NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 313 



Linociera philippinensis num. nov. 



Mayepea pallida Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 58. 



Linociera pallida Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 116, non K. Sch. 



Olea sp. Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 125; Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 181. 



The above change of name is necessitated because of the previous use of the 

 name pallida for a different species of the same genus, by K. Schumann. I also 

 include under this species the specimens referred by Vidal to Olea sp. in Phan. 

 Cuming. Philip. (1885) 125; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 181, as the specimens 

 cited appear to me to be Linociera and not Olea. Linociera philippinensis is 

 represented by the following specimens: 



Luzon, Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, For. Bur. 279* Meyer, For. Bur. 

 2939 Borden, Whitford 1142, Williams 569: Province of Rizal, Merrill 1835, 

 2670, For. Bur. 2874 Ahern's collector, Bur. Sci. 1457, 3356 Ramos: Province of 

 Camarines Sur, Pasacao, Ahem 44: Province of Zambales, For. Bur. 69',,i Curran. 

 Mindoko, Pola, Merrill 2255. Gl'imaras, For. Bur. 267. tSO, 309 ( la mm ill. 

 Native names, T., Anatao, Malabocboc, Pulat; V., Magubay, Cabating. 



APOCYNACE^TC. 



ALIXIA Ranks. 



Alyxia luzoniensis sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra; foliis oppositis, ternis, vol ranter quarternis, 

 oblongis, ovato-oblongis, vel elliptico-oblongis, coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 

 5 cm longis, apice breviter obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis laterali- 

 bus subobsoletis ; cymis axillaribus, paucifloris, pedunculatis ; fructibus 

 ellipsoideis, obtusis vel apiculatis, 1 ad 1.4 cm longis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches terete or slightly 

 angled, brownish, rather slender. Leaves opposite, mostly ternate, or 

 rarely quaternate, oblong, ovate-oblong, or elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, shin- 

 ing, 2 to 5 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, the apex shortly and obscurely blunt- 

 acuminate, the base acute, margins slightly recurved; midrib prominent, 

 the lateral nerves nearly obsolete, very slender ; petioles 1 to 2 mm long. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary, few-flowered, the peduncles 1 to 1.5 cm long, 

 the buds congested, calyx-segments about 1 mm long. Flowers unknown. 

 Fruits ellipsoid, glabrous, obtuse or apiculate, 1 to 1.4 cm long, about 

 8 mm thick, very rarely the carpel is constricted in a moniliiorm manner, 

 bearing above the constriction a second seed-bearing portion. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Mount Piao, For. Bur. 13977, 13988 Merritt 

 d Darling, altitude 1,000 m; Vintar, For. Bur. 139J,5 Merritt & Darling: District 

 of Rontoc, Bur. Sci. 7007 Ramos (type) : Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, 

 For. Bur. 8069 Curran d Merritt, Bur. Sci. 5107 Ramos, altitude 2,000 m. 



This species is apparently most closely allied to Alyxia sinensis Champ., of 

 southern China, but seems to be quite distinct from that, as well as from the 

 previously described Philippine forms. It is apparently also closely allied to 

 Alyxia parvifolia (Gynopogon parvifolia Merr.), but has much larger and 

 differently shaped leaves. It is at once distinguishable from A. monilifera Vidal 

 by its very different fruit, and practically nerveless leaves. Like the other 

 Philippine species of the genus dried specimens have a strong odor of cumarin. 

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