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MEUimXi. 
the apex broadly rather obscurely acuminate, the l)ase acute, 5 to 7 cm. 
long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, coriaceous, somewhat shining, glandular-punctate 
beneath; nerves 5 to G on each side of the midrib, obsciire; petioles 6 
to 8 mm. long. Eacemes axillary, solitary, the basal bracts wanting, 
3 to 4 cm. long, few flowered, the pedicels 4 to 5 mm. long, each 
subtended by small basal bract, the flowers white. Sepals 6, rarely 5, 
ovate, acute, about 1 mm. long. Petals 6, rarely 5, symmetrical oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, 2 to 2.5 mm. long, epuuctate, united for the lower 0.5 mm. 
Filaments 1 mm. long; anthers broadly ovoid, 0.5 mm. long. Ovary 
rudimentary in staminatc flowers, ovoid, glaljrous. 
Ill ridge-forests at 1,800 in. alt. (No. 5771). 
Rather an anomalous specios for this genus because of its usually G-inerous 
rtowers and with its petals manifestly united below. Careful dissection of many 
flo\\''ers sliows tlu'in to be mostly G-merous, but sometimes 5-merous on the same 
branches and even in the same racemes. 
rrJMULACE.l]. 
LYSIMACHIA (Tourn.) Linn. 
Lysimachia ramosa ^Yall. Cat. (1828) n. 1490; Kiiutli in Eiigler's Pllanz- 
enreich. 22 (1905) 271. 
In forests at 2,000 m. alt. (No. 4443 Merritt) June, 1900. 
Previously known in the Pliilippines only from the mountains of northern 
Liizon. 
Himalayan region to Java and the northern Philippines. 
SAPOTACE^. 
PALAQUIUM Phinco. 
Palaquium sp. aif. P. hizoniensi Vid. 
In forests along the Alag River at 100 in. alt. (No. 
Previously known only from Luzon and Mindoro. 
5767) 
Palaquium sp. aff. P. luzoniensi Vid. 
In forests at 1,100 m. alt., fragmentary imperfect material from fallen branches 
of a large tree. 
SYMPLOCACEJ^l 
SYMPLOCOS Linn. 
Symplocos adenophylla Wall. Cat. (182S) No. 4427; Brand in Kngl. Pilanz- 
enreich 6 (1901) 48. 
Ill exposed ridge-thickets at 2,450 m. alt. (No. 5752) ; also collected by Merritt 
in June, 1906, at from 1,500 to 2,200 in. alt. (Nos. 4406, 4428, 4440, 4447). 
Specimens of the above were sent to Dr. A. Brand, who has identified them as 
above. No specimens with mature flow'ers were collected, only with immature 
buds and mature fruits, the fruit being slightly longer than in the type specimens. 
The species is new to the Philippines. 
Penang, Singapore, Banca and North Borneo. 
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