NEW PHILirriNE PLANTS. 137 
DREPANANTHUS Maingay. 
Drepananthus philippinensis Merrill .sp. nov. 
Arbor; foliis glabris, obloiigo-oUipticis, acumiiiatis, usque ad 20 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque ca. 7; sepalis ovatis, intus glabris, exius pubcs- 
ecntibus; petalis ca. 18 mm longis. 
A large tree (Clemens), G m high (^[erritt), the branches terete, 
grayish, glabrous, the branchlets somewhat ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves coriaceous, 12 to 20 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide oblong- 
elliptical, rather sharply acuminate, the ])ape acute to rounded, shining, 
glabrous, sparingly pubescent on the midrib beneath; nerves about 7 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, the reticulations 
distinct; petioles 1 to 2 em long. Peduncles axillary, or from axils 
of fallen leaves, few-flowered, short. Flowers yellowish-green. Sepals 
ovate, about 5 mm long,, acute or acuminate, pubescent outside, glabrous 
within. Petals G, siinilar, the outer three about IS mm long, the basal 
portion concave, orbicular, the fi'ee portion about 14 mm long and 4 mm 
wide below, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, pubescent, narroM'cd above to tlie 
blunt apex, refiexed, the inner three similar but more connivent. Anthers 
indefinite, 1.2 mm long. Carpels 1.8 mm long, villous; ovules 4; styles 
about 1 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid or ovoid, about 2 mm long, glabrous, 
black; seeds 3 or 4, flattened, compressed. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens lOlGj April, 1907, also 
June and July, 1907, without numbers. Mindoro, near Lake Xaujan, For. Bur, 
0892, 689G MerriU, April, 1907. 
The first species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, well cliaracterizod 
by its few-nerved leaves. The other two species of the genus are confined to the 
IVIalay Peninsula and Sumatra. 
riTTOSrOEACE/T:. 
PITTOSPORUM Solander. 
Pittosporum dementis Ak-nill sp, nov. 
Arbor usque ad 18 m alta; foliis lanceolatis, oblongo-oblaneeolatis, 
vel elliptico-oblongis, valde acuminatis, basi sensim attenuatis, glabris, 
usque ad 14 cm longis, membranaceis, glabris, nitidis; inflorescentiis 
infra folia e ramis deniidatis, 3 cm longis; floribus umbellulatis; calyee 
obtuse 5-dentato; ovario biloculari, dense villoso, sessili; fructilms com- 
pressis, orbicularilms, apiculatis, ca. 1 cm longis, bivalvatis. 
A tree about 18 m liigli^ glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
terete, gray or brownish, rather slender. Leaves membranous, lanceo- 
late oblong-oblunceolate or elliptical-oblong, shining, glabrous, 9 to 14 
cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm Vide, apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, 
base gradually attenuate, the margins obscurely crenulate; nerves about 7 
