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when fresh, somewhat pubescent, when mature the valves some- 
what woody. 
Mindanao, Lanao District, near Camp Vickers, F'or. Bur. 
25183 Alvarez (type), March 17, 1916, in dipterocarp forests, 
altitude about 900 meters. Leyte, Dagami, Bur. Set. 15352 
Ramos, August 12, 1912, said to be from the mossy forest. Mount 
Buraui. 
Both specimens cited above were originally identified by me 
as Glochidion weberi C. B. Rob., as they distinctly resemble the 
latter species in vegetative characters. The most remarkable 
character of the present species and one that distinguishes it 
from all representatives of the genus known to me is its cauline, 
solitary or fascicled, racemose inflorescence, the racemes vary- 
ing in length from 3 to 12 cm and having the flowers either 
solitary or fascicled at their leafless nodes. 
APOROSA Blume 
APOROSA ACUMINATISSIMA sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, circiter 7 m alta ; foliis subcoriaceis, lanceolatis, 
tenuiter caudato-acuminatis, integris, usque ad 10 cm longis, 
pallide olivaceis, nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 5, distinctis, 
anastomosantibus, adscendentibus ; infructescentiis axillaribus 
>et e axillis defoliatis, racemosis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, glabris vel par- 
cissime pubescentibus ; fructibus ovoideis vel ellipsoideo-ovoideis, 
circiter 1 cm longis. 
A glabrous tree about 7 m high, the branches and branchlets 
reddish-brown, slender. Leaves lanceolate, subcoriaceous, pale- 
olivaceous when dry, somewhat shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 
3 cm wide, base acute or acuminate, apex slenderly caudate-acu- 
minate, the acumen usually falcate, margins entire ; lateral nerves 
about 5 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, ascending, 
anastomosing ; petioles about 5 mm long ; stipules none or minute 
and caducous. Fruiting racemes axillary and from the axils of 
fallen leaves, solitary, 2 to 4 cm long, glabrous or very slightly 
pubescent, each with from two to five fruits; fruits ovoid or 
ellipsoid-ovoid, about 1 cm long, pale-brownish when dry; stig- 
mas 2. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Cavinti, Palasan, For. Bur. 26185 
Amarillas, September 9, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 
465 meters. 
A species similar, and manifestly allied, to Aporosa sphaeri- 
dophora Merr., from which it is readily distinguished by its much 
narrower, lanceolate, prominently caudate-acuminate leaves. 
