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(0) Hoimalium luzoniense F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 9-1; Vidal Rev. PI. Filip. 
( 188G ) 141; Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 27, t. 5.3, f. It.; Cerou Cat. PI. Herb. 
(1892) 87. 
Homalium aranga Vidal 1. c., as syn. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 19, 21f, Ware, September, 1903, For. Bur. 
6037 Kobbe, December, 190,6. Alabat, Tidal 35![. 
A species well characterized by its 7- or 8-merous flowers, narrow sepals and 
spatulate petals. T., Aranga, 
Homalium foetidum Bentli., has been reported from the Philippines by F.-Villar, 
Nov. App. 94, and by Ceron, Cat. PI. Herb. 87, but both are probably erroneous 
identifications. F.-Villar reduces Gordonia polysperma Blanco, to Homalium 
foetidum Bentli., but this is certainly an error. I can not identify Blanco’s 
species with any known form of Homalium, and it may apply to some plant 
of a very different genus. 
Kill ZOPH OKACE2E. 
SAGITTIPETALUM gen. nov. 
Calyx basi bracteolis liberis ; tubus brevis, ovarii basi adnatus; limbus 
6-partitus, lobis lanceolatis, acuminatis, coriaceis, valvatis. Petala G, 
basi disci carnosi inserta, unguiculata, laminis oblongo-ovatis, margine 
irregulariter lacerato-fimbriatis, basi valde sagittatis. Stamina 12, al- 
terna breviora; filamentis capillaribus. Ovarium inferum, 1-loculare; 
ovulis 12, collateral: bus, in axillis interioribus superioribus affixis, 
pendulis. Stylus filiformis, stigma simplex, disciforme. 
Sag itt ipetal um mindanaense sp. nov. 
Arbor jrarva, glabra; ramulis teretibus, junioribus compressis; foliis 
oppositis, petiolatis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, 
acuminatis, basi acutis; cymis in axillis superioribus, ca. 3-floris, brevi- 
bus; floribus mediocris, 6-meris. 
A small tree, about 10 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches slender, 
terete, the younger ones somewhat compressed, reddish-brown, the tips 
resinous. Leaves elliptical to oblong-elliptical, 7 to 10 cm long, 3 to 
5.5 cm wide, the apex acuminate, the base acute, entire, shining, sub- 
coriaceous; nerves 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, irregular, inter- 
arching near the margin, not prominent, the reticulation rather lax, 
petioles 1 cm long or less; stipules caducous, lanceolate, 1.2 to 1.5 cm 
long. Cymes solitary in the upper axils only, short, usually 3-flowered, 
the peduncle about 5 mm long, compressed, the bracts ovate, acuminate, 
about 3 mm long; pedicels very short, the bracteoles two, similar to the 
bracts, not united. Flowers greenish, 1 cm long. Calyx ovoid, cleft 
to the middle, the lobes 6, lanceolate, acuminate, erect, 2 mm wide at the 
base. Petals 6, clawed, alternate with the sepals, 5.5 mm long, the 
claw 2 mm long, the blade oblong-ovate, strongly sagittate at the base, 
the apex acuminate, the margins irregularly lacerate- fimbriate, 3 mm 
wide below. Stamens 12, 6 opposite the petals with slender filaments 
