ALABASTRA PHILIPPINENSIA, TIL 331 
stoutj about 2 mm long, densol}' pul)o?cent; lamina chartaccoiu, olilong, 
oblong-lanceolatCj or oblong-ovate, variable in size, more often 14.5 to '^;> 
cm long, 4.5 to 8.5 cm wide, but down to 6 to 8 cm long, 3 to 4 cm wide, 
with intermediates, the base obtuse or truncate, nearly inequilateral but 
one side often produced slightly beyond the other, the apex acutely 
acuminate, both surfaces drying brownish but the upper the darker, the 
upper densely pubescent, the under less so except on the veins ; pairs of 
veins 6 to 13, anastomosing to form a definite arched vein near the margin, 
cross veins between the principal ones several, finer venation less conspic- 
uous; stipules narrowly triangular-lanceolate or long-acuminate from 
an ovate base, up to 11 mm long, pubescent-plumose. 
Mindanao, Subprovince of Agusan, west slope of ^Mount Hilonghilong, C. U. 
Weler 1012, growing in rocky soil near a stream, at about 400 m elevation. 
G, iveberi is very dilTerent from any Philippine f^pecies referable to the section 
Euglochidion, but resembles three belonging to Ilcmiglochidion, 0. trichogynum, 
Q. latistyhim, and G, album, biit apart from the number of anthers, it can be 
distinguished from all three by the styles, sharply in the case of the first two, 
less definitely from the last, whose longer and more slender staminale receptacles 
furnish an additional character for separation, as do the staminale sepals and 
the stipules. Similarly with the species of other countries represented in this 
herbarium. On superficial inspection, only two would be thought worth compar- 
ing, G. superhum, which is in H emiglochidio ii, and G. decorum J. J. Smith, 
from New Guinea, whose anthers number 4. On a summary of characters, taken 
in what is considered the order of their relative importance, G. weheri seems to 
find its nearest alliance in G. multiloculare Muell.-Arg., but the species are very 
different in appearance. The most conspicuous characters are pubescence, the 
size, shape, base, and apex of the leaves; apart from these there are the stipules, 
pedicels, sepals, and nearly everything except the anthers, styles, and ovary-cells. 
Glochidion zeylanicum var. malayanum J. J. Smith in Koord. & Val. Bijdr. 
Boomsort. Jav. 12 (1910) IIS. 
This species has been credited to the Philippines by Mr. Smith. He writes 
that he has seen only a single collection from these Islands that ^^ ^^^^^^ 
referable to this species, but through some unfortunate slip in labeling, he 
number given by him is one that never existed, Ahem ISoJ,. It is possible 
that it may be Ahem 185, which has nmch the general appearance of G. zeyU- 
nicum Jul However, our sh<^t of that number has stan^mate .flowers and he 
anthers number 3 or rarely 4, and I believe that it has been -;-^^/> ^ [^^^ 
to the species called bv me G. album (Bl.nco) Boerl., with the qualifications 
tha ft i; not have bJen the species intended by Blanco, and >-j-^ ^^^^^^^ 
T,nt fhnt of Boerla-e^^ It is still more definitely G, leytense Elmer. This may 
n Ttiri c'oCi^n intended by Mr. ^^^itl, but the number i. ^ near y 
similar to that on the sheet at Buitcnzorg than is f-\f^^%'l''Z 
ooUeetions of Gloohidic^.^ It still seems to^me t.a^ Zrr^r:^^^^r.. 
zeyUnicTim. is G, lancifohuma B. ^^Jl . .^^^ /;™ ^^^ inflorescences, and 
"See Tliis Journal 4 (1909) Bot. 99, 100, 
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