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180 MERRILL. 
Pittosporum ramosii sp. nov. 
Arbuscula vel arbor glabra, 3 ad 6 m alta; foliis elliptico-ovatis vel 
oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 6 cm longis, utrinque acuminatis, nervis tenui- 
bus, vix distinctis; fructibus lateralibus, ovoideis, apiculatis, 1 ad 1.2 
em longis, 2-valvatis. 
A shrub or tree 3 to 6 m high, glabrous. Branches terete, dark-gray 
or brownish. Leaves somewhat crowded at the apices of the branchlets, 
- subcoriaceous, shining when dry, elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 4 to 6 
~ 
em long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide, the apex sharply subcaudate-acuminate, the 
base decurrent-acuminate; nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, indistinct, the reticulations fine, close; petioles slender, about 1 
em long. Flowers unknown. Fruit from the branches below the leaves, 
axillary, solitary (the inflorescence apparently a short raceme), 2-valved, 
ovoid, smooth, yellow, apiculate, 1 to 1.2 em long, the peduncles about 
1 cm long; seeds few, 10 or less, black, shining, about 3 mm long. 
Luzon, District of Lepanto, Balbalasan, For. Bur. 5683 Klemme, altitude 1,500 m: 
Province of Abra, Mount Bawagan, Bur. Sci. 7211 Ramos (type), February, 1909. 
The fruits are very oily and with a strong odor of turpentine. _ Those that 
have been in the herbarium three years, when opened, were still wet with the 
aromatic oil characteristic of the genus. Similar in some respects to P. pen- 
tandrum Merr., but distinguished by its lateral inflorescence and by its leaves. 
Pittosporum ramiflorum Zoll. ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 12 (1858) 122. 
Glyaspermum ramiflorum Zoll. & Mor. in Nat. Gen. Arch. Neerl. Ind. 2 
(1845) 11, 
Pittosporum clementis Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 137. 
Additional study of the type material of Pittosporum clementis and comparison 
of the same with Javan material representing Pittosporum ramiflorum Zoll. has 
convinced me that the two species are identical and that P. clementis should be 
reduced to Zollinger’s species. It is known from Java, Amboina, Celebes, Min- 
danao, and Negros (Canlaon Voleano, Phil. Pl. 228 Merrill, April, 1910). The 
name Pittosporum ramiflorum Zoll. is not listed in Index Kewensis or in any of 
the supplements of that work. 
ROSACEZ. 
PRUNUS Linn. 
Prunus junghuhnianus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1855) 366. 
PALAWAN, Mount Victoria, Bur. Sci. 731 Fowworthy, March 24, 1906, in stream 
depressions, altitude about 250 m. 
The specimen agrees well with Miquel’s description, except that the racemes 
are nearly or quite glabrous, and also agrees perfectly in twig and leaf characters 
with sterile material received under the above name from Java. 
New to the Philippines; previously definitely recorded only from Java. 
RUTACEAE. 
CLAUSENA Burm. 
Clausena worcesteri sp. nov. 
Arbor vel arbuscula glabra; foliis alternis, foliolis 2—3-jugatis, ovatis, 
nitidis, apice abrupte obtuse acuminatis; paniculis terminalibus, pauci- 
