anthers orbicular ovoid, 0.5 mm. long. Female flowers yellow, in axillary, solitary 

 or fascicled spikes 1 to 3 em. long, the rhachis, bracts, pedicels and calyces 

 rather densely ferruginous pubescent, the flowers few, scattered, one in each bract, 

 the pedicels about 1 mm. long. Sepals elliptical ovate, rounded or acute. Ovary 

 glabrous, 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled; styles stout, recurved. 2-cleft, persistent. 

 Fruit, globose, indehiscent, brown, glabrous and shining when dry. about 1 cm. 

 in diameter, dry, 2-celled, each cell with a single seed, the pedicels 4 to 5 nun. long. 



(133, 140, IDS Barnes) January; (732, SIS, 834, 137:5 Borden) .May, dune, 

 duly; (3762 Merrill) January; ( 14.11 Ahem' 8 collector) duly; (6086 Leiberg) 

 duly. In forests 300 to 900 in. Nos. 0101 and 6225 Elmer, Sablan. Province of 

 Benguet, Luzon. April, 1904 are the same. 



2. Aporosa symplocosifolia Merrill, sp. now 



A small tree .1 to S m. high, the leaves usually pale yellowish green when dry. 

 Branches light gray or brownish, glabrous. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous, 

 oblong ovate or elliptical ovate to broadly elliptical lanceolate, glabrous, shining 

 on'both surfaces to 15 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, the apex usually rather long 

 acuminate, the base rounded or acute, equilateral, entire; nerves about 7 on each 

 side of the midrib, distant, anastomosing, the primary reticulations lax; petioles 

 1 to 1.5 cm. long, glabrous, flattened and with two small glands at the apex on 

 the upper side. Male flowers in simple, dense, solitary or fascicled, axillary 

 catkin like spikes about 1 cm. long 2 mm. in diameter, the bracts very slightly 

 pubescent, reniform. 1.5 mm. long, 2 to 2.5 mm. wide. Sepals ovate, acute. 

 about 1.5 mm. long. Filaments about 1 mm. long, glabrous, the anthers 0.5 mm. 

 long. Female flowers on stout, solitary or fascicled, simple, bracteose, pubescent 

 spikes less than 1 cm. long. Sepals 4, broadly ovate, 1.5 to 2 mm. lon<r, their 

 margins ciliate. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Stigmas short. 

 stout, more or less spreading and somewhat pectinate. Fruit red when mat inc. 

 sessile, ovoid to ellipsoid, glabrous, 1 cm. long or less, dry. dehiscing from the 

 base, 2-celled, each cell with 1 or 2 seeds. 



(3764, 2407 Merrill) dune, January; (11S7. 2361, 2541. 2745 Borden) dune. 

 January to March; (53, 99, 303, 1055, 1073 Whitford) April. May, January; 

 (202 Barnes) January; (2320, 2512, 2820 Meyer) December, January, March. 

 In forests 100 to 800 m. Other specimens from Luzon are Nos. 383, 910 Maule, 

 Province of Zambales, and Nos. 394, 403, 1099, 2657, 3086, 2S94 A hern's eolleelor. 

 Province of Rizal. 



8. BACCAUREA Lour. 



1. B. tetrandra (Baill.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 465. 



(662, 1217, 2368. 2486 Harden) April, June, January; (2504 Merrill) June; 

 (334. 531 Barnes) February. November; (55. 1038, 1053. 1054 Whitford) April, 

 December, January; (239!). 2400, 2811 Meyer) January. March. In forests 90 

 to 000 m. Endemic. T.. Dilao. 



9. ANTIDESMA Finn. 



1. A. bunius ( Finn.) Spreng.; Muell. Arg. 1. c. 202. 



(754. 177S Borden) May. August; (415 Whitford) dune; (2559 Merrill) June. 

 In thickets below 75 in., widely distributed in the Philippines. British India and 

 Malaya. T., liifinay. 



2. A. edule Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 20. 



(0085. 0091 Leiberg) duly: (52. 476, 521 Whitford) April, duly; (3148, 3784 

 Merrill) October, .January; (167, 547 Barnes) January, March; (2739 Borden \ 

 March (144 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest PI., coll. A hem's collector, July. 

 In forests and thickets 75 to 400 m. Endemic. T., Tanitji. 



