212 



Palawan, Iwahig Penal Settlement (3507 Cumin) January 7, 1906. A tree 

 i mi common along the river, slightly above sea level. 



A very clraractcrisl ic species, readily recognized by ils entire strongly rcvolute 



leaves and 3-merous (lowers. 



COMBRETACE^E. 



COMBRETUM Linn. 

 Combretum sexalatum Merrill Bp. nov. 



A Bcandenl shrub, uearly glabrous, with opposite, oblong-ovate loaves. 

 terminal and axillary panicles, the flowers crowded at tlio ends of 

 (lie panicle branches, 4-merous flowers and prominently membranously 

 6-winged fruits, apparently dehiscent. Branches glabrous, brownish or 

 grayish, terete, the ultimate branchlets somewhat pubescent. Leaves 

 membranous or chartaeeous, shining, the base acute or founded, the apex 

 short broadly acuminate, entire, 8 to to cm. long, J to ") cm. wide, when 

 very young more or less glandular-lepidote, becoming quite glabrous, or 

 the nerve axils beneath barbellate; nerves 7 to <s on each side of the 

 midrib, somewhat prominent, the reticulations distinct; petioles 1.5 to 

 2 cm. long. Panicles 8 to 13 cm. long, the axis and branches densely 

 pubescent, the lower branches subtended by leaves, the flowers densely 

 racemosely disposed at the ends of the branchlets. Flowers yellow, ob- 

 scurely glandular lepidote, the pedicels 4-angled, gradually merged into 

 the calyx, the flower and pedicel about 1 '' mm. long, the huds acute. 



Calyx gradually wider upward, expanded above and villous at the throat 

 within, the limb 4-lobed, the lobes reflexed, ovate, sharply acute, 3 mm. 

 long'. Petals I. oblong, truncate, slightly exceeding - 2 mm. in length. 

 Stamens 8, exserted; filaments nearly (> mm. long; anthers nearly 1 mm. 

 long. Style Id to 1 2 mm. long. Fruit apparently dehiscent, including 

 the wings elliptical in outline. 3 to ."> em. long, 2.5 to I cm. wide, the seed- 

 hearing portion 1..'! cm. long or less, the hack of each valve with a thin 

 membranous wing about 1.5 cm. long. 0.5 mm. wide, the margins of the 

 ;i valves expanded into membranous, reticulately veined wings quite 

 surrounding each valve. 1.7) to 2 cm. wide, the free ri\o[v>i forming (! 

 longitudinal wings. 



LUZON, Province of Ki/.al. Antipole (3130 Ahcni's collector) dune, 1905 

 (Mower): Bosoboso (1868, 3321 Ahern'a collector) September, 1904, September, 

 1905 (fruit). The last number cited lias much broader leaves and larger fruits 

 1 han ( he ot hers. 



MYRTACE^E. 



EUGENIA I. inn. 

 Eugenia mimica Merrill sp. nov. § Jambosa, 



A glabrous Bhrub 1 to 3 m. high with subcoriaceous, lanceolate. 

 oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, acute or hlunf leaves, terminal cymose 

 panicles (5 cm. long or less, the flowers small, while, the huds narrowly 



