110 MEltRILL AND KOLFK. 
applies closely to the specimens here considered, iuid accordingly his specific name, 
being the oldest one available, is here adopted. Oymnosporia philippinensis Vidal 
was based on Planchon's herbarium name Putterlickia ? philippincmis, both being 
nomina nuda. The specimen, Cuming no. 1575, is certainly only Gymnofiporia 
sphiosa with immature leaves. We have not been able satisfactorily to identify 
VidaVs Qymmsporia amhujua, briefly characterized in his Sinopsis, Atlas (1883) 
20, t. 31, f. li., no specimens being extant, and the duacription being very 
imperfect. 
Var. parva Merrill & Rolfo var. nov. 
Frutex glaber n?qiie ad 3 m alta, differt a typo foliis multo minoribus, 
2.5 ad 3.5 cm longis, 1 ad 2 cm latis. 
Luzox, Trovince of Rizal, Montalban, Merrill 5070, March, 1905, in thickets 
along the iluriquina River. 
RHAMNACE^E. 
VENTILAGO Gaertn. 
Ventilago gracilis (Vidal) Murrill & Rolfe comb. nov. 
Kurriinia gracilis Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 89. 
Erroneously ascribed by Vidal, probably owing to lack of fruiting specimens 
at the time, to Kurrimia {Celastraccae) , but a valid species of Ventilago, and 
accordingly here transferred to that genus. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Vidal 1122 (type); Lohcr 335; For. Bur. 3073 
Ahern's collector. 
VITACE.E. 
AMPELOCISSUS Planch. 
Ampelocissus imperialis (Miy.) Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 408. 
Vitis ? imperialis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. (18G0) Suppl. 518; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 
1:89. 
Cissus ochrflcea Teysm. & Biun. in Tijdsch. Nederl. Ind. 27 (1864) 35. 
\'Uis ochracca Teysm, in Planch. 1. c. as syn.; Ceron Cat. PI. llerb. (1892) 51. 
LiTzox, Province of Albay, Gubat, Vidal ZJ^-id. Culion, Merrill 668, February, 
1903. Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Cnmp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 331, March, 1906. 
Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 
Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 408. 
Vitis harhata Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, 2 (1832) 478; Laws, in Hook, 
f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 651, in part; King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 65= (1896) 
387; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 51. 
Panay, Vidal 2^i'/2. Semkeaka, Merrill JffoO. 
Assam, Burma, etc., to the Andaman Islands and Perak. 
Both the al)ove species are ennmerated from tlic Philippines in Ceron*s 
Catalogo, published in ^Manila in 181)2, but as this work is rather obscure, it has 
been considered advisable to list the species again, giving their synonomy and 
distribution. 
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