NEW OB NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 263 



Natiirliehen Pflanzenfamilicn, although Bcntham & Hooker reduce Phoebe to 

 Pei sea. In the original description of the species the outer series of stamens are 

 described as having extrorse anthers, and the other series to have introrse anthers, 



1 have reexamined the type number and the reverse seems to be the case, the 

 outer two series having introrse anthers, and the inner series having extrorse 

 anthers. Apparently allied to the Malayan Phoebe opneti Blume. 



DROSERACELaJ. 



DROSERA Linn. 



Drosera burmanni Yahl Symb. 3 (1794) 50; Clarke in Hook. f. LI. Brit. hid. 



2 (1878) 424; K.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 78, Diels in Pflanzenreirh 26 (l.toiii 76. 

 Luzon, District of Bontoc, For. Hue. t0995 Gurran, January, 1900, altitude 



about 700 m. 



The fourth species of the genus for the Philippines, previously recorded from 

 Panay by F.-Villar, but his record as to its occurring in the Archipelago not 

 before verified. 



India and Ceylon to southern Japan, south to Malaya and northern Australia. 



HAMAMELIDACE-E. 



EMBOLANTHERA gen. now 



Calveis tubus ovarii) adnatus, limbus irregulariter 2- vel 3-fidus, demum 

 circuinscisso-deciduus. Petals 5, lineari^elongata, basi utrinque valde 



auriculata vel alata. Stamina 5, petalia alternantia, filamentis brevis- 

 simis; antberae basifixae, loculis in valvis 2 verticaliter dehisccntibus, 

 connectivo longe producto. Ovarium inferum, 2-locularc; styli 2, sub- 

 ulati, stigmatibus simplicibus; ovula in loculis solitaria, pendula. Arbor. 

 Folia alterna, integra vel subintegra, persistentia, ovata vel oblonga, 

 acuminata. Stipulae lanceolatae, membranaceae, deciduae, pectintae. 

 Florea in spicaa terminales densissime dispositi, calyce stellato-pubescente. 



Embolanthera spicata sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, glabra, inflorescentiis exceptis. Kamis 

 lamulisque tenuibus, griseifl vel brunneis; foliis alternis firmiter char- 

 taceis, ovatis vel oblongis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice breviter acuminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, acutis vel acuminatis, leviter inaequilateralibus, nitidis. 

 Spicis foliis aequantibus vel subaequantibus, densis; lloribus albis, 

 5-meris; petalis circiter 2 cm longis, 2 mm latis, basi utrinque valde 

 auriculatis vel alatis; staminibus 5, connectivo longe producto. 



A tree about 10 m bigb, glabrous or nearly so except the inflorcsence. 

 Branches and branchlete terete, slender, gray or brown, slightly lenti- 

 cellate. Leaves alternate, ovate to oblong, firmly cbartaceous, sbining, 

 7 to 10 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, gradually narrowed upward to the 

 short-acuminate apex, the base rounded, acute, ot slightly acuminate. 

 usually somewhat inequilateral, the margins entire, recurved, some- 

 times slightly aculeate-denticulate near the apex: nerves 7 or 8 on 



