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1920 
usque ad 15 cm longis, basi acutis, apice abrupte acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, distinctis, reticulis subtus distinctis; 
floribus $ axillaribus, fasciculatis, pedicellatis, resinosis, stam- 
inibus circiter 35. Capsulis globosis, 3 ad 3.5 cm diametro, tarde 
2-valvis. 
A glabrous tree up to 12 m high, the branches and branchlets 
terete, slender, internodes 6 to 10 cm long. Leaves all verti- 
cillate, 3 or 4 at each node, coriaceous, subolivaceous or pale 
when dry, slightly shining, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 10 to 15 
cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, base acute, apex rather abruptly acu- 
minate, the acumen blunt, up to 1 cm long; lateral nerves 5 or 
6 on each side of the midrib, distinct, somewhat ascending, the 
reticulations rather lax, evident on the lower surface; petioles 
2.5 to 3 cm long. Staminate flowers axillary, fascicled, mostly 
from leafless branches and on the trunk, the axis of the inflo- 
rescences not produced. Pedicels 4 to 5 mm long. Sepals 3, 
broadly ovate, rounded or obtuse, about 4 mm long. Stamens 
about 35. Buds globose, glutinous. Pistillate flowers unknown. 
Capsules globose, 3 to 3.5 cm in diameter, ultimately 2-valved, 
but the sutures scarcely visible on nearly mature fruits, the 
pericarp smooth, brown; stigmas 2, short, recurved. 
Luzon, Bataan Province, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 2603 
Meyer, February, 1905 (type). For. Bur. 1190 Borden, June, 
1904, For. Bur. 1515 Ahern’s collector, July, 1904, Whitford s. n. 
In primary forests, altitude about 600 meters. 
A species characterized by its constantly verticillate leaves 
and fascicled flowers, the latter being for the most part borne 
at leafless nodes and on the trunk and larger branches. 
5. BLUMEODENDRON SUBROTUNDIFOLtUM (Elm.) Merr. in Philip. 
Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 384; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 
63 (1914) 49. 
Sapium subrotundi folium Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1910) 930. 
This species is as yet represented by only the type collec- 
tion, Elmer 12349 from Sibuyan, the specimen having very 
immature fruits. Pax and Hoffmann state regarding it: 
“species quoad genus incerta.” To my mind there is not the 
slightest doubt that this species is properly placed as to the 
genus. It differs radically from the other described forms in 
its fruits being either compressed or 3-angled and further in 
their being borne on tubercles on the larger branches and ap- 
parently also on the trunks. 
