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SWINTONIA Griflf. 
Swintonia luzoniensis Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Foliis subcoriaceis, utrinque concoloril)us, glnlierriiuis, o1)1()1ij,ms vel 
oblon<^o-obovatis, ol)fusis, o ad 9 cm longis, 1.8 ad 3.5 cm latis, basi decur- 
rentibus, nervis lateralibus iitrinqne 9 vol 10; dnipis oblongo-ovoideis; 
petalis auctis, oblongis vel lanceolatis, obtnsis, qnam druiiis 3-i)lo lon- 
g I or i bus. 
A tree witli oblong to oblong-obovate glabrous shining subcoriaceous 
leaves 9 cm long or less, the base acuminatc-dccurrcnt, forming narrow 
wings along the petiole for about one-half its lengtlu Branches reddish- 
brown or grajish, terete, glabrous, the leaves crowded along the upptu- 
portion of the young branches. Leaves 5 to 9 cm long, 1.8 to 3.5 cm 
wide, the apex bi-oad, rounded or obscurely broadly acuminate, tlie l)ase 
long-decurrent, shining, coriaceous; nerves 9 or 10 on each side of the 
midrib, spreading, reticulate, the secondary nerves and reticulations 
prominent; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit oblong- 
ovoid, slightly inequilateral, 1.5 to 2 cm long, 10 to 12 mm in diameter, 
the persistent and accrescent petals reflexed, variable, 4.5 to G cm long, 
5 to 10 mm wide, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse, gradually narrowed toward 
the base. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabaa, Baler, Merrill 1057, August, 1903: Province of 
Albay, Vidal SJfGSa; the latter, consisting of immature fruits only, received at 
Kew mixed with a species of Yitex, probably having been picked up in the forest. 
Apparently most closely allied to Swintonia Schwenkii Kurz of the Malay 
Peninsula and Borneo, differing from that species in liaviug its petioles flattened 
above and narrowly winged, its leaves not glaucous beneath, etc. Tlie first 
representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines. 
0ELASTEACEJ5. 
GYMNOSPORIA Benth. & Hook. f. 
Gymnosporia spinosa (Blanco) Merrill & Rolfe comb. nov. 
Cvpania sj^ifwsa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 184; ed. 2 (1845) 204; ed. 3, 2:17. 
Gymnosporia phiJippincnsis Vidal Than. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 103, nomen. 
Puitcrlickia ? philippinensis Planch, ex Vidal ]. c. as syn. 
Gymtwsporia montana F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 47; Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. 
Manila (IS80) 23; Pev. PI. Va-o. Filip. (188G) 88; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. (1892) 
46, non Laws. 
Luzon, Province of Batangas, Cuming 1515: Province of Cngayan, Bolster 
192: Province of Bataan. Dinalupijan, Merrill 1501 ; Albucay, Tidal 190; Mari- 
veles, holier 5136: Province of Rizal, Lohcr 304, 305, 306; Bosoboso, Bur, Set. 
Ufll/ Raitws; San Juan del ^Monte, Vidal ISO: Province of Nueva Fctja, For. Hur. 
60S'/ Zschokke: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, For. Bur. 361/8 Curnni: 
Province of Albay, Bacon, Tidal 2-50}. Lubang, Merrill f?7S. TicAO, For. Bur, 
1045 Clark, 
Apparently an endemic species, not the same as Gelastrufi mnufnnus Roxb., 
although apparently included by Lawi^on in the aggregate y in nos porta montana 
in Hooker's Flora of British India. Blanco's description of Gymnosporia spinosa 
