"_!.") I MBBBILL. 



The lirsi representative of the genua to be found in the Philippines and ap- 

 parently distinct from the few other species of the genua. On Mount Mariveles 

 it is found at altitudes of from 700 to 850 m, hut in Mindoro it occurs at lower 

 elevations. 



MAGNOLIACE^E. 

 ILLICIUM Linn. 

 Illicium phil ippinense sp. nov. 



Arbor parva vcl arbuscula, glabra; Eoliia congestis, alternis ?el sub- 



verticillatis, coriaceis, integris, acuminatis, oblongo-ellipticis vel elliptico- 

 lanceolatis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis; floribus axilla- 

 ribus, Bolitariis, alius; staminibus circiter 15; carpellis circiter 8, 3 mm 

 longis. 



■V small tree or a shrub -A m high or less, glabrous. Branches rather 

 stout, dark-colored, wrinkled when dry, the branchlets somewhat oliva- 

 ceous. Leaves crowded near the tips of the branchlets, alternate, sub- 

 verticillate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 5 to 8 cm 

 long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, coriaceous, the upper surface shining, the 

 lower dull, acuminate at both ends; lateral nerves obsolete, the midrib 

 prominent; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, white, 

 fragrant, about 1 cm long. Sepals four or five, elliptic-oblong, 10 mm 

 long, 5.5 mm wide, obtuse, nerved. Petals 2-seriate, the inner ones 

 narrower than the outer, as long as the sepals but much narrower, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Stamens about 15 ; filaments 

 stout, swollen, 2 mm long; anthers about 1 mm long. Carpels about 8, 

 glabrous, 3 mm long including the recurved style. Mature fruit about 

 2 cm in diameter, consisting of from 5 to 8 carpels which are narrowly 

 ovate, rostrate, wrinkled when dry. Seed pale, shining. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 9515 Outran d- Marritt 

 (type) ; Bur. Sci. 5078 Ramos, December, 1907, on exposed mountain top in the 

 elfinwood, altitude about 2,100 m. Mindoko, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. J^ll 

 Merritt, June, 1906. 



The only representative of the genus known from the Philippines, apparently 

 well characterized by its small leaves which are without evident lateral nerves. 

 It lias previously been recorded by me from Mindoro as Illicium sp. 1 It is 

 probably most closely allied to /. cvenium King, of the Malay Peninsula. 



LAURACE^. 



CRYPTOCARYA R. Br. 



Cryptocarya lauriflora (Blanco) comb. nov. 



Salgada lauriflora Blanco Pi. Filip. od. 2 (1845) 221, cd. 3, 2:50; Merr. in 

 Govt Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 73. 



Eutidenmylon horneense F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 179. non T. A B. 



Cryptocarya luzonienai* Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 222; Ceron Cat. 

 PI. Kerb. (Manila) (1892) 141; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 58. 



4 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 272. 



