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MERRILL. 
vel binis, glabris, folia multo brevioribus, floribus paucis, umbellato- 
racemosis, longe pedicellatis ; fructibus ellipsoicleis vel ovoideis, circiter 
2 cm longis, in sicco rugosis. 
A tree about 20 m high, glabrous throughout except the terminal buds 
which are densely ferruginous-puberulent. Branches terete, light-gray, 
the branchlets stout, gray or yellowish, strongly angled and sulcate. 
Leaves subsessile or very shortly petioled, coriaceous, shining, oblong- 
elliptic to oblong-obovate, 14 to 18 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, the apex 
obtuse, rounded, or rarely subacute, the base distinctly auricled, the lower 
surface paler than the upper, the midrib impressed on the upper surface, 
very prominent beneath, the lateral nerves very numerous, more distinct 
on the upper surface than on the lower; petioles none, or very stout and 
less than 3 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary or in pairs, rarely 
more than 3-flowered, the flowers umbellately disposed at the apex of the 
peduncle which is 1 to 1.5 cm long or less, the pedicels slender, 1 to 
2 cm long, elongated in fruit. Buds globose. Sepals 4. Petals none. 
Stamens indefinite. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, about 2 cm long, rugose 
when dry, the pedicels in fruit frequently 4 cm in length. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Sax River, Williams 2339 (type), February 
20, 1905, Copeland 1617, February, 1905: Lake Lanao, Camp Iveitliley, Mrs. 
Clemens 1019, May, 1907. Basilan, For. Bur. 6126 Hutchinson, July, 1906. 
A species much resembling Calophyllum venulosum Zoll. of Java, differing 
especially in its shorter petioles, the auriculate bases of the leaves, and the 
terminal buds only puberulent, not sericeous. 
CRATOXYLON Blume. 
1. Petals inappendiculate § Ancistrolobus. 
2. Flowers in axillary, short, few-flowered cymes 1. C. chinense 
2. Flowers in terminal, often leafy panicles. 
3. Leaves distinctly petioled, lanceolate or rarely^oblong-lanceolate, gradually 
narrowed at both ends; panicles ample 2. C. celebicum 
3. Leaves shortly petioled or subsessile; oval to elliptic, or oblong-ovate, 
base usually broad, rounded, often subcordate; panicles usually small. 
3. C. blancoi 
1. Petals with a basal squamule; flowers in few-flowered, axillary cymes. § Tri- 
desmis 4. C. formosum 
1. Cratoxylon chinense (Retz.) comb. nov. 
Hypericum chinense Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 27. 
Hypericum cochinchinense Lour. FI. Cochincli. (1790) 472. 
Hypericum biflorum Lam. Eneycl. 4 (1797) 170. 
Ancistrolobus ligistrinus Spacli Suit. Buff. 5 (1836) 358. 
Cratoxylon polyanthum Korth. Verhandl. Nat. Geschied. Bot. (1839-42) 175, 
t. 36; Dyer in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1874) 257; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1- (1859) 
516; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1886) 74. 
Cratoxylon ligustrinum Blume Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 (1852) 16. 
Cratoxylon biflorum Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 36 1 (1863) 580. 
Culion, Merrill 1/5 If. 
Southern China to Burma, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
