282 MKiuiir>L. 
deusely lepidote-titcllato, about 6 luiu. loiigj the apex truiieuto and ob- 
sairely 3-tootbod. Stamons indefinite, free, the filaments IJ^ mm. long 
or less, anthers about 0.3 mm. long. Ovary ovoid, densely hirsute, 
2-celled, each cell many ovuled. Capsules flattened at right angles to 
the dissepiment, suborbicnlar in outline, truncate and apiculate at the 
apex, about 1.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, at least in age, 
2-valved, 2-celled, dehiscing to the base. Seeds unknown. 
In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5527). 
I j)liice the genus here proposed in the TilieWj between Gnic/fia Seem., and 
Trichospcrmum Blume, diileriiig from botli in its 4-merous flowers and from the 
latter in tlie presence of bracteoles. 
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DILLENIACE.E. 
SAURAUIA Willd. 
Saurauia latibracteata C'hoisy in Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. ArcUip. (1854-55) 
148; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (190G) 41. 
In forests 100 to 700 ra. alt. (Nos. 5690, 5528). 
Widely distribiited in the Philippines. Endemic. 
Saurauia elegans (Choisy) F.-Vill. Nov, App. (18S0) 19; Merr. 1. c. 42. 
In forested ravines at 700 m. alt. (No. 5G55). 
Previously known only from the mountains of northern and central Luzon. 
Saurauia philippinensis Merrill n. sp. 
Snbglabra, foliis oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, glabris, 10 ad 
18 cm. longis, acuminatis; pedunculi axillares, fasciculati vel solitarii, 
1-, raro 2-flori; ovarium glo])osum, pilosnm, 3-stylum. 
A shrub or small tree 7 m. high or less, nearly glabrous- throiTghout. 
Branches slender, brownish, lenticellate, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 
oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, rarely somewhat oblanceo- 
late glabrous, chartaceous, 10 to 18 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide, the apex 
rather sharply acuminate, the base acute or acuminate, the margins 
rather sharply serrate; nerves 13 to 14 on each side of the midrib ; petioles 
1.5 to 3 cm. long. Flowers white, the peduncles solitary or fascicled 
in the axils of the leaves and in tlie axils of fallen leaves on the larger 
branches, the peduncles slender, somewhat strigose, 2 cm. long or less, 
with a small bracteole at about the middle, 1, rarely 3-flowered. Sepals 
elliptical to elliptical ovate, acute or rounded, 4 mm. long, the margins 
slightly ciliate. Petals glabrous, 7 mm. long, 4 to 5 mm. wide, cleft 
at the apex. Stamens 20; filaments 2 mm. long, anthers about 2.2 mm. 
long. Ovary somewhat pilose; styles 3, 4 nmi. long, slightly united 
below. 
In forests at "00 ni. alt, (No. 5529) ; from the same locality I refer here No. 
5633, alt. 200 ni., and also No. 4394 Merritt, June, 1906, alt. 1,300 m. In Minda- 
nao the species is represented by No. 4093 Mcartis and Hutchinson, Mount Malin- 
dang. May, IDOG, alt. 1,400 m., and in Basilan by No. 4011 Hutchinson, February, 
190G, alt. 540 m. 
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