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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1914 
ELAEOCARPUS DOLICHOPETALUS sp. nov. § Ganitrus. 
Arbor alta, subglabra; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 
chartaceis, usque ad 13 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angus- 
tatis, leviter acuminatis, margine crenatis, supra glabris, nitidis, 
subtus parcissime adpresse pilosis vel glabris, nervis utrinque 9 
vel 10, prominentibus ; racemis numerosis, e ramulis defoliatis, 
5 ad 7 cm longis, leviter albido pilosis; floribus 5-meris, circiter 
1.5 cm longis, sepalis petalisque extus leviter adpresse pilosis; 
ovario 5-loculare. 
A tall tree, 35 m high fide Wenzel, subglabrous. Branches 
terete, lenticellate, dark-colored when dry, the branchlets ap- 
pressed pubescent with short hairs. Leaves oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate, 10 to 13 cm long, 3 to 4 cm wide, chartaceous, about 
equally narrowed at both ends, apex slightly acuminate, base 
slightly decurrent-acuminate, margins crenate, the upper surface 
olivaceous when dry, glabrous, shining, the lower somewhat 
paler, glabrous, or with few, scattered, appressed, obscure, pilose 
hairs; lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent, anastomosing, the axils not glandular; petioles 1 to 1.5 
cm long. Racemes numerous, on the branches below the leaves, 
solitary from the axils of fallen leaves, 5 to 7 cm long, appressed- 
pilose with white, shining, scattered hairs. Flowers 10 to 15 in 
each raceme, white, 5-merous, about 1.5 cm long, their pedicels 
about 1 cm long. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 10 to 11 mm 
long, 2 mm wide, outside slightly pubescent with scattered white 
hairs, margins densely puberulent. Petals about 15 mm long, 
3 to 3.5 mm wide, back in the lower one-third sparingly ap- 
pressed pubescent with shining white hairs, margins densely 
pubescent, the upper two-fifths cut into 4 or 5 primary divisions, 
these narrow and bifid or trifid. Stamens about 30; anthers 
linear, scabrid, 4 to 5 mm long, one cell slightly longer than the 
other and terminated by a bristle. Disk densely gray-pubescent. 
Ovary densely pubescent, 5-celled; style glabrous, 1.3 cm long. 
Leyte, Buenavista, near Jaro, C. A. Wenzel 897, June 13, 1914, in forests, 
altitude about 500 meters. 
This species much resembles Elaeocarpus wenzelii Merr., but has 
much larger flowers. The rather long, comparatively narrow petals are 
characteristic. 
ELAEOCARPUS AFFINIS sp. nov. § Dicera. 
Species E. argenteo similis et ut videtur affinis, differt racemis 
tenuibus, paucifloris, pedunculis longioribus tenuioribusque, rha- 
chibus subglabris, floribus minoribus. 
A tree about 10 m high, white glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches terete, brownish. Leaves numerous, rather crowded, 
