xi, c, 1 Merrill: Plants from Sorsogon Province, Luzon 19 



Apparently as closely allied to Saurauia sparsiflora Elm. as to any 

 other species, but with much smaller, fewer nerved leaves, which are not 

 prominently toothed. 



OCHNACEAE 



SCHUURMANSIA Blume 

 SCHUURMANSIA PARVIFOL1A sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, foliis confertis, oblanceolatis vel oblongo-oblan- 

 ceolatis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 7 cm longis, 

 apice obscure acuminatis, leviter crasse apiculatis, basi attenua- 

 tes, nervis utrinque densissime confertis ; paniculis terminalibus, 

 multifloris, usque ad 12 cm longis, floribus circiter 6 mm 

 diametro. 



A glabrous tree, the leaves crowded near the ends of the 

 branchlets, the branchlets terete, brownish, with numerous, 

 rather crowded petiolar scars. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate to 

 oblanceolate, coriaceous, uniformly brown and shining on both 

 surfaces when dry, entire, the apex shortly acuminate and with 

 an obscure, stout apiculus, below gradually narrowed in the 

 lower one-half or two-thirds, the nerves very numerous, densely 

 arranged, slender; petioles usually about 1 cm long, the lamina 

 more or less decurrent. Panicles terminal, very many flowered, 

 erect, up to 12 cm long, branched from or near the base, the 

 lower branches 5 to 6 cm long. Flowers white. Sepals elliptic, 

 rounded, about 3 mm long. Petals ovate-elliptic to obovate, 

 rounded, 4 mm long. Stamens 5, 3 mm long, the filiform sta- 

 minodes nearly as long as the stamens. Ovary ovoid, about 0.5 

 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Lake Polog, Bur. Sci. 236^8 Ramos, 

 August 25, 1915. 



Except for the plant described by F.-Villar as Calophyllum vidalii, the 

 above is the first representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines. 

 With the addition of two Philippine species of Schuurmansia, the genus 

 now comprises nine distinct species extending from southern Luzon to 

 New Guinea, but not extending to the Sunda Islands. 3 



SCHUURMANSIA VIDALII (F.-Vill.) comb. nov. 



Calophyllum vidalii F.-Vill. ex Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. Manila (1902) 



229, plate. 

 Calophyllum cuneatum Vidal 1. c. in syn. 

 Luzon, Province of Camarines Sur, Mount Isarog, Vidal 21SU in herb. 

 Kew. 



Opportunity is here taken to transfer to its proper family and genus 

 the species mentioned above that was placed by F.-Villar in Calophyllum. 



3 Hallier, H. Ueber die Luxemburghieen-gattungen Schuurmansia, Schu- 

 urmansiella und Blastemanthus. Recueil Trav. Bot. Neerl. 10 (1913) 

 340-355. 



