222 



mm. Long; anthers blunt, 1 mm. long. Capsule 1 to :> mm. long, ovoid, 

 somewhat hirsute above, regularly dehiscing by 5 valves. Seeds many, 

 triangular, rugose, brown, nearly 1 mm. long. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Bugias (400,8 Merrill) October 28, 1905; Daklan 



to Kabayan (4405 Merrill) October 27. 1005. On damp banks along the trail 

 in open grass lands and iii thin pine forests. 



A species well characterized by its small leaves, which are glandular punctate 

 with round spots. 



SAPOTACE^E. 



S1DEROXYLON Linn. 

 Sideroxylon luzoniense Merrill sp. nov. 



A small tree about 5 m. high with oblong-ovate to broadly oblong- 

 lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, acuminate leaves, beneath shining and 

 rather densely ferruginous-pubescent, ami axillary fascicled flowers, the 

 staminodes elongated, entire. Branches dark brown or nearly black, 

 lenticellate, glabrous, the young parts rather densely einerous and Ferru- 

 ginous pubescent. Leaves 7 to !> cm. long, 2 to 1 cm. wide, coriaceous. 

 glabrous above, the apex short acuminate or acute, gradually narrowed 

 below to the acute base; nerves somewhat prominent beneath, (i to 7 on 

 each side of the midrib, the reticulations obscure: petioles densely pubes- 

 cent, I to 1..") cm. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles of from 2 to 5. 

 mostly on the young branchlets, oumerous, sessile. Calyx cup-shaped. 

 1 mm. long, densely ferruginous pubescent, 5-toothed, the teeth blunt, 

 broad, less than 1 mm. long. Corolla 5 mm. long, glabrous. 5-lobed, 

 lobes oblong-ovate, truncate, about 3.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide below. 

 Staminodes linear or linear-lanceolate, entire, blunt, 2.5 to 3 mm. long, 

 less than 1 mm. wide. Filaments 2 mm. long; anthers broadly ovoid, 

 1.3 mm. long. Ovary ferruginous-pubescent, 5-celled. 



Luzon. Province of lii/.al. Antipolo (127 /■'. W. Foxworthy) January hi. 1906. 

 In forest on Mount Kaysipot, at about 700 tn, 



OLEACE^E. 



JASMINUM Linn. 



Jasminum populifolium ISlunie. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1sr>()i 27(1: Miq. Fl. 



Ind. Hat. 2 (1856) 538; F.-Vill. Nov. App. tlss;S) 12S; ./. luzoniense 



Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (188.-)) 185; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) ISO: 



Ceron, Cat. PI. Eerb. (1892) 111; Usteri, Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 120. 



Blume cites no collector in the original diagnosis of bis species, simply giving 



the locality "In insulis Philippinis." It seems probable thai he bad before him 



the same number of Cuming's plant that Vidal later described as Jasminum 



luzoniense. Mis description applies very closely to a specimen of No. 1020 



Cuming in our herbarium, on wbicb number Vidal's species was based. I have 



accordingly reduced ./. luzoniense to the much earlier ./. populifolium. 



