THE FI^OriA OF MOTTNT irAT/:iON. 293 
DIPLYCOSIA niumo, 
Diplycosia merrittii Merrill, u. sp. 
^ Frutex pseudoepiphyticiis seandons^ infloroseontfis exeopti^ glabra; 
I foliis coriaceis oblongo vol elliptieo-ovatis, raritor oblongo-lanceolatis, 
breviter acuniinatis, G ad 10 em. longis, ba.si acutls nervLs utrinqxio 2 
\e\ 3, snbtll^l prominontibus; floros axillares, faseicubiti ; eoi-olla ovoidca, 
C) ad 7 mm. loiiga. 
A scandent pseudoepipbytic slirub often 6 in. liigb, glabrons except the 
inflorescence. Brandies gra\' or brown, terete, iJie younger ones angular. 
Leaves eoriaceons, oblong-ovate to ellii)tieal-ovate, ran^ly oblong-laneeo- 
late, G to 10 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, tlie ba^o acute, the apex slightly 
acuminate, the margins obscurely denticulate, recurved, paler and glandu- 
lar punctate beneath; nerves 2 to 3 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 
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impressed above, rather prominent, the reticulations nearly obsolete; 
petioles stout, 4 to 8 mm. long, rugose. Flowers pink, fascicled, 2 to 8 
in each axil, the pedicels slender, slightly pubescent, 1 to 1.5 em. long, 
the apical bracts two, orbicular-ovate^ 1.3 mm. long. Calyx very slightly 
pubescent, 3.5 mm. long, the lobes ovate or narrowly ovate, acute, 2 mm. 
long. Corolla ovoid, narrowed below, (J to 7 mm. long, the lobes 5, 
ovate, broadly acuminate, 2 mm. long, rcflexed. Stamens 10, glabrous; 
filaments 3 mm., long; anthers oblong, 1.5 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 
style 2 mm. long. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, soft, fleshy, 1 cm. in 
diameter, black when mature. 
Til ridge forests at 1,400 m. alt. (No. 5070) (tyi>e), very aburuhuit, the fruit 
I" edible but nearly tasteless; also collected by Verritt in June, 1900, at an altitude 
of from 1,600 to 1,700 m. (Xos. 4413, 4415, 4437). The same form lias been 
collected in Palawan, Victoria Peak (GOG Foxworthy) March, IHUO. 
Of the Philippine species of this genus, apparently most closely related to 
Dn'iA-cosiA LUZO.xiCA (A. Gray) {CJaiiUhcria luzonica A. Gray), from Mount 
i3anajao and Mount Santo Tomas, Luzon. T have iM'fore me a single leaf from 
the tyi>e of Gray's species, kindly supplied by Dr. J. N. Rose of the U. S. Xalional 
:\Ius<nim. N"o. 5!>32 Elmer from Mount Santo Tomas seems to match it exactly. 
The species proposed above differs from this in its larj^^er, differently sliape<l leaves, 
much longer pedicels and more prominently nerved leaves, the venation in the 
two spe'cies being quite different. I have seen no flowers of OtiuUheria Juzonica. 
VACCINIUM Linn. 
Vaccinium mindorense Rendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1800) Soo. 
Epiphytic, mossy vidge forests 1,950 to 2.200 m., and terrestrial above 2,200 
m. alt. (No.'5G7G)'i also collected by Merritt at l.fiOO m. in June, 1000 (No. 
4414). 
^ The type of the species was from Mount Dulaiigan, a spur of llaloon. It 
is also apparently represented by si>ecimens from Mount Madiaas, Panay {A. E. 
Yoder), April, 1005, and from Mount Apo, Mindanao {Copeland) , October, 1904. 
Vaccinium banksii Merr. in GoA-t. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 54. 
In an open heath at 2,400 m. alt. {No. 5500). 
Previously kno^\'n only from Canlaon Volcano. Negros. 
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