124 MERRILL. 



basal portion inflated, the margins just above the carpels adherent into 

 a narrow tube, above entirely free. Stamens 10, alternating long and 

 short, the filaments somewhat pubescent, the longer ones 4 mm, the 

 shorter 1 mm in length. Carpels 1, ovoid, pubescent; style 1.5 mm long, 

 slightly pubescent. Follicle firmly coriaceous, ellipsoid, inflated, 2.5 cm 

 long, outside glabrous, shining, faintly diagonally reticulate-striate, 

 inside pubescent, the stipe very short. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9185 Whitford d 

 Hutchinson, January, 1908, in dipterocarp forests at an altitude of about 20 m. 



10. Connarus subinaequifolius Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 297. 



Scandens; foliis usque ad 35 cm longis, imparipinnatis, foliolis 7, 

 circiter 12 cm longis, 4.5 cm latis, oblongis, breviter abrupte acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, firmiter membranaceis vel subcoriaceis, supra glabris, 

 nitidis, subtus plus minus ferrugineo-pubescentibus, nervis utrinque 4 

 ad 6, prominentibus. Folliculis sublignosis, obovoideis, compressis, 5 cm 

 longis, 3.5 cm latis, circiter 2.5 cm crassis, extus plus minus ferrugineo- 

 tomentosis, subglabrescentibus, vix striatis, intus f errugineo-tomentosis ; 

 seminibus oblongis, basi arillatis. 



The type of this species is Elmer 9J{22 from Mount Banajao, Province of 

 Tayabas, Luzon, which I have not seen. Elmer 931)1 from the same locality is 

 referable here, and also Elmer 6208 from Sablan, Province of Benguet, Luzon, the 

 latter being mentioned in the original description but without citation of the 

 number. The flowers are unknown. 



Endemic. 



2. ELLIPANTHUS Hook. f. 



1. Petioles 10 to 15 mm long, the leaf-base subacute, not peltate.... 1. E. luzoniensis 



1. Petioles 3 to 4 mm long, the leaf -base broad, rounded or subcordate, minutely 



peltate - 2. E. mindanaensis 



1. Ellipanthus luzoniensis Vid. Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 104; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 61. 



E. helferi Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 39, f. B, non Hook. f. 



E. calophyllus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 351 ( probably ), non Kurz. 



E. tomentosus F.-Vill. 1. c, non Kurz. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, For. Bur. 1998, 2900, 2 Ufl Ahern's collector: 

 Province of Bulacan, For. Bur. 7^46 Curran, For. Bur. 12305 Maulc: Province of 

 Bataan, For. Bur. 2200, 2239 Meyer, Whitford 1051, For. Bur. 6J,07 Curran, For. 

 Bur. U26, 1505 Ahern's collector, Elmer 6692, 6SS3, 6889, For. Bur. 812, 11)2, 

 1909, 2074, 2107, 2926 Borden. Leyte, Elmer 7164. 



Endemic. 



2. Ellipanthus mindanaensis sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioribxis fructibusque ferrugineo-pubescenti- 

 bus; foliis oblongo-ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, usque ad 14 

 cm longis, apice acuminatis, basi late rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, levis- 

 sime peltatis, integris, nitidis, supra glabris vel ad nervos minute pubes- 

 centibus, subtus ad costam nervosque pubescentibus, nervis 7 vel 8 utrin- 

 que; folliculis solitariis, longe pedicellatis, compressis, 3 cm longis, sub- 

 falcatis, acuminato-rostratis. 



