394 MERRILL. 
MACARANGA GRANDIFOLIA (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Croton grandifolius Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 753, ed. 2 (1845) 518 
(grandifolium) . 
Macaranga porteana Andre in Rev. Hort. 60 (1888) 176, /. 36; Hook, f, 
in Curtiss' Bot. Mag. (1895) t. 7U07; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 
(1912) Bot. 238. 
Macaranga mappa F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 185; Vid. Sinopsis 
Atlas (1883) t 84, f. D, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 246; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 80, non Muell.-Arg, 
This species is apparently distinct from the Malayan Macaranga mappa 
Muell.-Arg., the reference of Philippine material to which has been largely 
due to Mueller's erroneous reduction of Blanco's Croton grandifolius. In 
considering the species previously," I erroneously considered Blanco's 
specific name invalid in Macaranga, but there is no "Macaranga grandifolia 
Muell.-Arg." to invalidate it, and the name is quite valid in Croton where 
originally described. I accordingly, transfer Blanco's specific name to 
Macaranga as the oldest valid one for the species. It is represented by 
the following specimens : 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 16717 Curran: Benguet Subprov- 
ince, Sablan, Phil PL U73 Fenix: Province of Bataan, Lamao River, 
For. Bur. 2059 Borden, Whitford 12, 1052: Province of Rizal, MerHll 
1288: Province of Tayabas, Bur. Sci. 13109 Foxworthy & Ramos. Mindoro, 
Ritchie s. n. 
Nearly all the material was distributed as Macaranga mappa Muell.-Arg. 
MACARANGA MONTANA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 12 m alta; foliis alternis, longe petiolatis, vix 
peltatis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, in- 
tegris, basi late subrotundatis, subtus parce glandulosis, costa 
neryisque leviter pubescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 11; 
paniculis 9 axillaribus, quam petioli brevioribus, paucifloris, 
leviter pubescentibus; ovario dense glanduloso, 1-loculare; stig- 
mate laterali, lineari, papillose. 
A tree about 12 m high, subglabrous. Branches dark-colored 
when dry, terete, glabrous, the growing parts slightly lepidote 
with deciduous, brownish, minute scales. Leaves alternate, 
long-petioled, oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, shining, 15 to 20 cm 
long, 8 to 10 cm wide, entire, apex shortly and rather sharply 
acummate, base broad, subrounded, the upper surface quite 
glabrous, the lower surface of nearly the same color when dry, 
with scattered, minute, pale, waxy glands, the midrib and lateral 
nerves slightly pubescent ; nerves pinnately arranged, prominent, 
somewhat curved, anastomosing near the margin, about 11 on 
each side of the midrib, the reticulations subparallel ; petioles 7 
to 9 cm long, usually a little thickened and curved at the apex; 
stipules narrowly oblong, subacute, about 6 mm long, deciduous. 
IB 
Supra 238, 
