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axillaribus, solitaiiis, pedunculatis, dichotomis, dense fulvo-pubescenti- 
bus; calyeis laeiniis ad 3 mm longis, anguste ovatis; petalis 5, glabris, 
oblongis vel oblongo-spatulatis, apice fissis; ovario 3-loculare, dense villoso. 
A seandent shrub, the branches densely pubescent, in age becoming 
nearly glabrous. Leaves alternate, coriaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 4 to 7 
cm wide, gradually narrowed from the middle to the obscurely acuminate 
apex and to the acute base, the upper surface shining, glabrous except 
the nerves which are pubescent, beneath densely pubescent; nerves about 
8 on each side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations distinct; 
petioles densely fulvous-pubescent, 5 mm long or less. Cymes rather 
densely flowered, axillary, solitary, dichotomous, densely pubescent, in- 
cluding the peduncle 4 to 5 cm long, 3 to 4 mm wide. Calyx densely 
pubescent outside, glabrous within, the lobes about 3 mm long, narrowly 
ovate, acute. Petals 5, free, glabrous, oblong to oblong-spatulate, 3 mm 
long, 1 mm wide, cleft at the apex. Stamens glabrous; filaments 2.5 
mm long; anthers 0.5 mm long. Ovary ovoid, triangular in cross section, 
3-celled, densely pubescent. Fruit (immature) densely ferruginous- 
hirsute, obovoid, 1-celled, about 1.5 cm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1128 Ramos, July, 1906; Anti- 
polo, For. Bur. 3157 Ahern’s collector, June, 1905; Vidal lf69, in Herb. Kew; 
Province of Laguna, Los Banos, Elmer, April, 1906. 
Allied to Chailletia deflexifolia Turcz., of tlie Malay Peninsula, but apparently 
distinct. 
EUPHORBIACE2E. 
M ALLOT US Lour. 
Mallotus anisophyllus Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 436. 
Palawan, Bur. Sci. 787, 883 Foxworthy, May, 1906. 
Malay Peninsula and Borneo; new to the Philippines. 
ANACARDIACE2E. 
PISTACIA Linn. 
Pistacia ph i I ipp inensis Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 8 m alta; foliis 10 ad 18 cm longis; imparipinnatis, 
9-jugatis, foliolis glabriusculis, integris, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, 
valde inaequilateralibus ; inflorescentiis femineis paniculatis, diffusis, 
usque ad 15 cm longis; drupis 5 mm longis, ovoideis, leviter compressis, 
rugosis. 
A tree about 8 m high with odd pinnate about 9-jugate leaves, the 
leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, strongly inequilateral, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 5 
to 8 nun wide, the panicles terminal and lateral, 15 cm long or less, 
the mature fruits ovoid, about 5 mm long. Branches reddish-brown, 
slender, terete or somewhat angled, lenticellate, glabrous, the young grow- 
ing tips frequently somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, 10 to 18 cm 
long, the rachis slender, glabrous ; leaflets about 9 pairs, strongly in- 
equilateral, membranous when young, becoming firm and subcoriaceous 
