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MERRILL. 
A tree about 18 m high. Branches glabrous, grayish-brown, some- 
times pruinose, the younger branchlets densely ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves coriaceous or subcoriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, 8 to 18 cm 
long, 3 to 6 cm wide, the apex shortly acuminate, the base rounded or 
obtuse, both surfaces shining, the upper one glabrous, the lower glabrous 
or more or less pubescent on the midrib; nerves 6 to 8 on each side of 
the midrib, not very prominent, anastomosing, the secondary ones and 
the reticulations distinct on the lower surface, rather close; petioles 8 
to 10 cm long, more or less pubescent. Fruit ovoid-globose, about 5 cm 
in diameter, the pericarp bony or woody, outside black, more or less 
pruinose, reticulate-rugose when dry, glabrous, the persistent, 5-lobed 
calyx appressed to the base of the fruit, 4.5 to 5 cm in diameter, the 
lobes united for half their length, triangular-ovate, spreading, acute, 
thickly coriaceous or almost woocty, both sides densely ferruginous- 
pubescent. The central portion of the calyx is depressed, the depression 
extending along the median portions of the lobes, while there are five 
prominent protuberances at the juncture of the lobes. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9019 Whitford, 
November, 1907, in fruit; Ayala, For. Bur. J/Sll Hutchinson, July, 1906, sterile. 
On forested ridges at an altitude of about 30 m, locally known as Gamagon. The 
fruit is immature and is described by Whitford as green. 
OLACACE2E. 
LI NOCI ERA Swartz. 
Linociera acuminatissima sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 9 m alta, ramis ramulisque teretibus, pallidis ; 
foliis coriaceis, nitidis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi acuminatis, apice valde 
caudato-acuminatis, margine plus minus recurvatis; inflorescentiis race- 
mosis, axillaribus, racemis solitariis, paucifloris, 2 ad 3 cm longis ; floribus 
circiter 4 mm longis. 
A tree, glabrous throughout, about 9 m high. Branches and branchlets 
slender, terete, pale-gray, sparingly lenticellate. Leaves opposite, coria- 
ceous, somewhat shining, oblong-elliptic, 8 to 12 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm 
wide, olivaceous above when dry, brownish and paler beneath, the base 
somewhat acuminate, the apex rather strongly caudate-acuminate, the 
acumen 1.5 to 2 cm long, slender, narrowed upward, blunt, the margins 
somewhat recurved; nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, indistinct, 
distant, obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete ; petioles 1 to 
1.5 cm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, 2 to 3 cm long, few-flowered, 
the pedicels stout, 1 to 4 mm long, the bracteoles narrowly oblong or 
lanceolate, obtuse or rarely acuminate, about 2 mm long. CaAx-lobes 
broadly ovate, acute, 1 mm long. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, obtuse, 4 mm 
long, somewhat connate below. Stamens 2, the filaments broad, short; 
anthers elliptic, 1 mm long. 
Palawan, Malampaya Bay, For. Bur. 1/506, 71)54 Curran , June 21, 1906. 
Well characterized by its caudate-acuminate leaves. 
