472 The Philippine Journal of Science 1913 
36. MISCHOCARPUS BRACH YPH YLLUS Radik, 
Frutex vel arbor parva; rami teretes, rugoso-striati, glabri; 
folia abrupte pinnata, petiolo sat longo rhachique teretiusculis 
striatis; foliola 4-6, subopposita vel alterna, brevia (lamina vix 
vel ne vix duplo longiore quam lata), ovali-lanceolata, nunc ob- 
tusa, nunc sensim subacuminata, in petiolulum longiusculum 
abruptius attenuata, integerrima, coriacea, glabra nec nisi glan- 
dulis microscopicis adspersa, nervo mediano valido subtus pro- 
minente, lateralibus procurvis subtus obsolete prominulis in 
axillis raro foveola urceolata notatis, subfusca, nitida, subtus 
opaca anguste reticulato-venosa, cellulis secretoriis nullis inde- 
que impunctata, epidermidis superioris hypodermate suffultae 
cellulis septis singulis verticalibus interceptis, inferioris cellulis 
sparsim crystalla singula gerentibus; paniculae breviusculae vel 
folia subaequantes ad ramorum apices congestae, pauciramosae, 
florigerae nutantes, fructigerae strictae„ minutim puberulae, 
cymulis subsessilibus vel breviter stipitatis sat dense obsitae; 
flores sat pedicellati; sepala deltoidea, minutim puberula; petala 
minima, esquamata, partim obsoleta; discus minutim puberulus, 
denique glabratus; staminum filamenta densius, antherae laxius 
puberulae;, germen trigonum, tomentellum; capsula abortu 
monosperma (stipite mediocri excluso) ovoidea, apiculata, gla- 
bra, intus pilis longis leptodermicis multicellularibus vestita, 
mesocarpio crassiusculo resinoso-carnoso, endocarpio fere toto 
(loculi fertilis striis angustis juxta septorum ortum exceptis) 
sclerenchymatico ; semen ellipsoideum, testa chartacea badia ad 
medium vel ventre ultra medium arillo obtectum. 
Frutex 2-metralis vel (t. Curran) arbor 6-metralis. Rami 
5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 2.5-4 cm longo adjecto 15-17 cm 
longa; foliola cum petiolulis 8-15 mm longis 8-12 cm longa, 
3-5.5 cm lata. Paniculae 9-14 cm longae; pedicelli 3-5 mm 
longi, infra medium articulati. Capsula cum stipite 5 mm longo 
1.5 cm longa, 8 mm crassa. Semen 1 cm longum, 7 mm cras- 
sum, e capsula aperta cupuliformi seminis basin arete amplec- 
tente fere dimidium prominens. 
In Philippinarum insula Luzon: H. M. Curran n. U858 (Baguio, prov. 
Benguet, alt. 1,500 m, m. Aug. 1906, fr.; comm, ex Hb. Manil., ut et seq.) ; 
M. Vanoverbergh n. 1175 (Bauco, subprov. Bontoc, alt. 1,680 m, m. Mart.- 
Maj. 1911, fl.). 
Species endocarpii indumento peculiari foliorumque hypodermate insignis. 
