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long; disk glands about 0.8 mm. long, among the filaments, slightly 



filiate at the apex, the Btaminate flowers apparently bul one in cadi 



bract. Fruit glabrous, purplish, 2-celled, each cell l-seeded, about 



6 mm. long. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Suyoc to Pauai (4689 Merrill) November 7. 1905, 

 Btaminate and pistillate flowers from different plants; Baguio (6307 Elmer) 



.May, 1!)()4: .Mount Santo Tomas (6545, ti."i4S Elmer) June. 1!)04. Abundant in 

 the mossy forests in the mountains and on high ridges above 2,000 m. 



MACARANGA Thouars. 



Macaranga dipterocarpifolia Merrill sp. nov. | Mappa. 



A shrub or small tree reaching a height of about 7 in. Branches 

 reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves ovate, glabrous, 13 to 20 cm. long. 

 S to 12 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, penninerved, the base broad, 

 truncate, somewhat auriculate at the insertion of the petiole and with 

 several large glands at the base on the upper surface, the margins 

 irregularly repand-crenate, usually dull, the lower surface with numerous 

 small glands, usually paler than the upper surface, 7 to 9 nerved from 

 the base, the lower nerves short; lateral nerves prominent, spreading. 

 subparallel, 10 to 13 on each side of the midrib, the lower pair (basal) 

 sending stout branches toward the margins, the reticulations subparallel. 

 distinct ; petioles 5 to 10 cm. long, glabrous. Male inflorescence glabrous, 

 paniculate, from the upper axils, 10 to 15 cm. long. Flowers numerous, 

 yellowish, fasciculate in the axils of the bracts, the bracts linear. 

 5 to 7 mm. long or less, enlarged and with 1 to ;] or -1 large disk-like 

 glands above, often somewhat enlarged below and with one or two lobes. 

 Sepals 3, 1 to 1.2 mm. long, glabrous, elliptical-ovate, acute. Stamens 



7 to !) ; filaments 1 mm. Jong or less; anthers 4-celled. Pistillate flowers 

 and fruit not seen. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Nahlan (6137 Elmer) April, 1 «>04. Not common on 

 dry open ridges. 



A species resembling Macaranga eumingii Muell. Arg., hut with much larger 

 leaves and more numerous stamens, the shape and venation of the leaves resem- 

 bling some species of Dipterocarpu*, from which character the species is named. 

 Tim same species has been collected (sterile) hy Whitford, in the canyon of the 

 Lamao River, Province of Bataan, Luzon, altitude 700 m. 



roivIARIACEJv 



CORIARIA Niss. 



Coriaria intermedia Mat sum. Hot. .Mag. Tokyo 12 (1898) 62. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Suyoc to Pauai (4800 Merrill) November 7, 1905. 

 In ravines at about '2.000 m. Formosa. 



Specimens of the above number were sent to Dr. .F. Matsumura. of the Botan- 

 ical Institute, Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan, for comparison with the type 

 of his Formosan species, and after comparing the specimens, he expresses the 

 opinion that the Luzon plant is identical with his Coriaria intermedia. Specimens 

 collected in Benguet hy Vidal, and recorded by him as "C. sp. (alt. C. japonica 



