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(634, 757, 829, 1904, 3029 Borden) May, April. In forests 150 to 400 m. 

 Endemic. T., Pusopaso. 



2. N. zeylanica (Nees). Litsca zeylanica ('. & Fr. Nces in Amoen. Hot. Bonn. 

 Fasc. 1 (1823) 58; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 178. 



(1337, 1580, Borden) July, August; (3204 Merrill) October; (1503, Ahern's 

 collector) July; (6806 Elmer) November; (119, 458 Whitford) May, July; (2(317 

 Meyer) February. On exposed ridges above 1.000 in. Not previously reported 

 from the Philippines. British India and Malaya. 



3. N. microphylla Merrill, n. sp. 



A shrub or small tree. Branches slender, glabrous, striate, brown, the young 

 shoots ferruginous pubescent. Leaves alternate, mostly near the tips of the 

 branchlets, elliptical oblong to ovate lanceolate, with few appressed ferruginous 

 hairs on both sin laces when young, becoming glabrous, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. long, 1 to 

 2 cm. wide, dark and dull above, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves not prominent, 

 the two subbasal ones sharply ascending, about 4 others on each side of the midrib 

 from about the middle upwards; petioles slender, 1 cm. long, glabrous, shining. 

 Umbels sessile, mostly axillary, subglobose and about 5 mm. in diameter before 

 anthesis, 5-flowered, the four surrounding bracts membranous, elliptical-ovate, 

 about 4.5 mm. long, slightly pubescent. Flowers slightly pubescent, the perianth 

 4-cleft, the lobes acute narrowly ovate. Ovary glabrous. Stamens in the female 

 flowers usually 2 to 3, sterile. Male flowers not seen. Fruit obovoid, glabrous, 

 1.5 cm. long, black when dry, the persistent calyx tube funnel shaped, about 5 mm. 

 in diameter at the top. 



(0905 Elmer) November, 1904. On exposed ridges with the preceding species, 

 differing especially in its much smaller leaves and larger fruits. 



4. LITSEA Lam. 



J. L. tersa (Linn.) Glabraria teraa Linn. Mant. (1771) 270. Litsca ohinensis 

 Lam. Encyd. 3 (1789) 574. L, sebifera Pers. Syn. PL 2 (1807) 4. Hebifera 

 ijlutinosa Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 038. 



(365 Barnes) March; (1285 Borden) July; ( 1255 Whitford) May. In forests 

 and thickets below 100 m., common and widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 British India to Southern China. Malaya, and Australia. T.. Pusopuso. 



2. L. luzonica (Blume) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 181. 



(134, 344 Barnes) January, February; (627, 135G, 1371, 1810 Borden) April, 

 September; (2321, 2809, 3002 M eyer) December, May; (268 Copeland) February; 

 (3183, 3891 Merrill) October. August; (271, 345, 469 Whitford) May, July, 

 (1453 Ahern's collector) July; (6075; 6131 Leiberg) July; (6633, 6808 Elmer) 

 November, 1904. Common in forests 100 to 1,000 m. Widely distributed in the 

 Philippines, possibly endemic. Variable and apparently closely related to the 

 Malaya Litsea fulva, and perhaps not distinct from that species, many of the 

 specimens cited above closely resembling authentic specimens of the latter species. 



3. L. perrottetii (Blume) F.-Vill. 1. c. 



(128, 330 Barnes) January. February; (2347 Borden) January; (1025 Whit- 

 ford) December. In open forests below 100 in., widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. Endemic. T.. Maguilic. 



4. L. sp. 



(1363, 1794 Borden) July. September. Apparently undescribed, fruit only. 



5. BEILSCHMIEDIA Nees. 



1. B. glomerata Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 15. 



(335 Barnes) February. In forests at 100 m. Endemic. T.. Terukan. 



