408 MERKILL. 
SAXIFIIAGACE^. 
HYDRANGEA Linn. 
Hydrangea subintegra sp. nov. 
Arbuscula circiter 1.5 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; ramis 
ranmlisque teretibus, rubro-brunnei^ ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, membra- 
naceis, acuminatis, 8 ad 11 cm longis, supra brunneis, subtus pallidio- 
ribus, integris vel obscure distanter denticulatis ; c jmis terminalibus 5 ad 
7 cm longis, sparse fulvo-hirsutis; fioribus exterioribus sterilibus, sepalis 
4 pctaloideis, obovoideis vel elliptico-obovoideis, 1 ad 1.3 cm longis, 
glabris; floribus interioribus 5-meris. 
-A shrub about 1.5 m high, erect, glabrous except the inHorescence, the 
branches terete, reddish-brown, smooth and somewhat shining. Leaves 
opposite, oblong-Ianceolate, membranaceous, 8 to 11 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm 
wide, the upper surface brownish when dry, the lower surface paler, 
somewhat shining, the margins entire, sometimes distantly and obscurely 
denticulate, the apex rather strongly acuminate, the base acute; primary 
nerves about o on each side of the midrib, distant, irregular, anasto- 
mosing, the secondary ones nearly as prominent, the reticulations lax; 
petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes terminal, 5 to 7 cm long, slightly 
fulvous-hirsute. Outer flowers sterile, their 4 sepals petaloid obovoid to 
elliptical-obovoid, 1 to 1.3 cm long, glabrous, white, rounded at the 
apex, one usually larger than the other three; petals oblong or narrowly 
oblong-obovate, obtuse or retuse, 2 to 2.5 mm long: stamens 8; ovary 
rudimentary. Inner flowers pedicellate, pedicels 3 mm long : calyx teeth 
5, oblong, 1 mm long; petals 5, narrowly obovate-oblong, obtuse or 
retuse, about 2.5 mm long, 1 mm wide; stamens 10; filaments 1.5 to 2 
mm long; styles 3. Capsule narrowly ovoid, glabrous, 3 to 4 mm long. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Basco, Bur. 8ci. 3776 F4nix, June, 1907 N y 
Gayadang. * 
Readily distinguished from the Philippine Hydrangea, loUii Maxim, by its 
entire or nearly entire, elongated leaves, which are not barbate in the axils 
beneath. It seems to be most closely allied to the Formosan E. Integra Hayata, 
but has smaller leaves, four petaloid sepals to the outer flowers instead of two, 
and 13 apparently an erect shrub, not scandent. 
- PITTOSPOEACE.E. 
PITTOSPORUM Banks. 
P. odoratum Merr. 
Sabtan, 376^ F4nix. 
Widely distributed in the central and northern Philippines at medium and 
higher altitudes; endemic. 
LEGUMTNOS^, 
PITHECOLOBIUM Mart. 
P. montanum Benth. 
Sabtax, SIJ^O F6niic. 
Kather widely distributed in the Philippines; British India and Malava. 
