The Philippine Journal of Science, C. Botany. 
Vol. VI, No. 6, December, 1911. 
SIM ARUB ACE ARUM GENUS NOVUM PHILIPP1NENSE. 
Auetore L. Radlkofer. 
(Munich, Bavaria.) 
HE BONG A Radik, gen. nov. 
(Aglaia sp. Merrill in sched. et in Diction. Plant Names Philip. Islands (1903.) 
66 \ vulgo Hebong in lingua Mangyan ex Merrill in sched. et 1. c. ). 
Flores unisexuales, dioeci? (masculi tantum visi), parvuli.. Calyx 
minutus, profunde (4-) 5-partitus, partibus deltoideis patulis .vix ima 
basi subimbricatis puberulis glandulisque raris capitatis breviter sfcipi- 
tatis adspersis, intus glabris, eellulis resinigeris parce persitis. Petala 
(4—) 5, calyce pluries longiora, ex obovato-laneeolato cuneata, acuta, 
margine apiceque subinflexa, valvata, nervo mediano prominulo, yeilis 
arcuato-recurvis anastomosantibus teneris, oblique patula, praeter ex- 
timum apicem miuutim puberulum utrinque glabra, e flavido fuscescentia, 
cellulas resinigeras paucas foventia. Stamina 10, cum petalis sub disco 
inserta, petalis sesquilongiora ; filamenta filiformia, subtlexuosa, glabra 
(squamulis basi nullis) ; antherae in alabastro extrorsae, suborbiculares, 
supra basin emarginatam prope medium ventrem affixae, longitudinaliter 
dehiseentes ; pollinis granula trigono-subglobosa, triporosa. . Discus par- 
vus, annularis, tumidus, medio paullum depressus, glaber. Pistilli 
rudimentum in disci centro minimum, ovatum, anceps, 2-loculare, locu- 
lis superne liberis, singulis in apiculum (stylum rudimentarium) parvum 
subincurvum desinentibus ; gemmulae rudimentariae in loculis solitariae, 
angulo centrali insertae. Flores feminei fructusque ignoti. 
Arbores. Rami — (folia decerpta tantum visa paniculaeque) . Folia 
magna, imparipinnata, 8- ad 15-juga, longiuscule petiolata; foliola 
opposita vel superiora altema, intermedia quam infima summaque ma- 
jora (ad 18 cm longa, 5 cm lata), nunc elongate ovato-lanceolata, sub- 
falcata, inaequilatera (latere interiore latiore longioreque) , acutata, 
basi valde obliqua ( H . obliqua), nunc elliptica, subacuta, parum inae- 
quilatera (H. mollis), petiolulata, integerrima, coriaceo-chartacea, sicca 
\Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 8 (1903). 
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