(7) Premna odorata Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 489; ed. 2 (1845) 341; ed. 

 3, 2 (1878) 268; Schauer in DC. Prodr. 11 (1847) 638; Miq. PI. End. Bat. 2 

 (1856) BOO; Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (1905) 68; I. c. 35 (1906) 76. 

 Ptemna vestita Schauer, 1. c 631; Miq. I. c. 892; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 

 159; Vidal, PI. an. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 134; Rev. PI. VaBC. Filip. (1886) 

 20!); Sinopsis, Atlas ( l8S:i) /. 7}. /'. E.; Merr. Forest. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 51. 

 Premna serratifolia Blanco 1. c. ed. 2 i 1845) 269; ed. 3, 1. c. Premna tomen- 

 tosa F.-Vill. 1. c. ex syn. Blanco, non Blume. Premna foetida F.-Vill., 1. c. 

 non Beinw.. <'\ syn. Blanco. 

 Philippines (599 Cuming) L836 L840, cotype of Premna vestita Schauer. 

 Luzon, Manila (22, :5421 Merrill) April. 1902; November, 1903; (718 Ahem) 

 April. 1901: Province of Bataan, Dinalupihan (1514 Merrill) January, 1903; 

 Lamao River (2590 J/n/n-j February, l!H)5; Marivclcs (748, 780 Ahem) Jan- 

 uary, 1902: Province of Pampanga (37 Parker) .May. 1904: Province of Rizal, 

 Vntipolo (24 ]l,rriil) Decades Philip. Forest Fl.. coll. Ahem's collector, February, 

 1904: Province of Tayabas, Lucena (2892 Merrill) June 1903: Province of 

 Union, Bauang (5561 Elmer) February. 1904: Province of Benguet, Sablan (6154 

 Elmer) April. 1904. Mindobo, Baco (1218 Merrill) January, 1903. Guimabas 

 (235 Qammill) January, 1904. 



Premna vestita is placed by Schauer in the section with 4-toothed calyces, but 

 in two specimens of Cuming's No. 599 in our herbarium, on which number the 

 species was based, the calyces are distinctly 5-toothed. This is certainly the 

 most abundant and widely distributed species of the genus in the Philippines, 

 and is the one utilized by the natives as noted by Blanco. Blanco's descrip- 

 tion applies very closely, and 1 am of the opinion that there can be no doubt 

 as to the correctness of the identification. Premna serratifolia Blanco is reduced 

 t<, /'. odorata, as Blanco states that the species can be distinguished from the 

 latter only by the serrate leaves. Nos. 1218 and :i421 Merrill and No. :S7 Parker 

 Show this character, but no other characters on which 1 am able to separate 

 this form as a distinct species. As a result of the reduction of I'n i,n,a srr- 

 ratifolia to P. odorata, 1 have also so reduced /'. foetida F.-Vill., to which F.-Villar 

 referred V. serratifolia Blanco. For the same reason F.-Villar's Premna pubescens 

 is reduced, he having referred Premna odorata Blanco to Blume's species From 

 F.-Villar's remark, however, it is possible that he referred specimens of Premna 

 cumingiana to Premna pubescens. Abundant and widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. T., Alagao. V., Adgao. 

 (8) Premna congesta Merrill sp. nov. 



A shub or small tree with small ovate to elliptieal-ovate nearly glabrous 

 loaves 2.5 to « cm. long, ami densely flowered terminal cymes 3 lo 5 

 cm. in diameter, the calyx 2-lipped, the corolla Uobed. Branches terete 

 lentieellate, light gray or brownish, becoming quite glabrous, the younger 

 parts with few scattered, weak hairs. Leaves subcoriaceous, 1.5 to 4.5 

 mi. wide, shining ami glabrous above, or the nerves somewhat pubescent, 

 paler beneath ami minutely punctulate, glabrous, or the axils of the 

 nerves barbellate, ami sometimes the midrib somewhat pubescent, entire 

 or somewhat eivnafe above, acute or obtuse, rarely very short acuminate, 

 the base rounded; nerves aboul ! on each side of the midrib, somewhat 

 prominent; petioles slender, 1 cm. long or less, somewhat pubescent. 

 Cymes pubesceni with few weak, scattered hairs, the branches spreading 

 or ascending, the bracts and bracteoles linear to lanceolate. 1.5 to 3 mm. 



