266 MERRILL. 
fere orbicularia basi intus glandulosa, 0.7 ad 1 mm longa et 
lata. Synandrium 1 mm diametro. 
Luzon, Bengnet Subprovince, near Baguio, Bur. Sci, 13U8T Ramos, 
May, 1911. 
Sect. T hamnothyrsa Diels. Species nova foliis triangulari-ovatis S. cato- 
sepalae Diels eiusdem provinciae indigenae haud absimilis sepalis petalisque 
duplo minoribus haud deflexis conspicue difFert. 
PYCNARRHENA Miers. 
PYCNARRHENA CELEBICA (BoerL) Diels in Engl. Pflanzenreich 46 
(1910) 53. . ■ . 
Cocculus celehicus Boerl. Cat. PI. Bogor. (1899) 40. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 22157 Alvarez, December, 
1910. Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Elmer 12000, September, 
1909. 
Previously known only from Celebes, and from plants cultivated in the 
Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg; the Philippine specimens agree closely 
with specimens in our herbarium from Buitenzorg, and have, morever, been 
determined by Doctor Diels. 
LIMACIA Lour. 
LIMACIA BLUM El (BoerL) Diels in EngL Pflanzenreich 46 (1910) 215. 
Cocculus hlumei Boerl. Cat. PL Bogor. (1899) 40. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mati, C. V. Piper ^27, May 15, 1911. 
The specimen closely matches typical material in our herbarium taken 
from cultivated plants in the Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg, and has, 
moreover, been determined by Doctor Diels. Previously known only from 
specimens cultivated at Buitenzorg which originated in some part of the 
Malay Archipelago; new to the Philippines. 
ANONACEAE. 
MITREPHORA Hook. f. & Thoms. 
MITREPHORA WEBERI sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 8 m alta partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glabra; foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, subcoriaceis, 
nitidis, usque ad 18 cm longis, acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, 
nervis utrinque 8 ad 10; floribus hermaphroditis, circiter 4 cm 
diametro, petalis interioribus oblongis, acutis, extus pubescen- 
tibus, intus glabris, interioribus brevioribus, arcuatis, basi longe 
angustatis, glabris, laminibus densissime ciliato-villosis ; ovario 
glabro, ovulis circiter 12. 
A tree about 8 m high, glabrous except for the younger parts 
and the inflorescence. Branches slender, terete, grayish- or red- 
dish-brown, lenticellate, glabrous, the buds and very young leaves 
densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 
