366 
MERRILL. 
Mindanao. Pierre gives the locality as “Philippines” but Vesque erroneously 
adds “Manila.” 
14. Garcinia rubra sp. nov. § Oxyearpus. 
Arbor vel arbuscula, 3 ad 10 m alta; ramis ramulisque tenuibus, 
teretibus; foliis membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, 
apice valde acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 10 ad 12 utrinque, subtus 
distinctis, reticulis laxis; floribus masculinis axillaribus, fasciculatis, 
sessilibus, 4-meris, rubris, circiter 4 mm longis; staminibus 4; ovai’ii 
rudimento nullo. 
A shrub or small tree, 3 to 10 m high. Branches slender, terete, dark- 
reddish-brown, more or less wrinkled when dry, the branchlets frequently 
paler. Leaves membranaceous, oblong-elliptic or oblong, 9 to 13 cm 
long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, slightly shining, the apex gradually and rather 
long slenderly acuminate, the base acute; nerves 10 to 12 on each side 
of the midrib, distinct, obscurely anastomosing near the margin, the 
reticulations very lax; petioles slender, 1 cm long or less. Staminate 
flowers sessile in many-flowered fascicles on warty protuberances in the 
axils of leaves or more frequently in the axils of fallen leaves, red, 
cylindrical. Sepals 4, subequal, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm 
long. Petals 4, 4.5 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, oblong, obtuse or 
acute. Anthers 4, basifixed, about 1 mm long, oblong-obovoid, apparently 
2-celled, sessile at the apex of the 1 mm long androgynophore ; rudi- 
mentary ovary none. Fruit depressed-globose, nearly 2 cm thick and 
1.5 cm long, when dry with about 7 rather prominent ridges, and with 
the same number of cells, each with a single seed. 
The type of this species was collected by R. C. McGregor, no. 192, Baco River, 
Mindoro, April, 1905, it is represented also by the following specimens from 
the same locality: Merrill 1/054, For. Bur. 6201/, 6208 Merritt, as well as by 
additional material from other parts of Mindoro, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. 4322 
Merritt; Pola, Merrill 2459 ; Abra de Hog, For. Bur. 8176 Merritt; Bongabong 
River, Whitford 1375; Camantigue, For. Bur. 3657 Merritt ; Paluan, For. Bur. 
9971/ Merritt. From the material available, I can see no valid reason for 
distinguishing the following: Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bur. Sci. 2636 Ramos: 
Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. 10531/ Curran. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp 
Iveitliley, Mrs. Clemens 71/5, and one specimen without number. 
Garcinia rubra is very similar to G. binucao (Blanco) Clioisy in gross char- 
acters, but the leaves are of different shape, more acuminate, not so much 
narrowed towards the base, while the male flowers are quite different. The fruit 
of the two species is similar, but smaller in the present one than in G. binucao. 
It is well characterized by its narrow, red, fascicled four-anthered flowers. 
15. Garcinia binucao (Blanco) Choisy Guttif. Ind. 34; PI. & Tr. Mem. Guttif. 
(1862) 205; Pierre FI. Forest. Cochinch. Enum. XXVIII; Vesque in DC. Monog. 
Phan. 8 (1893) 454; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 75; Philip. Journ. Sci. 
1 (1906) Suppl. 97. 
Stalagmites dulcis Vid. Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 18, non Roxb. 
Garcinia duodecandra Pierre FI. Forest. Cochinch. Enum. XXVIII, t. 84, f ■ E; 
Vesque 1. c. 443. 
Cambogia binucao Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 434; ed. 2 (1845) 302; ed. 3,2:197. 
