Erioglossum rubiginosum (Roxb.) Blume

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
PUERTO PRINCESA (MT. PULQ«$), PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
ISLAND OF PALAWAN, MARCH, 191 I
12917. Srloglossam rabiginosam Blm* t slender o*>eot
anoranohod shrub-like tree, in san& gravelly w©9dod ydwglt.'
banks at 250 feet; stem terete, crooked, 1 inch tfeiok, 20
feat high ©r less; wood quite soft, dingy white except
tbs white central part,5 with eat ©dor ©r tMflNMfcftPPte
amber brown, deeply ©keeked longitudinally^ SErayloh m
©Id stems leaves not many, alternutiagly sent tar ed toward
the top, 3 to 5 feet long, horizontally spreading; the stalk
terete, thickened at the base, fuligineoua pubescent; leaf*
leta deaoending, about 9 opposite pairs, membranous, flat,
nearly equal dull green on both «idee, the basal ones smaller,
petiole proper 6 to 10 inches *x longs inflorescence tenet*
nal and p fro« the uppermost leaf axils, the 2 feei long
panicle only sparingly rebranched} calyx fulvous green,
pmt petals and stamens white} fruits 2 or $ eluaterod,
bluntly oblongieh, 3/2 inch long, turning yellow; Puerto
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