200 

 RUTAGEiE. 



ATALANTIA Correa. 



Atalantia linearis (Blanco). Limonia linearis Blanco, Fl. Kili|>. ed. I (1837) 

 :!57. Limonia monophylla Blanco, 1. e. ed. 2 (184r>) 252; ed. :5, 2 (1878) 

 lO.'i; Morrill, Govt. Lib. Publ. 27 (1905) 28, non Linn. Atalantia mono- 

 phylla F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 27, non ('.urea. 

 A slii-iih 1 io :i in. high. Branches light gray, glabrous, tin 1 young 

 branchlets greenish, pubescent or puberulent, terete. Leaves alternate, 

 linear to narrowly linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, glabrous, shining, 

 coriaceous. 2 to 1 cm. long, ',) to 10 mm. wide, the base acute 1 , the apex 

 blunt, retuse, entire, the margins often somewhat recurved, the midrib 

 prominent, the lateral nerves numerous, scarcely more distinct than the 

 dense reticulations; petioles glabrous or pubescent, :i mm. long or less. 

 Inflorescence of terminal and axillary panicles. 3 to "> cm. long, pubescent, 

 the branches short, W'\v flowered. Flowers white, short pediceled, about 

 6.5 mm. long. Calyx short, regularly 5-lobed, the lobes imbricate, 

 broadly suborbicular. rounded, about '> mm. long. '>.."> mm. wide, pubes- 

 cent, the margins ciliate. Petals 5, free, oblong, the apex rounded, (i 

 to (i.r> mm. long, about '■) mm. wide, somewhat narrowed at the base. 

 Stamens 5; filaments broad. 1 mm. long; anthers about 1.4 mm. long. 

 Ovary glabrous. ;>-celled, sessile, the disk shallow. Fruit glabrous, 

 globose, white, glandular-punctate, about 8 mm. in diameter. 



Luzon. Province of Rizal, Montalban \:v.V.)-> Ahern's collector) November 28, 

 I'M)."): (.")044 Mcrrilh March S, 100(1. the Conner in Bower, the latter with mature 

 fruit. On elitl's ami boulders at an altitude of about 40 m. along the river. 

 frequently in situations submerged at high water associated especially with 

 Eugenia mimica Men., and sometimes with Homonoya riparia Lour. 4'.. Dayap 

 no monti (Blanco), Aguhu (Ahern's collector). 



A species at once recognized by its very narrow leaves, which are retuse at the 

 apex. Blanco's original description of this species is very short, his material 

 being from the Island of Marieaban. Province of Batangas, Luzon, flowering in 

 the month of duly. In this description he states that the leaves are minutely 

 serrate, probably from the fact that in specimens with recurved leaf margins, 

 the slightly raised veins on the upper surface appear like minute teeth. The 

 note following the description of the species in the first edition of the Flora 

 de Filipinas is excluded in the second, this note referring to a similar form 

 observed by Blanco in the Province of Bulacan, Luzon. 1 am of the opinion 

 that, the form here described is identical with Blanco's Limonia linearis, and 

 accordingly his specific name is adopted and the species is redescribed under 

 .1 lalantia. 



Atalantia retusa Merrill sp. now 



A shrub about 3 m. high, with oblong elliptical to elliptical-ovate. 

 BUbcoriaceous, glabrous, strongly refuse leaves, racemose inflorescence 

 and 5- to 7-merous flowers, the stamens to to 15, \'w(\ the ovary l-celled. 



Branches brownish gray, glabrous, the branchlets green, glabrous. Leaves 

 5 to !) cm. long, 2.5 to I cm. wide, shining, broad at both ends, scarcely 

 narrowed above, the base rounded; nerves numerous, anastomosing; 



