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MERRILL. 
A species closely allied to Rhododendron lussoniense Rendle, differing somewhat 
in the shape of the leaves, shorter corolla-tube and lobes and different color of 
the flowers. Rendle speaks of the flowers of R. lussoniense as having been pink 
or tinged with pink, but Whitehead’s note on the type in the Herbarium of the 
British Museum says “flowers pure white.” 
Rhododendron mal indangense sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramis glabris, griseis, ramulis junior] bus brunneis, pu- 
berulis; foliis coriaceis, pallidis, oblongo-ovatis, apice rotundatis vel emar- 
ginatis, basi cuneatis, utrinqne squamulis glandulosis paucis notatis; 
bracteis ovatis, coriaceis, acutis, margine breviter ciliato excepto glabris ; 
floribus solitariis, 2 cm longis, tubo cylindraceo; staminibus 10, inaequa- 
libus, glabris ; ovario 5-loculare, dense lepidoto. 
A small tree about 7 m high, the branches terete, grayish, glabrous, 
the younger branchlets reddish-brown, puberulent. Leaves coriaceous, 
pale, oblong-ovate, the apex rounded or emarginate, the base cuneate, 
alternate or subverticillately arranged at the apices of the branchlets, 
glabrous except for the few scattered glandular scales on both surfaces, 
1.5 to 3 cm long, 7 to 10 mm wide; nerves nearly obsolete; petioles 2 to 
3 mm long. Bracts ovate, brown, rather thin, 6 mm long or less. 
Flowers red, solitary, few, the pedicels slender, 6 to 7 mm long, pu- 
berulent or pubescent. Calyx a small disk about 1.5 mm in diameter. 
Corolla 2 cm long, 4 to 5 nun in diameter, cylindrical, slightly lepidote, 
the lobes 5, ovate, rounded, 5 to 6 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, somewhat 
spreading. Stamens 10, unequal; filaments glabrous; anthers 1.4 mm 
long. Ovary oblong, 5-celled, about 3.5 mm long, densely lepidote; 
style glabrous, about 18 mm long. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. J/.705 M earns cC 
Hutchinson, May, 1906. Common in forests at about 1,800 m. alt. 
SAPOTACEiE. 
PALAQUIUM Blanco. 
Palaquium retusum sp. nov. 
Arbor ca. 10 m alta; foliis anguste oblongo-obovatis vel oblanceolatis, 
coriaceis, glabris, 20 ad 35 cm longis, 7 ad 12 cm latis, apice rotundatis, 
retusis, basi longe sensim angustatis; nervis utrinque 13, prominentibus, 
ascendentibus ; stipulis oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, 
persistentibus ; floribus pedicellatis, dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; 
ovario 9- vel 10-loculare. 
A tree about 10 m high. Branches thickened, rugose, glabrous. 
Leaves crowded at the apices of the branches, narrowly oblong-obovate or 
oblanceolate, 20 to 35 cm long, 7 to 12 cm wide, apex broad, rounded, 
retuse, gradually narrowed from the upper third to the acute base, coria- 
