 25 to 28 cm long, about 18 cm wide, shining when 
dry, base broadly rounded, the apex shortly and bluntly acumi- 
nate ; lateral nerves about 4 on each side of the midrib, the prima- 
ry reticulations very lax ; petioles stout, about 2 cm long. Flow- 
ers sessile, fascicled in the axils of fallen leaves, 6 to 7 mm long. 
Calyx lobes suborbicular, slightly pubescent, 1 to 1.5 mm in diam- 
eter. Corolla white, glabrous, the lobes oblong, acute, 1.5 to 
2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, the style cylindric, stout, 1.2 mm in 
length. 
Dinagat, Bur. Sci. 35205 Ramos & Pascasio, May 11, 1919, in 
forests along small streams at low altitudes. 
This species is especially characterized by its large leaves and 
