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A very common and widely distributed species in Luzon, confused with 
Pygeum latifolium Miq., and distributed as such, readily recognized, however, by 
its subsessile flowers and very prominent glands at the base of the leaf, which 
strongly protrude on the upper surface. T., Lago, Gupit. 
Pygeum preslii nom. nov. 
Germaria latifolia Presl Epim. Bat. (1849) 221; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 1 l (1855) 
401. 
Pygeum latifolium Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 111, Bev. PI. Vase. 
Filip. (1880) 122; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 00 (in part), 
non Pygeum latifolium Miq. 1. c. 301. 
Pygeum arboreum F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 70, excl. syn.; Vidal Sinopsis 
Atlas (1885) t. J/6, f. B, non Endl. 
This species is common and widely distributed in the Philippines, and is allied 
to the preceding, readily distinguished, however, by its rather long-pedicelled 
flowers and basal leaf glands which are not prominent and not impressed, being 
scarcely visible on the upper surface of the leaf and not at all protruding as 
in Pygeum glandulosum Merr. It has been considered as Pygeum latifolium Miq., 
but judging from the description of that species, the Philippine plant is different. 
Unfortunately both Presl and Miquel used the same specific name for what are 
apparently two distinct species, Miquel publishing his Pygeum latifolium without 
any reference to the earlier Germaria latifolia Presl, and not recognizing that 
Presl’s species was in reality a true Pygeum. The use of the specific name 
latifolium under Pygeum, precludes the possibility of transferring Presl’s earlier 
name, and accordingly the above new name for the Philippine plant is here 
proposed. 
Pygeum dementis sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra ; f oliis oblongis, acuminatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque ca. 10, subtus utrinque ad basin glandulis coneavis impressis; 
fructibus subcompresso-globosis, 1.5 ad 2 cm diametro. 
A tree, glabrous or nearly so throughout, 10 to 15 m high. Branches 
dark-reddish-brown, glabrous, terete, lenticellate. Leaves oblong, coria- 
ceous, dull or slightly shining above, 12 to 20 cm long, 4.5 to 8 cm wide, 
entire, acuminate, base rounded or subacute, with a small but prominent 
gland on each side of the midrib at the base, protruding on the upper 
surface; nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath, 
anastomosing; petioles 5 to 7 mm long. Flowers not seen. Racemes 
axillary, solitary, in fruit 4 to 5 ■ cm long, glabrous. Fruit glabrous, 
subcoin pressed-globose, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, 1 to 1.3 cm long, the pedicels 
7 to 10 mm long. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Iveithley, Mrs. Clemens 760, 966, September, 
1906, March, 1907, both specimens in fruit. 
A species allied to Pygeum preslii Merr., and P. glandulosum Merr., differing 
from both in having twice as many lateral nerves, and in its much larger fruit. 
