NEW OK NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIL 319 



1 mm or less in diameter, the lobes spreading, 3 or 4 mm long. Fruit 

 unknown. 



Guimakas, Nagaba, For. Bur. 804 Gamtnill, February, 1904 altitude about 

 80 m, in thickets and open places. V., Alibutbut. 



A species with somewhat the appearance of Tabemacmontana pandacaqui Poir., 

 but with quite different inflorescence. Eeadily recognzable by its very short 

 cymes and slender flowers. 



Tabernaemontana puberula sp. nov. 



Arbuscula vel arbor parva, ramulis petiolis foliis fructibusque plus 

 minus dense puberulis vel pubescentibus ; foliis (i ad 9 em longis, mem- 

 branaceis, acuminatis, oblongo-elliptieis ; folliculis rubris, ovoideis vel 

 oblongis, 1 ad 2 em longis, 3- ad 6-spermis. 



A shrub or small tree, rather uniformly and softly puberulent or 

 pubescent. Branehes slender, terete, grayish-brown, glabrous, the 

 branchlets puberulent. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, puberulent on 

 both surfaces, especially beneath, (i to 1) cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, 

 membranaceous, the apex shortly acuminate, the base acute; nerves about 

 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct bene&th, the reticulations lax; 

 petioles pubescent, 5 mm long or less. Follicles red, ovoid or oblong, 

 the apex acute, longitudinally 3-ribbed, 1 to 2 cm long, 1 cm wide or 

 less, the pericarp coriaceous, somewhat pubescent. Seeds 3 to (>. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Morong, Bur. 8oi. 1440 Ramos, August, 1906, in 

 thickets and open places; Malapadnabato, Merrill 2125, 21^6, June, 1903. 



A species with the general appearance of Tabernaemontana pandacaqui Poir., 

 but readily recognizable by its uniform soft pubescence. 



VOACANGA Thou. 



Voacanga globosa (Blanco) comb. nov. 



Tabernaemontana globosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 11G, ed. 2 (1845) 83, ed. 3, 

 1: 153; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. 2 (1850) 424. 



Orchipeda foelida Yidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 32. /. 66, f. J>; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1880) 130, non Blumc. 



Voacanga cumingiana Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Sue. Bot. 21 (1884) 313; Vidal 

 Ph*B. Cnming. Philip. (1885) 126; Kev. PI. Vase. Filip. (18M) 184; Merr. in 

 For. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 49; Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 117. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan. Elmer 0105, April, 1904: Province of 

 Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, Merrill 3108, January, 1904, Whit ford 

 1079, January, 1905, For. Bur. 684, 1521, 1155. 2831, Borden, May to December, 

 1904, For. Bur. 2282, 301 ' t Meyer, December, May, For. Bur. 5461 Outran, No- 

 vember, 1906, Williams 509, January, 1904: Province of Cavite, Mendez Nunez, 

 Bur. 8oi. 1350 Mangubat, August, 1906: Province of Batangas, Lipa, Marave 

 10: Province of Laguna, Calauan, Cuming J/16; Los Baiios, Elmer, April, 

 1906, Hallier. December, 19U3; Pagsanjan, Merrill 2180, May 1903: Prov- 

 ince of Tayabas, Lucena, Merrill 2881, June, 1903; Atimonan, For. Bur. 010 ' t 

 Kobbe, April, 1907; Gregory 108, August, 1904; Mount Banajao, Whitford 002. 

 October, 1904; Gumaca, Whitford 818, September, 1904; Binangonan, Whitford 

 829, September, 1904; Mauban, For. Bur. 10200 Curran, March, 1908. Mindoro, 

 Cutning 1500 ; Bongabong River, For. Bur. >/015 Merritt. Masbate, Merrill 3030. 

 CEBU, For. Bur. 0' t 15 Espinosa, September, 1906. Leytk, Elmer 1103. January, 



