ix, c, 4 Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae, II 371 
immature fruits oblong, 1.3 to 1.5 cm long, somewhat inequila- 
teral, blunt. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel February 6, 1914, in forests, altitude 
about 500 meters. 
A species well characterized by its 3-foliolate leaves and its ample leaflets. 
ELAEOCARPACEAE 
ELAEOCARPUS Linnaeus 
ELAEOCARPUS WENZELII sp. nov. § Ganitrus. 
Arbor circiter 20 m alta, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glabra; foliis subcoriaceis, glabris, nitidis, oblongis ad 
oblongo-ovatis, breviter acuminatis vel obtusis, basi acutis, usque 
ad 15 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, subtus in axillis 
glandulosis; racemis e axillis defoliatis, circiter 8 cm longis; 
floribus 5-meris, circiter 7 mm longis, petalis usque ad medio 
fissis, laciniis circiter 14 ; ovario 5-loculare. 
A tree about 20 m high, glabrous except the younger parts 
and the inflorescence. Branches terete, dark-colored, glabrous, 
the very young parts somewhat puberulent. Leaves subcoria- 
ceous, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, 10 to 15 cm long, 
4 to 6 cm wide, the apex shortly acuminate, base acute, margins 
distantly and obscurely crenulate, when dry pale-olivaceous, 
shining, the lower surface paler than the upper and with promi- 
nent glands in the axils of the lateral nerves; lateral nerves 
about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent; petioles about 1 
cm long. Racemes solitary, numerous, in the axils of fallen 
leaves, about 8 cm long, appressed-pubescent with short gray 
hairs. Flowers yellow and white, numerous, 5-merous, their 
pedicels about 8 mm long, sparingly pubescent. Sepals 5, oblong, 
lanceolate, acute or somewhat acuminate, somewhat pubescent, 
5.5 to 6 mm long, 1.8 mm wide. Petals 5, 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, 
narrowed below, divided for the upper one-half into about 14, 
slender laciniae, these more or less irregular, sometimes in pairs, 
the lower one-half somewhat pubescent along the back near the 
base, and along the margins, otherwise glabrous. Stamens 
about 30, the anthers linear, scabrid, 3 to 4 mm long, one cell 
slightly longer than the other and with a tuft of few, short 
hairs. Ovary densely pubescent, 5-celled; style 5.5 mm long, 
slightly pubescent in the lower part. 
Leyte, Dagami, C. A. Wenzel 365, July 13, 1913, in forests, altitude 
about 60 meters. 
Closely allied to Elaeocarpus rwmiflorus Merr. of Luzon, differing in 
its larger flowers and its broader leaves. 
