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I, formerly,64 considered this form a synonym of P. plicata.
Examination of the material at the British Museum and material
collected by Elmer in Agusan convinced me that it was a distinct
species. The young twigs and the under side of the leaves are
densely brown pubescent or tomentose and soft to the touch.
This covering causes the leaves to appear brownish below, instead of whitish, as in P. plicata. Van Slooten and Merrill have
expressed doubt as to the distinctness of the two species.
MINDANAO, plain forest of Dagatpan, Warburg, s. n. (type).
Distribution:
LUZON, Tayabas Province, For. Bur. 6047 Kobbe; For. Bur.
10221 Curran; For. Bur. 29347 Labaco and Masias. All of these
are sterile. MINDANAO, Agusan Province, Cabadbaran, Elmer
14066, For Bur. 27471 Demesa. The latter is included on Merrill's authority.65 BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, Foxworthy 568.
8. Genus VATICA Linnaeus
Small to large trees, usually of more scattered occurrence
than is the case with members of other genera of this family.
The bark is usually light-colored, thin, and not deeply longitudinally fissured. It is often very shallowly wrinkled when dry.
The inner bark is usually yellow or brownish..
The most complete account of the botanical characteristics of
the genus has been given by Van Slooten 66 and the following,
with only very slight change, is taken from his account. Stipules
nearly always small, never semiamplexicaul, early deciduous;
scars of stipules never annular. Leaves as a rule coriaceous,
entire, flat; lateral nerves limited in number, always distinct,
though sometimes hardly prominent, curved near margin but
not forming an intramarginal nerve, often alternating with
more or less distinct intermediate nerves; venation reticulate.
Inflorescences terminal and axillary, forming one single large,
many-flowered panicle or arranged along branches. Flowers
often white, very fragrant. Calyx tube very short; lobes imbricate, afterwards pseudo-valvate, equal in length or distinctly
unequal and then the larger lobes obtuse, the 3 shorter ones
acute. Petals imbricate, at their tops more or less distinctly
contorted in bud, overlapping either to right or to left, manynerved, minutely pubescent on half of outer surface which is
Philip. Journ. Sci. ~ C 6 (1911) 280.
~Enum. Philip. Fl. P1. 3 (1923) 101.
Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. III 9 (1927) 67.