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MERRILL. 
GUTTIFERAE. 
CALOPHYLLUM L. 
Calophyllum glabrum sp. nov. § Inophyllum. 
Arbor parva, 5 ad 6 m alta, glabra; foliis coriaceis, nitidis, 
oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 8 cm longis, basi angustatis, acutis, 
apice breviter obtuse acuminatis; racemis terminalibus et in 
axillis superioribus, folia aequantibus vel longioribus; floribus 
2.5 ad 3 cm diametro, sepalis decussatis, exterioribus parvis, 
orbicularis, interioribus multo majoribus; petalis 5 vel 6, an- 
guste oblongis, circiter 13 mm longis. 
A small tree, 5 to 6 m high, glabrous in all parts even including 
the buds. Branches reddish-brown, smooth, slightly wrinkled 
when dry. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rarely narrowly obovate- 
oblong, 6 to 8 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, 
base narrowed, slightly decurrent, acute, apex shortly and ob- 
tusely acuminate; midrib prominent on the lower surface, im- 
pressed on the upper surface ; lateral nerves very fine and dense ; 
petioles 7 to 10 mm long. Racemes terminal and in the upper- 
most axils, glabrous, simple, equaling or a little longer than the 
leaves. Flowers 2.5 to 3 cm in diameter, their pedicels 1 to 
1.5 cm long, the petals white, the stamens yellow. Sepals 4, 
concave, in two pairs, the outer two orbicular, 5 to 6 mm in 
diameter, the inner two oblong-elliptic, about 11 mm long. 
Petals 5 or 6, white, narrowly oblong, obtuse, about 13 mm 
long, 4 mm wide. Stamens indefinite; filaments 4 mm long; 
anthers oblong, 1 to 1.8 mm long. Fruit ovoid, about 1 cm long 
when young, crowned by the style. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, Vanoverhergh 1251, June 13, 1911, 
in forests, altitude about 1,650 m, -with immature fruits, August, 1911. 
A species allied to Calophyllum blancoanum PI. & Tr., differing in its 
smaller leaves and especially in its quite glabrous racemes. 
THYMELAEACEAE. 
WIKSTROEMIA Endl. 
Wikstroemia angustissima sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus circiter 1 m altus ramulis infiorescentiisque 
exceptis glaber; foliis anguste lanceolatis, usque ad 7.5 cm 
longis, 8 mm latis rectis vel leviter falcatis, acuminatis, breviter 
petiolatis; floribus subcapitato-dispositis, pallide viridibus, cir- 
citer 8 mm longis. 
An erect, much branched shrub about 1 m high. Branches 
slender, terete, smooth, reddish-brown, the ultimate branchlets 
somewhat appressed-pubescent. Leaves narrowly lanceolate. 
