268 © The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
Var. PARVIFOLIA var. nov. 
A typo differt foliis minoribus, 4 ad 6 cm longis, haud pustu- 
‘latis, petiolis brevioribus. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sct. 26511 Ramos 
& Edato, September 6, 1916, in forests, altitude about 240 meters. 
This is apparently but a reduced form of Hydrangea pubiramea, having 
smaller leaves and panicles and shorter petioles. 
CUNONIACEAE 
WEINMANNIA Linnaeus 
WEINMANNIA SIMPLICIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 3 m altus, inflorescentiis leviter pubescentibus 
exceptis glaber; foliis crasse coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque 
ad 9 cm longis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, utrinque subaequal- 
iter angustatis, apice obtusis, acutis, vel leviter acuminatis, basi 
plus minusve acuminatis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 9, 
venularum reti denso, utrinque conspicuo; racemis numerosis, 
usque ad 9 cm longis; capsulis anguste ovoideis, circiter 3 mm 
longis, pubescentibus. 
A shrub about 3 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches terete, brownish, the branchlets smooth, dark-brown, 
somewhat compressed at the nodes. Leaves simple, opposite, 
thickly coriaceous, brown and somewhat shining when dry, 
oblong-elliptic, 4.5 to 9 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, subequally 
narrowed to the obtuse, acute, or somewhat acuminate apex, and 
to the acuminate base, the margins crenate-serrate; primary 
lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, these and the 
prominent, rather close reticulations distinct on both surfaces; 
petioles 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, simple, or the 
rachis slightly branched, the peduncles and branches 1 cm long 
or less, the racemes numerous, fascicled at the tips of the 
branches or of the peduncle, up to 9 cm long, more or less pub- 
escent with short, brownish hairs. Fruits numerous, fascicled 
at the nodes of the branches, their pedicels slender, somewhat 
pubescent, about 2 mm long, the capsules narrowly ovoid, about 
3 mm long, brownish-pubescent, tipped cd the styles, the latter 
about 1.5 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26531 Ramos & 
Edato, September 9, 1916, in forests, altutude about 300 meters. 
A characteristic species allied to Weinmannia luzonensis Vid., but readily 
distinguished by its — thickly coriaceous, prominently ‘nerved and 
reticulated leaves. 
