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358 MERRILL AND MERRITT. 
AQUIFOLIACE. 
[LEX Linn. 
1, I. crenata Thunb. forma luzonica (Rolfe) Loes. Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 
78 (1901) 201. 
Characteristic of the mossy forest above 2,250 m, C. M. Z. 18040, 18109. 
Japan and the Riu Kiu Islands, the forma luzgonica in Luzon, the var. 
thompsonii (Hook. f.) Loes. in the Himalayan region. Characteristic of the 
higher mountains of Luzon, as far south as Mount Banajao; also on Mount 
Canlaon, Negros. 
2. |. gracilipes Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 237. 
Pine region below 1,700 m, C. M. Z. 18160. 
Endemic. 
3. 1. sp. 
Mossy forest, above 2,250 m, 0. M. Z. 18069. 
Apparently allied to J. crenata, and perhaps only a form of that species; 
specimen in fruit only. 
4. Ilex pulogensis Merrill sp. nov. Thyrsoprinus, Indico-Malaicae. 
Frutex vel arbor glaber, erectus; foliis elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 5 em 
longis, crasse coriaceis, nitidis, apice acuminatis, basi cuneatis, nervis 
utrinque 5 ad 7; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, brevibus; floribus 5-meris. 
An erect or parasitic shrub or tree 4 to 20 m in height, glabrous 
throughout. Branches terete, light-gray, shining, the branchlets dark- 
brown to nearly black, somewhat lenticellate. Leaves elliptic-ovate, 
2.5 to 5 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, thickly coriaceous, shining and of the 
same color on both surfaces when dry, not punctate or glandular, the 
base cuneate, the apex acuminate; nerves 5 to 7 on each side of the 
midrib, not distinct, obscurely anastomosing, the secondary reticulations 
obsolete, the midrib slightly impressed on the upper surface, beneath 
prominent; petioles about 5 mm long. Racemes axillary, simple, solitary, 
8 to 12 mm long, with from 8 to 15 flowers, the bracteoles ovate, acute, 
1 mm long, the pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. Flowers small, 5-merous, the 
sepals elliptic-ovate, rounded, about 1 mm long, imbricate. Petals about 
as long as the sepals. Anthers 1 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit 
globose, 3 to 3.5 mm in diameter, 5-celled. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,250 m, O. M. Z. 18099, 18145 (type), 
also represented by Williams 1547 from Mount Santo Tomas, at a similar altitude 
and in a similar habitat. Merritt notes on the field label of no. 18145 that the 
species has a “balete” habit, that is, parasitic, similar to most species of Ficus 
of the section Urostigma. 
Apparently most closely allied to Jlew spicata Blume of Java, Sumatra, and 
New Guinea, but distinguished at once by its 5-merous flowers. 
Very similar to Ilex halconensis (Merr.) comb. nov. (Embelia halconensis 
Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 297), differing in its shorter racemes 
and somewhat smaller leaves, which are not punctate beneath. Jlea halconensis, 
known at present only from Mindoro, was erroneously ascribed by me to Embelia. 
of the Myrsinaceae, being placed with doubt in the § Pattara. It is, however, a 
true /lex, and is here transferred to its proper genus. 
