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discovery in Luzon is a striking addition to the list of Australian types in the 

 Philippine flora. The Philippine form was at first considered hy me to be an 

 undescribed species, but after a careful examination of the description, and 

 comparison with material from the Port Jackson District, Australia, coll. J. II. 

 Camfield, December. 1907, I am at loss to discover any character by which the 

 Philippine plant can be distinguished from the Australian except the unscientific 

 one of geographical distribution. It is possible that a revision of the genus will 

 lead to the characterization of more than one species, for Bentham, in the 

 original description, states that it is quite glabrous in all of its parts, while 

 Engler describes the young branches and leaves as densely pilose, the Philippine 

 specimens and the one Australian specimen before me agreeing with the latter. 



ACERACE^E. 



ACER Linn. 

 Acer curranii sp v nov. § Integrifolia. 



Arbor glabra usque ad 25 m aha: foliia concoloribus, nitidis, glabris, 

 inte'gris, coriaceis, reticulars, ovatii vel elliptico-ovatis, breviter obtuse 



acuminatis, basi rotundatifl vel obtusis, 3- vel 5-nerviis, usque ad 13 

 cm longis; floribus maaculinis corymboBia, corymbis axillaribus, brevibus, 

 glabris; fructibus 4 cm longis, alis angulo aeuto divergentilms, paullo 

 introssum falcatis. 



A glabrous tree 25 m high or less, the trunk reaching a diameter of 

 110 em. Branches terete, smooth, glabrous, reddish-brown, with few 

 scattered lenticels. Leaves ovate to elliptic-ovate, coriaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, shining, glabrous, of the same color on both surfaces, distinctly 

 reticulate, 9 to 13 cm long, 5 to 6.5 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly 

 arid obtusely acuminate, the base usually broad and rounded, sometimes 

 blunt, rarely acute; basal nerves one or two pairs, the outer pair, when 

 present, short, the lateral nerves above the basal ones usually 4 on each 

 side of the midrib, distant, very prominent, the primary reticulations 

 very prominent, rather lax, the ultimate ones fine; petioles 2 to 5 cm 

 long. Male inflorescence axillary, corymbose, about 2 cm long, glabrous, 

 the branches few, short ; pedicels 2 to 5 mm long. Sepals 4, free, oblong- 

 ovate, 2 to 3.5 mm long, about 2 mm wide. Petals 4, similar to the 

 sepals but narrower. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted in the disk on its outer 

 side; filaments 2 to 3 mm long; anthers about 1 mm in length. Disk 

 lobed. fleshy, glabrous, very thick; bracts subtending the inflorescence 

 numerous, ovate, coriaceous, closely imbricated, 3 mm long, their upper 

 margins pubescent, deciduous, leaving a thickened, rough base to the 

 inflorescence 2 to 3 mm long and 2 thick, strongly and densely marked 

 by the bract-scars. Pistillate flowers unkown. Tnfrutescence corymbose, 

 10 cm long or less, glabrous, with few branches, the fruit, including the 

 wing, 4 cm long, the wings diverging at an acute angle, slightly falcate, 

 10 to 13 mm wide. 



