20, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVII 403 
Filaments 2 mm long; anthers 1.2 mm in length. Disk 5-angled, 
filling the shallow calyx tube, about 4 mm in diameter. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, near Tankulan, Bur. Sci. 
89136 Ramos & Edano, July, 1920. In damp forests at an alti- 
tude of about 900 meters. 
The second species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, 
readily distinguishable from Lophopetalum toxicum Loher by its 
few-nerved leaves. 
SABIACEAE 
MELIOSMA Blume 
MELIOSMA BONTOCENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 
simplicibus, subellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, integris, 5 ad 10 cm 
longis, obtusis ad rotundatis vel brevissime subapiculato-acumi- 
natis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, supra impressis, 
subtus valde perspicuis, petiolo 1.2 ad 2 cm longo; paniculis 10 
ad 12 cm longis, multifloris, partibus junioribus perspicue ferru- 
gineo-pubescentibus; floribus confertis, petalis glabris, exte- 
rioribus orbicularis, 2.5 mm diametro, sepalis bracteolisque 
minoribus, margine leviter ciliatis. Species M. vulcanicae Merr, 
affinis. 
A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the inflorescences, the 
ultimate branches about 4 mm in diameter. Leaves simple, 
subelliptic, coriaceous, 5 to 10 cm long, 3.5 to 5 em wide, brown- 
ish-olivaceous and more or less shining when dry, the lower 
surface paler than the upper, the midrib and nerves very dark 
brown in contrast to the paler surface, the apex obtuse to 
rounded or very shortly subapiculate, the base acute, the margins 
entire; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, more 
or less impressed on the upper surface, very prominent on the 
lower surface, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles 
1.2 to 2cm long. Panicles 10 to 12 cm long, the younger parts 
ferruginous-pubescent, the older parts glabrous or nearly so, the 
primary branches 8 to 6 cm long. Flowers yellow when fresh, 
crowded, sessile. Sepals 5, brown, orbicular to orbicular-ovate, 
rounded, 1.8 mm in diameter, the margins somewhat ciliate, the 
calyx subtended by 2 or 8 bracteoles similar to the sepals but 
smaller in size, Outer three petals imbricate, glabrous, orbicular 
to obovate, concave, about 2.5 mm in diameter, the inner two 
oblong-obovate to spatulate, thin, entire, free, about 1.8 mm long. 
Filaments of the fertile stamens 1 mm long. Sterile stamens 
