114 MERRILL AND KOLFE. 
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GORDONIA Ell. 
Gordonia luzonica Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 57. 
Gordonia fragrans Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Snppl. 95. 
A species not xineoninion in the mountains of Lnzon, G. fragrans not being 
distinct from Vidal's species. 
Gordonia Vidalii Szysz. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam- 3*^ (1893) 185. 
G. acuminata Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 58, non Zoll. 
This species must be excluded from the Theaccw, as the type, Vidal llJfO, is 
a sterile specimen of Shorea or Ilopea (Dipterocarpacece) ^ with a large foliaceous 
gall, which was mistaken by Vidal for a flower bud. 
J)irTP]ROCA KPACE.^. 
DIPTEROCARPUS Gaertn. f. 
Dipterocarpus vernicifluus Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 31; Brandis in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (J895) 31; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) 
Snppl. 97. 
D. velutinus Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 59; Brandis 1. c. 
D. fulvus Blume Mus. Bot. 2 (1852) 37; Brandis 1. c. 40. ' 
This is a common and widely distributed endemic species, yielding most of 
the timber that enters the ^Manila market under the name of "panao." The 
specimens referred to this species by Vidal, Revision 59, are all sterile, and two 
of them are apparently Dipterocarpus grandiftorus Blanco. D. velutinus Vidal we 
consider to represent typical D. vernicifluus Blanco, and is accordingly reduced, 
as our large series of specimens agree both with Vidal's type specimen and with 
Blanco's description. D. fulvus Blume was based on a sterile specimen collected 
in the Philippines by Perrottet, and an examination of the type in Herb. Leiden 
shows it to be sapling leaves of D. vernicifluus. 
PARASHOREA Kurz. 
Parashorea plicata Brandis in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (1895) 104. 
P. Warhurgii Brandis 1. c. 
But one species is represented in all our Philippine material. P. plicaia w&9' 
based on Vidal 76, 900, and 2033, all with flowers, while P. Warhurgii was based 
on fruits alone. We have a specimen, Bur. Sci. 3289 Ramos, with mature fruit, 
from the same locality as the type of P. plicata, the leaf and branch characters 
agreeing perfectly with Vidal's specimens; at the same time the fruits are 
identical with tlie type specimen of P. Warhurgii, which must accordingly be 
reduced to P. plicata. The species is not uncommon in the Philippines and is 
represented by the following additional specimens: 
Luzox, Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. -4528 Zschokke, May, 190G; For. 
Bur. 515k Pray, December, 1900: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 1J,61, 
Ramos: Province,of Laguna, Santa Maria Mavitac, For. Bur. 10011 Curran; 
Mount Banajao, For. Bur. 8051 Curran & Merritt; Malicboi, Ritchie 51; Guina- 
jrangan, Bagger: Province of Camarines Sur, Pasaeao, Ahem 104, 291. Masbate, 
Whitford 1813. Catanduanes, For. Bur. 6619 Pray. Negbos, Gimagaan River, 
Whitford 1616. Mindanao, Province of Surigao, Ahem 356; For. Bur. 1563 
Hutchinson. 
