NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 295 



brown rarely somewhat grayish. Leaves opposite, oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong, 2.5 to 3 cm long, 7 to 12 mm wide, firmly chartaceous or Bub- 

 coriaceons, shining, narrowed and acute at both ends or the apex very 

 shortly apiculate-acuminate, glandular-punctate, beneath slightly glau- 

 cous; nerves 5 to 7 on each side of the midrib, slender, obscure, the 

 reticulations obsolete; petioles very short or none. Flowers white, axi- 

 llary, solitary, about 2 cm in diameter, their pedicels about 1 cm long, 

 with three or four pairs of short imbricate bracteoles at the base. Sepals 

 ovate, acute or obscurely acuminate, 1.5 mm long. Petals oblong-obovate, 

 inequilateral, 10 to 12 mm long, 6 to 7 mm wide, apex more or less 

 obliquely subtruncate or rounded. Stamens 5-adelphous; filaments 5 to 

 9 mm long. Ovary and style 11 mm long, the former narrowly oblong- 

 ovoid, 5-celled, the latter consisting of five entirely united styles. Cap- 

 sules about 10 mm long. 3 mm in diameter, crowned by the style, septici- 

 dally 5-valved ; seeds 1 mm long, thick-spindle-shaped. 



Luzox, Province of Benguet, Ambuklao, Loher 66 in Herb. Kew. ; Mount Ugo, 

 Bur. Bci. 5716 Ramos, December, 1908: Province of Zambales, Mount Pinatubo, 

 Bur. Sci. 2562 Foxworthy, April, 1907. 



A species apparently most closely allied to Hypericum formosanum Maxim., 

 and 7/. r/iraldii Keller. 



FLACOURTIACEiE. 



AHERNIA gen. nov. 



Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala 4 vel 5, imbricata, in petala transeuntes. 

 Petala 10 ad 15, sepalis gonsimilia sed interiors gradatim angustiora. 

 Stamina indefinita, epipetala vel perigyna, filamentis filiform ibus, elonga- 

 tis; antherae parvae, abbreviatae, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 

 Ovarium ovoideum vel ellipsoideum, 1-loculare, placentae 5, oo-ovulatae ; 

 stylus simplex ; stigmate minuto, obscure 3-lobato vel subdisciforme. 

 Fructus ovoideus vel ellipsoideus, oo-spermus, pericarpio crustaceo, 

 obscure longitudinaliter sulcato, indehiscente. Semina obovoidea, plus 

 minus compressa. Arbor subglabra. Folia alterna, chartacea vel sub- 

 membranacea, acuminata. Integra vel supra obscure repando-crenata, basi 

 5-nervia vel 5-plinervia, 2-glandulosa. Florcs mediocres in racemis sim- 

 plicibus axillaribus dispositi. 

 "* Ahernia glandulosa sp. nov. 



Arbor subglabra 8 ad 15 m alta; foliis alternis, ovatis vel oblongo- 

 ovatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, chartaceis vel submembranaceis, acuminatis, 

 basi obtusis, rotundatis vel subtruncatis, 2-glandulosis, 5-nerviis vel 5- 

 plinerviis; Soribus circiter 1 cm longis, in racemis axillaribus solitariis 

 dispositis, hermaphroditis. 



A tree 8 to 15 m high, glabrous except the infloresence and fruits. 

 Branches terete, brownish-gray, glabrous, obscurely lenticellate. Leaves 

 alternate, estipulate, ovate or oblong-ovate, chartaceous or submembra- 

 naceous, 9 to 15 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide, glabrous, shining and nearly 



