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CELASTKACl^LE. 
MICROTROPIS Wall. 
Microtropis curranii sp. nov. 
Arlwr parva, glabra, 4 ad 9 m alta; foliis coriaccis, nitidis, subtus 
pall id is, oUiptico-nvatis, 4 ad 7 cm loiigis, breviter obtuseque acummatis, 
basi acutis, i.iargine revolutis; cymis axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, 
ca. 1.5 cm longis, 3-floi-is; floribiis 4-mori8; fructibus cylmdraceis, 
ulongatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis. 
A small tree, glabrous throughout, 4 to 9 m high, the branches and 
bianchlcts terete, dark-reddish-brown' or nearly black when dry. Leaves 
coriaceous, shining, pale beneath, elliptical-ovate, 4 to 7 cm long, 1.5 
to 4.5 cm wide, the apex short and bluntly acuminate, the base acute, 
margins entire, revolute; nerves 5 or G on each side of the midnb, not 
prominent, the reticulations indistinct; petioles 1 cm long or less. 
Cymes axillary, solitarj' or two or three in each axil, 1." cm long or 
cvme 
Flowers 4-iiierous, tlie sepak orbicular, rounded, the two outer ones 2 
mm long, tlie two inner ones somewhat petaloid, 3 mm long. Corolla 
lobes 4, obovate or elliptical-obovate, rounded, about 3 mm long, united 
below. Stamens 4, attadied to the corolla and alternating with its 
lobes, the filaments short, the antliers 0.5 mm long, broader than long. 
Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit cylindrical, elongated, yellow ^hen fresh, 
dark-reddisli -brown when dry, short-apiculate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, about 
6 mm thick, 1-celled, dehiscent, the pericarp coriaceous. 
Lrzox, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon, For. Bur. ^',9G6, Ji^lO Curran, 
Au-tist, 1000; Williams 1300, October, 1904: Provhice of ZaniLales, Mount Ta- 
puUo, For. Bur. SOlll Gurran <& Merriti, December, 1907; Bur. Sci. JiGDS, 5026 
Ramos, December, 1907. 
The first species of the genus to be found iii the Philippines, about 9 species 
bel.v. i>rcvi.>u>.lv known, extending from British India to Ceylon, Cochin China and 
JavZ The .spJeies lu-rc dcsc-ribed differs from all the others in the genus by its 
4-nierou8 ilowers. 
EUONYMUS Liim. 
Euonymus phllippinensis sp. nov. 
Euomjmus iimoreiisU Turc/.. in r>ull. Soo. Xat. Mosc. 31 (1K58) 447; Lawson 
in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 610, saltem pro parte; F. ViH. Nov. App- 
(1880) 40; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 103; Ceron Cat. Ph Herb. (1892) 
47, non Zipp. 
Arbor parva, glabra, 3 ad 8 m alta; foliis subcoriaceis, nitidis, ellip- 
ticis, oblongo-cllipticis, vel anguste oliovato-oblongis, basi acutis, apice. 
acuminutis, integris vel versus apicem minute obscureque denticulatis ; 
cymis axillaribus, luxe dichotomis, diflusis, 8 ad 10 cm longis; floribus 
5-meris; sepalis petalisque funbriatis. 
A small tree, 3 to 8 m liigh, the branches reddish-brown or greenish. 
