258 MERRILL. 
Tonkin to Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and the Viti Islands. 
This species is widely distributed, at least in the southern Philippines, on the 
higher mountains. Negros, Mount Silay (4543 V. del ViUur) June, lOOG; (4227 
Everett) February, 190G. Panay, Mount ISIadiaas {Yoder) April, 1905. Mi.nua- 
NAO, Mount Malindang (4547, 4548, 4731 Mearn.^ & Hutchinson) May,^ 190(>. 
It was first collected in the Philippines by Whitefiead, on :^Tount Haleon in 1805. 
and reported by Rendle,^ 
Dacrydium sp. near D. Beccarii Pari. 
In thickets, exposed ridges at 2,600 m. alt. (No. 5714), sterile specimens. 
Possibly a young fnrm of the preceding. 
PODOCARPUS L'Herit. 
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Podocarpus imbricatus Blume var. cumingii (Pari.) Pilg. in Engl. Pflan- 
zenreich. 18 (1903) 5G. 
In thickets on exposed ridges at 2,500 m. alt. (No. 55G3) ; also collected by 
Merrift at 2,200 m. alt. (Nos. 4446, 4471). 
The variety widely distributed on the higher mountains of the Philippines, 
endemic; the species from Burma to the Malayan Archipelago. 
Podocarpus blumei Kndh Sn. (1847) 208; Pilger 1. c. 60. 
In forests at 1,800 m. ait. (No. 5728). 
Previously known in the Philippines only from Mount Mariveles, Luzon. 
Java to New Guinea. 
Podocarpus amarus Blume. Enum. PI. Jav. (1827) 88; Pilger 1. c. 08. 
In forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5703). Not previously reported from the 
Philippines. 
Java and Sumatra to east Aiistralia. 
Podocarpus neriifolius D. Don. in Lamb. Pin. (1824) 21; Pilger 1. c. SO. 
In forests along the Alag River at and below 10 m. alt. (No. 5768). Sterile 
material. 
Previously known in the Philippines only from Luzon. 
British India to southern China through Malaya to New Guinea. 
Podocarpus rumphii Blume Rumphia 3 (1847) 214; Pilger 1. c. 81. 
In forests at about 300 m. alt. (No. 5553). Only sterile material but probably 
this species which is new to the Philippines. 
Celebes to the Moluccas and New Guinea. 
Podocarpus glaucus Foxwoithy n, sp. § 8 1 achy car pus f 
Arbor parva 5 ad 6 m. alta, ram-alis congestis, foliis eongostis, asccn- 
(leutc-pateutibus, coriaceis, nitidis, glabris, subtus pallidis, oblongis^ 
9 ad 17 mm. longis, 3.5 ad 5.5 cm. latis, obtusis, basi sensim angusto- 
docurrontibus; flores masciiH spicati, spicis cylindraeeis, 1 ad* 1.5 em. 
longis, circa 3 mm. latis, dense mnltifioribus. 
A small tree 5 to G m. tall, much branched, the brandies terete, 
glabrous, gray or yellowish, the branchlcts very numerous, short, crowded 
towards the ends of the branches. leaves crowded towards the ends 
of the twigs, erect-spreading, often appearing suboi)posite on account 
of their contiguity, coriaceous, glabrous, smooth, shining, paler beneath 
and the younger ones very glaucous, oblong, elliptic-oblong or spatulate, 
" hoc. cit. 
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