280 Mi-:uiur.L. 
'aLPHITONIA Keiss. 
Alphitonia excelsa Keiss. ex Endl. Gen. {183(>-50) 10!)8. .1. mo!ucmna 
T. & B. 
In forests at 700 ni. alt. (No. o532). TIio frcsli biirk has a strong otlor of oil 
of wintorj^reen. 
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Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Roriieo to Polynesia and Australia. 
VITACE^^i:. 
LEEA Linn. 
Leea aculeata JJInme Hijdr. (1825) 197. 
Jn forests along the Alag River at 100 ni. alt. (Xo. 5605). 
This specimen agrees well with Bhane's short description :uul moreover with 
liJunco's description of Ticoriu acHlcaia^~ whicli Blanco himself later reduced to 
Leca aculcaia lilume. It also agrees well with si>ecimens in our herbarium col- 
lected on Mount Arayat by BoJfiter, a topotype of Blanco's species. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Maluya. 
E LAEOCARrACE.^^. 
ELAEOCARPUS Linn. 
Elaeocarpus argenteus iMerr. in Govt. T^b. Publ. 29 (1905) 20, 
On ridges in forests at 2,200 m. alt. (Xo. 4402 Merritt) June, 1900. 
Previously known only from Mount Santo Tomas, Luzon. 
Elaeocarpus pendulus Merr. 1. c. f 
On ridges in forests at 1,800 ni. alt. (No. 5727), flowers immature; on exposed 
ridges at 2,000 m. alt. (Xo. G204), fruit. 
Previously known only from Mount iSanto Tomas and ilount Mariveles, Luzon. 
Elaeocarpus merrrttii !Merrill, n. sp. § Monoccra. 
Tiaiiniliri tenxii?^, foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, aciiminatis, 6 ad 9 cm. 
longis, longe petiolatis, erenatoserratis, subtus in axillis vcnarnm glan- 
dulosis, racemis axillaribuSj usque ad ID cm. longis, paucifloribus ; flores 
9 inni. longi, 5-meri ; petala dense sericea, apice fim})riata; stamina 20; 
dnipa 1 ad 1.3 mm. longa, ellipsoidea vel oblonga-ovoideaj 1-sperma. 
A tree 10 m. high or less, nearly glabrous. Branches slender, terete, 
dark bro\\-nisli j-ed when dry, the younger ones slightly deciduously 
pubescent. Leaves submeml>Tanous, ovate or oblong-ovate, 6 to 9 em. 
long, 2.5 to 4 cm. wide, the base rounded, the apex rather long acuminate, 
the margins slightly crcnate-serrate, slightly approssed-itubescent beneath i 
and along the midrib above, the axils of the veins beneath with prominent 
glands; nerves about (J on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath; 
2^ Flora Filip. (1837), 83. 
