116 MERRILL AND ROLFE. 
LYTHRACE^. 
LAGERSTROEMiA Linn. 
Lagerstroemia piriformis Koolme in Engl. Bot. Jalirb. 4 (1883) 32; 
Pflanzenreich 17 (1<J03) 207. 
Lagerstroemia Batitinan Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 139; Koelme, 1. c. 
Lagerstroemia hexuptera Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 52, f. A., non Miq. 
After an examination of Vidal's numbers 36o bis and 784, on which the 
description of L. Batitinan was based, and comparing them' with a specimen of 
Cuming 1675, a cotype of L. piriformis, we are of the opinion that the two 
species are identical, and the older name is here retained. Koehne states, 1. c. 
267, that Vidal's species was unknown to him, and in his monograph the two are 
distinguished only by 'some trivial characters. The species yields a valuable 
timber which is of considerable commercial importance in the Philippines, and 
is universally known as Batitinan. 
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COMBKETACE.E. 
COMBRETUM Liim. 
Combretum confusum Merrill &. Rolfe sp. nov. 
Foliis membranaceis, ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 11 cm lougis, 
obscure acuminatis, nervis utrinque 1, subtus costa venulisque plus minus 
pilosis; spiels densis in paniculis terminalibns confertis, rhacliidibus 
ramis ramulisque dense f errugineo-pubescentibus ; floribus 12 mm longis, 
4-meris, calycis tubo elongato, fauce hirtello. 
Scandent, the branches light-grayish-brown, terete, glabrous, or the 
younger ones slightly lepidote. Leaves membranous, ovate to elliptical- 
ovate, entire, the base rather broadly acute, the apex acute or obscurely 
acuminate, 8 to 11 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, minutely pustulate on both 
surfaces, glabrous above, beneath more or less pilose along the midrib, 
in the axils and on the basal portions of the primary nerves, ultimately 
glabrous or nearly so; nerves about 7 on each side of the uiidrib, rather 
prominent; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, slightly lepidote. Inflorescence 
terminal, paniculate, about 15 cm long, the lower branches 7 cm long 
or less, the rachis, branches, and branchlets rather densely ferruginous 
pubescent, the flowers densely spicately disposed at the ends of the 
branches. Flowers yellow, 4-merous, obscurely glandular-lepidote, about 
12 mm long, the buds acute. Calyx 4-angled, gradually wider upward, 
expanded above and villous at the throat, 4-lobed, the lobes reflexcd, 
ovate, acute, 3 mm long. Petals 4, oblong, truncate, slightly exceeding 
2 mm in length. Stamens 8, exserted; filaments nearly 6 mm long; 
anthers aliout 1 mm long; style 10 to 12 mm long. Fruit unknown. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 31S0 Ahcrn's collceior, June, 
1905. 
A species apparently closely related to Comhretum sundairuyn Miq., but differ- 
in" from tlie latter in its larger leaves, densely iinboseeut inflorescence, and other 
