NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 
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an examination of the pistillate flowers, however, shows sufficiently important 
differential characters to .warrant the characterization of the Philippine plant 
as a distinct genus. 
PITTOSPORACEiE. 
PITTOSPORUM Banks. 
Pittosporum littorale sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra usque ad 6 m alta ; foliis anguste oblongo-obovatis, sub- 
coriaceis, apice rotundatis, basi angustatis, decurrento-acuminatis vel 
acutis ; fructibus aurantiacis, ovoideis, eirciter 2 cm longis, 2-valvatis, 
apiculatis, in sicco rugosis; seminibus eirciter 20, nigris. 
A glabrous tree about 6 m high. Branches terete, light-gray, smooth. 
Leaves somewhat crowded toward the apices of the branchlets, subcoria- 
ceous, narrowly oblong-obovate, 9 to 17 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, when 
dry somewhat shining, paler beneath, the apex rounded, broad, rarely 
somewhat acute, the base gradually narrowed, acute or decurrent-acum- 
inate, the margins often somewhat recurved; nerves about 15 on each 
side of the midrib, not prominent; petioles 2 to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 
unknown. Fruiting racemes 2 to 3 cm long, in the upper axils. Fruits 
ovoid, about 2 cm long, 2-valved, valves ultimately recurved, orange-yellow 
when fresh, wrinkled when dry, the pericarp rather thick. Seeds about 
20, black, shining. 
Mindoro, For. Bur. 98^5 Merritt, March, 1908, along the seashore. Siquijor, 
For. Bur. 16999 Everett, December, 1907, rocky point at Liloan, locally known 
as ticala. 
A species quite different from any of the other Philippine form, readily 
distinguishable by the shape of its leaves. 
Pittosporum megacarpum sp. nov. 
Arbor vel arbuscula glabra, usque ad 8 m alta, ramis pallide griseis, 
teretibus; foliis chartaceis, oblongo-ellipticis vel obovato-ellipticis, basi 
acutis, apice abrupte acuminatis; nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, subtus pro- 
minentibus; fructibus ovoideis, in sicco valde rugosis, 4 cm longis. 
A shrub or tree 3 to 8 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, 
light-gray. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 10 to 
18 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, shining when dry, the apex abruptly and 
sharply acuminate, the acumen 1 cm long or less, the base acute; nerves 
8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, impressed on 
the upper surface, anastomosing; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Flowers urn 
known. Fruits ovoid, 2-valved, yellow, densely wrinkled when dry, about 
4 cm long, shortly apiculate, the pericarp thick. Seeds many, irregular, 
about 6 mm long, black, minutely wrinkled when dry. 
Masbate, Bulo River, For. Bur. 12557 Rosenbluth, January, 1909. Mindoro, 
Balete River, For. Bur. 5392 Merritt, October, 1906. 
A species with larger fruits than any other known Philippine form. Among 
our species most closely allied to Pittosporum odoratum Merr. 
