PHILIPPINE SPECIES OP GARCINIA. 
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Arbor circiter 12 m alta; foliis coriaceis, obovatis vel elliptico-obovatis, 
apice late rotunclatis vel leviter retusis, basi acutis vel leviter aeuminatis, 
usque ad 25 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 40 ; intlorescentiis termi- 
nalibus, paucifloris ; floribus 5-meris, sessilibus ; fructibus globosis, car- 
nosis, circiter 12-locellatis, 5 ad 6 cm diametro. 
A tree about 12 m high. Branches and branchlets stout, somewhat 
angular, brownish or yellowish, rugose when dry. Leaves opposite, 
obovate or elliptical-obovate, 15 to 25 cm long, 6 to 14 cm wide, coria- 
ceous, slightly shining above, somewhat paler beneath, the apex broadly 
rounded, often slightly retuse, rarely acute or even slightly acuminate, 
somewhat narrowed below to the acute or slightly acuminate base, the 
margins slightly recurved; lateral nerves about 40 on each side of the 
midrib, rather distinct, parallel, anastomosing near the margin, the 
reticulations obscure; petioles stout, 2 to 2.5 cm long, the upper surface 
inflated and stem-clasping. Inflorescence terminal, few-flowered, the 
ultimate branches each with three flowers. > Flowers 5-merous, the starn- 
inate ones with stout, 4-angled, about 5 mm long pedicels, each sub- 
tended by two coriaceous ovate or orbicular bracteoles, the buds globose. 
Sepals 4. Petals 5, in bud orbicular. Stamens numerous, united into 
five masses, the rudimentary ovary with a disciform stigma. Fruit 
fleshy, greenish, smooth when fresh, subglobose, 5 to 6 cm in diameter, 
edible, about 12-celled, the sepals persistent, orbicular or reniform, 
accrescent, the inner pair about 15 mm wide, and 12 mm long, the 
outer pair similar but much smaller. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 3093 Ahern’s collector , May, 
1905, with immature flowers; Bur. Sci. 2139 Ramos, February, 1907, sterile: 
Province of Pangasinan, Eguia, For. Bur. 8289 Curran cC- Merritt, December, 1907, 
with mature fruit. 
A characteristic species, readily recognizable by its rather large, numerously 
veined leaves which are broadly rounded at the apex and frequently retuse. It 
is certainly the species figured by Vidal as G. ovalifolia, which he. later recognized 
as distinct from Hooker’s species. A tree with a trunk diameter of about 40 cm, 
the bark with thick yellow latex. T., Peris ; Pang., Bunug. 
2. Garcinia subelliptica sp. nov. § Xanthocmmus. 
Arbor 10 ad 15 m alta, ramulis crassis, angulatis, flavo-viridibus vel 
flavo-brunneis ; foliis ellipticis vel suborbicularibus, crasse coriaceis, 
nitidis, 8 ad 12 cm longis, 5 ad 10 cm latis, basi apiceque late rotundatis, 
marginibus reflexis, nervis obscuris vel subobsoletis ; floribus masculinis 
5-meris, fasciculatis, axillaribus, sessilibus vel breviter pedicellatis ; fruc- 
tibus depresso-globosis, in sicco valde rugosis, usque ad 4.5 cm diametro. 
A tree 10 to 15 m high. Branchlets stout, strongly angled, yellowish- 
green or yellowish-brown. Leaves elliptical to suborbicular, 8 to 12 cm 
long, 5 to 10 cm wide, firmly coriaceous, shining, pale-yellowish when 
dry, the base and apex broad, rounded, the margins reflexed; lateral 
nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, obscure or sometimes nearly 
