from the town of San Vicente, Palawan is described and illustrated. The new species, B.
truncatifolia, is diagnosed against the morphologically similar B. blancii. Both species are
endemic to Palawan and are similar in having spathulate leaves, 4-tepaled staminate &
pistillate flowers and bilocular ovaries, but B. truncatifolia is significantly different in being
comparatively smaller in size (stipules, lamina and inflorescences) and having obtusely …