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AQUirOLIACE.1:. 
ILEX Linn. 
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Ilex fletcheri Merrill n. sp. 
ilamis teretis glabris griseis, ramulis angiilatis minute piiluTulis; foliis 
oblongo-ellipticis vel lanceolato-ellipticis, acuininatis, basi acutis, integris, 
1.5 ad 3.5 cm. longis, nitidis^ coriaceiSj venis obscuris; cymis axillaribus, 
brevibiis, paiieifloribnSj corollac tuba breve^ segmontis oblongis^ circitcr 
2 nun. longis^ 1 mm. Litis, obtusis. 
A shrub 3 m. high or less, glabrous throughout, except the sliglitly 
puberulent branchlets and inflorosence. ]>ranchos terete, gray, ghibrous, 
branchlcts angular, slender, dark reddish brown, minutely puberulent. 
Leaves oblong-clliptical to lanceolate-elliptical, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long, 0.5 
to 1.8 cm. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, paler beneath, the base 
acute, the apex broadly acuminate or acute and minutely apiculate; 
nerves very obscure, nearly obsolete, the margins entire; petioles 1 to 
3 mm. long. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, 5 mm. long, or less, or the 
inflorescence reduced to a few-flowered fascicle, puberulent the pedicels 
about 2 mm. long. Calyx about 1 mm. long, the teeth not prominent. 
Corolla tube very short, the lobes 4, oblong, about 2 mm. long, 1 mm. 
I wide, obtuse. Filaments 1 mm. long; anthers ovoid, 0.5 mm. long. 
I Fruit red, globose, glabrous, smooth, 2.5 mm. in diameter. 
In the mossy forest on exposed ridges at 1,800 m. alt. (Nos. 5716, 5755) ; also 
collected by Merritt at 2,200 ni. alt., in June, 1906 {Nos. 4475, 4448). 
A species characterized by its small entire leaves, puberulent branchlets and 
infloret:=cence and few-flowered cymes or fascicleSj the flowers on the younger 
branches rarely solitary. N'amod in honor of Mr. Horaoe L. Fletcher, who ac- 
companied the members of the Ilalcon expedition to Calapan. 
ACERACE.T]. 
ACER Linn. 
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Acer philippinum Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1000) 36. 
This species was abundant in forests at GOO to 1,700 m. alt., but was not col- 
lected, all the specimens observed being with leaves only. The species was de- 
scribed from specimens collected on Mount Mariveles, Luzon, and has since boon 
collected on Mount Data, Luzon, by the author. 
Endemic in the Philippines. 
BALSAM INAOE.E. 
IMPATIENS Linn. 
^ Impatiens sp. 
In forests at 1.300 m. alt. (No. 4391 Merritt) June, 190G. Material very im- 
perfect, but different from any otlier species of the genus known to me. 
