NEW OR NOTEWORTHY rillLU'PlNE L'LANTS, VI. 245 
have given rise to much of tlie conCusioii in tlie Philippine repre- 
sentatives of the genus, and it is hoped that the following enumeration 
will clear np the doubtful points: 
Stamens 1 opposite eacli p^ial {§ Blackweliaa). 
Leaves softly pTibesceut beneath : 1. W- hayandacXuL 
m 
Leaves entirely glabrous. 
Flowers o-6-merous; petals subspatuhite, somewhat broader than the sepals, 
hirsute; leaves cronate 2. H. loheri Merr. 
Flowers 6-7-merous; petals and sepals linear, equal, covered with very long 
spreading hairs; leaver entire - 3. H. pannyonum F.-ViH. 
iStaniens 2 or' more opposite each petal {§ Myktantheia). 
l>etals spatulate, much exceeding the ovate-lanceolate sepals; flowers 4-5- 
j^eroxis 4. H.hracteatum Benlb. 
PrfnN and sepals subspatulate, ecpnil or subequal; llowers 5-8-mcrous, 
Flowers 5-G-merous; lateral nerves of the leaves about 6 
5. //. vUlarianuiit Vid. 
Flowers 7-8-nierous; lateral nerves of the loaves 11 to 13. 
(1) Homalium barandae Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 32; Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) 27, t 53, f. A; Rev. PI. Vase. FJlip. (1880) 141; Ceron Cat. PI. 
Herb.' (1892) 87; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 94, in part, excluding the description 
of the flowers. , , „ ^ 
Luzon Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 2959, 3377 Aherns collector, 
April, September, 1905: Province of Batangas, For. Bur. 77f9 Curron & Merrxtt, 
November, 1907. ,^. ,. -, t- i i 
The type of this species was from the Province of Manila (Rizal) ; and ^ idal, 
in the original description, which is very short, speaks especially of the dense 
pubescence on the lower surface of the leaves, which is also very characteristic 
of the specimens above cited. It is the only Philippine species that has dense y 
pubescent leaves. F.-ViUar's description applies, at least in part, to au entirely 
diff-erent species, as he describes the flowers with fourteen stamens, which api»lies 
to the species of the section Myrlantheia. The specimen cited by \idal in his 
Bevision can not he considered as the type. T., Laing. 
(2) Homalium loheri sp. nov. 
Arbor inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, sub- 
coriaceis, breviter obtuseque acuniinatis, 1^ ad 17 cm longis, margine 
cronato-scrratis, nervis ntrinqiie 8 ad 10; inflorescentiis terniinalibm, 
paniculatis, villosis, ramis eloiigati.; floribus fasciculatis, ebracteolatis, 
5- vel 6-meris, pedicellatis ; petalis snbspatulatis, qnani sepalis paullo 
longioribus; staminibns 5 vel 6; ovario villoso. 
A tree, apparently of medium size. Branches terete, light-gray, 
lenticellate. Leave, alternate, subcoriaceous, shining, glabrous, oblong- 
elliptical, 12 to 17 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex shortly and 
obtusely acuminate, the base acute, the margins crenate-serrate through- 
out- nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, 
the ' reticulations distinct; petioles al>out 5 mm long. Inflorescence 
terminal, villous, paniculate, the branches few, elongated, 12 to 20 cm 
lono- Flowers in fascicles, the bractcoles, if any, very deciduous, the 
