226 
MERRILL. 
K0SACE2E. 
PYGEUM Gaertn. 
Pygeum glandulosum sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 18 ni alia; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceola- 
tis, acuminatis, coriaceis, subtus utrinque ad basin gland ulis promincnti- 
bus impressis ; racemis axillaribus, dense ferrugineo-pube*entibus ; fiori- 
bus subsessilibus, 5-meris. 
A tree 6 to 18 m high. Branches glabrous, dark-reddish-brown, 
lenticellate, terete, the branchlets slender, the younger ones usually more 
or less pubescent. Leaves 9 to 16 cnr long, 3 to 6 cm wide, oblong- 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous and shining above 
except the midrib which is somewhat pubescent, the lateral nerves some- 
times pubescent also, on the lower surface glabrous or slightly pubescent, 
rather slenderly acuminate, the acumen blunt, often apiculate, base 
acute or cuneate, with two very prominent basal glands, one on each side 
of the midrib, these glands deeply impressed and protruding on the 
upper surface of the leaf ; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent beneath, anastomosing; petioles pubescent, becoming glabrous or 
nearly so, 5 mm long. Bacein.es densely ferruginous-pubescent, axillary, 
solitary, 9 cm long or less. Flowers white, fragrant, subsessile or very 
shortly pedicellate, each subtended by a small densely villous bracteole 
about 2 mm long. Calyx funnel-shaped, about 3.5 mm long, ferruginous- 
pubescent, the lobes 5, oblong, obtuse, villous, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Petals 
5, resembling the sepals but somewhat oblong-rhomboid. Stamens about 
20, unequal, their filaments glabrous, 2 to 4 mm long; anthers 0.3 mm 
long. Ovary ovoid, villous ; style glabrous, 4 mm long ; stigma disciform. 
Fruit glabrous or with few scattered hairs, red, about 1 cm wide, slightly 
compressed, about 8 mm long; seeds with pronounced flavor like those of 
Prunus. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3092 Ahern’s collector, May, 
1905, also from the same province, For. Bur. 113 4, 3 3 1/2 Ahern’s collector ; For. 
Bur. 10007, 10037 Curran, February, 1908; Merrill 1707, March, 1903; Loher 
2223, November, 1892: Province of Zambales, Bur. Sci. 5029 Ramos, December, 
1907; Hallier, January, 1904; For. Bur. 381 Maule, March, 1904: Province of 
Bataan, La.mao River, Williams 529, 642, January, March. 1904; For. Bur. 6317 
Curran, February, 1907; Whitford S, 84, April, 1904; For. Bur. 49 Barnes, 
August, 1903; For. Bur. 2064, 2366 Borden, 1905 ; For. Bur. 2629 Meyer, February, 
1905; Elmer 6697. November, 1904; Dinalupijan, Merrill 1537, January, 1903: 
Province of Laguna, Santa Maria Mavitac, For. Bur. 10063 Curran, February, 
1908: Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6110, April, 1904. Mindoro, For. Bur. 
3719, 6898 Merritt, March, 1906, 1907. Without locality, Cuming 7.97, 1836-40. 
