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MERRILL. 
MACHILUS Nees. 
Machilus nervosa sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra circiter 6 m alta; foliis ovato-ellipticis, usque ad 12 cm 
longis, c-oriaceis, nitidis, subtus subglaucescentiluis, grosse et pulcherrime 
reticulatis, nervis urtinque- 6 vel 7, prominentibus, elevatis, anastomo- 
santibus; paniculis axillaribus terminalibusque, circiter 7 cm longis; 
fructibus obovoideis, in sicco nigris, leviter angulatis, circiter 12 mm 
longis, perianthii lobis late ovatis, acutis, persistentibus, patulis. 
A glabrous tree about 6 m high. Branches terete, lenticellate, 
grayish- or reddish-brown. Leaves ovate-elliptic, coriaceous, 7 to 12 
cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, base and apex acute, the upper surface 
shining, the lower, at least when young, subglaucous, nerves 6 or 7 
on each side of the midrib, beneath very prominent, elevated, darker- 
colored than the surface of the leaf, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the 
primary reticulations lax, distinct; petioles 2 to 3 cm long. Panicles 
axillary and glabrous in fruit, about 7 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit 
obovoid, red when fresh, black and shining when dry, about 12 mm long, 
somewhat keeled or angled and obscurely reticulate, the persistent 
perianth-lobes broadly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm long, glabrous or their 
margins slightly pubescent, spreading. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet Mount Ugo, For. Bur. 10846 Curran, For. Bur. 
18009 Merritt. December, 1908, in hardwood forests in ravines at an altitude of 
about 2,000 m. 
PHOEBE Nees. 
Phoebe sterculioides (Elmer) comb. nov. § Euphoebe. 
Persea sterculioides Elmer Lead. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 295. 
Arbor 7 ad 18 m alta; foliis subeoriaceis, obovatis vel oblanceolatis, 
circiter 18 cm longis, 8 cm latis, integris, apice breviter acuminatis, 
rariter acutis, basi sensim angustatis, supra glabris, subtus plus minus 
glauceseentibus, ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; nervis utrinque 9 ad 11; pani- 
culis axillaribus, ferrugineo-pubescentibus, angustis, usque ad 20 cm 
longis; calvcis lobis 6, subaequalibus vel exterioribus admodum minoribus, 
pubescentibus, plus minus accrescent i bus, persistentibus, erectis; stami- 
nibus fertilibus 9, 3-seriatis, antheris 4-locellatis, ordinis prirni et 
secundi introrsis, ordinis tertii extrorsis. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Lucban, Elmer 9121 (cotype), May 1907. Min- 
doro, near Lake Naujan, For. Bur. 6793a, 6824, 6859 Merritt, March- April, 1907. 
Negros, 7273, 7287, 7327 Everett, May, 1907. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp 
Keithley Mrs. Clemens 518, April-May, 1900, and six sheets without numbers. 
This species appears to be not uncommon in the Philippines, and extends from 
central Luzon to Mindanao. In Mindoro it is know as Baticulin, a name applied 
to many different species of Lauraceae, in various genera. Specimens of this 
plant with young fruit show accrescent, persistent, and appressed calyx segments, 
which throws the species into Phoebe, as defined by Pax in Engler & Prantl’s 
