328 MERRILL, 



A very characteristic species, differing from typical Timonius in its appendaged 

 COrolla-lobes, but in other characters typical, readily recognized by the above 

 character, its few-branched cymes, 4 merous. sessile flowers in unilateral spikes, 

 and its nearly nerveless leaves. 



XANTHOPHYTUM Reinw. 



Xanthophytum fruticulosum Reinw. ex Blums Bidjr. (1826) 839; Miq. Fl. 

 Lid. Bat. 2 (1857) 175. 



\fetabolua ftrrvgineus DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 43(1. 



Sclerococcus Bartl. 1. c, as syn. 



Xanthophytum villarii Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 150. 



Lasianthus pilosus F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 112, non Wight. 



LTJXOH, without locality, Hacnlce in Herb. Prague, type of Mcfabolus ferru- 

 f/iticHs DO.; Province of liizal, San Mateo, Vidal 392, in Herb. Kew, type of 

 A', villarii Vidal. 



I have examined both of the above specimens, and can see no reason for 

 distinguishing one from the other, or either from Reinwardt's species. Vidal's 

 specimen lias smaller leaves than Haenke's, but in all essential characters they 

 appear to be the same, and after a cursory examination of Javan specimens and 

 a careful comparison of the Philippine material with the descriptions of A'. 

 fruiiculosum I do not hesitate to reduce both DeCandolle's and Vidal's species 

 to Reinwardt's. Miquel 1. c had already reduced Metabolua ferrugineut to 

 Xanthophytum fruticulosum, without however giving the range of the species as 

 extending to the Philippines. An interesting species known only from Java, 

 Borneo, and Luzon. 



CAPRIFOLIACE^:. 



VIBURNUM Linn. 



Viburnum floribundum sp. nov. § Euviburnum, Opulus. 



Fiutex circiter 2 m alta, subglabra vel parce pubescenti ; foliis ovatis, 

 usque ad 7 cm longis, chartaceis, nitidis, supra glabris, subtus in axillis 

 barbatis, apice acutis vol acuminatis, basi inequilateraliter rotundatis, 

 margine serrato-dentatis, nervis utrinque 5, prominentibus ; cymis termi- 

 nalibus, umbellato-paniculatis, dense multifloris; corolla rotata. 



A shrub about 2 m high. Brandies and brancblets terete, grayish- or 

 reddish-brown, rather stout, glabrous, the brancblets minutely puberulent 

 and with few scattered long hairs. Leaves ovate, 4 to 7 cm long, 2 to 4 

 cm wide, chartaceous, shining on both surfaces, the apex acute or acumi- 

 nate, the base somewhat narrowed, rounded, inequilateral, the margins 

 especially in the upper half, rather strongly serrate-dentate, the upper 

 surface glabrous, or the midrib sometimes slightly puberulent, tbe lower 

 surface glabrous except the midrib and primary nerves which are often 

 slightly pubescent, and the axils of the primary nerves which are barbate ; 

 nerves 5 on each side of the midrib, ascending, very prominent, the 

 reticulations distinct; petioles about 5 mm long, somewhat pubescent. 

 Inflorescence terminal, paniculate-umbellate, intermixed frequently with 

 small leaves, rather dense, 5 to 7 cm in diameter, very many flowered, 



