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ing, coriaceous, often ± falcate, lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, up- 
wardly distinctly narrowed, 7-15 cm long and 9-13 mm broad, in young 
specimens to 25 cm long and to 17-19 mm broad, midrib prominent 
above in a narrow furrow, below broadish, prominent. Male 'catkins 
narrowly cylindrical, 2.5-5 cm long, especially spreading or pendulous, 
single or 2 or 3 fasciculate, sessile, surrounded at base by numerous rigid, 
thick, coriaceous, or upwardly more tenuous, broad, obtuse or acute scales ; 
anthers narrowly apiculate, short, acute or obtusish. Female flowers 
solitary; peduncles 12-20 mm long; receptacle fleshy, scales 2 unequally 
long, connate, apex obtuse fleshy, acutish, 9 mm long, 3 mm broad, 2 
subulate bracts at base, tenuous, deciduous, to 5 mm or more in length; 
ovule single, ovoid, apex slightly obtusely produced. Seeds 12-16 mm 
long, narrowly ovoid, upwardly slightly attenuate, rotundate, slightly 
inequilateral, testa thick, coriaceous-fleshy, integument and epimatium 
equally developed; receptacle dilated beneath the seed, broadly cylin- 
drical, 11 mm long, 9 mm broad. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Merrill 1992, Hagger, April 1903: Polillo, Bur. 
Sci. 10779 McGregor, Nov. 1909. Mindoro, Merrill 5768, Nov. 1906. 
Var. brevipes Blume 1. c. 
Leaves narrower and thicker. Peduncle of female flower equaling 
the length of the receptacle. Seed ellipsoid-globose. 
The following numbers are of rather doubtful determination ; but I am placing 
them here for the present. 
Luzon, Province of Abra, Bur. Sci. 7286 Ramos: Subprovince of Benguet, 
Loher s. n., For. Bur. 10826, 10894 Curran, For. Bur. 1J/189 Merritt, For. Bur. 
14422 Darling. Mindoro, Merrill 5615, For. Bur. 11403 Merritt. 
All of our material has been collected in the mountains. 
Distribution: Monsoon region and central Asiatic region: Nepal; Khasia; 
Jowai; China; Java; Sumatra; Borneo; Celebes; Moluccas; New Guinea; Malay 
Peninsula ; Philippines. 
10. Podocarpus philippinensis sp. nov. Plate XXX. 
Arbor 20-30 m alta, cortice piano ; rami erecti, teretiusculi ; gem- 
mae ramulorum globosae perulis ovatis, crassis, acutiuseulis. Folia 
erecta vel erecto-patentia, coriacea, lanceolata, recta vel subfalcata, su- 
perne acuta, inferne sensim in petiolum brevem, crassiusculum angus- 
tata, 13-17 cm longa, 9-18 mm lata. Flores maseuli ignoti. Flores 
feminei solitarii ; pedunculus 5-8 mm longus ; receptaculum carnosum, 
squamis 3 efformatum, Semina ellipsoidea-globosa, glauca. 
Large straight trees, 20-30 m tall, with smooth reddish-brown flaky 
bark. Leaves long, linear-lanceolate, acute, more or less abruptly nar- 
rowed to the base, 13—17 cm long, 9—18 mm wide. Staminate flowers 
unknown. Fruit on a slender peduncle 5-8 mm long, two minute bracts ' 
at base of receptacle. Receptacle swollen, fleshy, bright-red, sometimes 
eaten, sometimes wider than the fruit when fresh, when dry 8-10 mm 
