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Gordonia luzonica has been too little collected in fruit; and, 

 though there is a slightly different facies about G. subclavata, 

 the line between them needs defining upon more ample material 

 than is now available. 



Gordonia subclavata was collected at Bauco, Bontoc Sub- 

 province, by Vanoverbergh (No. 14.65), with fruit, in September 

 or October; and by Ramos (Bur. Sci. 23391) on Mount Lalao, 

 Sorsogon Province, with fruit, in August. The two localities 

 are far apart; but the specimens are an exact match. The 

 altitude at which the first was collected is 1,700 meters and that 

 of the second about 300 meters. The height of the tree in the 

 first is recorded as 3 or 4 meters; in the second, as about 20 

 meters. 



As stated above, Gordonia benguetica has been collected but 

 once. This was at Baguio along a stream depression at an 

 altitude of about 1,200 meters. The tree was 4 meters high, 

 and had flower buds as well as ripe capsules. The leaves are 

 large, exactly rounded above under the mucro, and conspicuously 

 toothed along the margins; the veins are fairly evident to the 

 eye, while the midrib at the back, especially toward the base, 

 is clothed with silky hairs. It is very desirable that more ma- 

 terial of this species be collected; for, although the shape of 

 the leaf is so distinct from that of G. luzonica as to render it 

 impossible to look upon it — a small tree — as immature G. lu- 

 zonica, one gathering is less than is desirable for the defining 

 of the species. 



Gordonia polisana is a quite distinct species. It has been 

 collected twice upon Mount Polis in Bontoc Subprovince, For. 

 Bur. 1838 U Alvarez, and Sandkuhl 316, both times in the month 

 of January, and both times with flowers. These flowers are 

 very large — Mr. Sandkuhl says 11 to 14 cm across — and dried 

 they measure 9 cm. The flowers are white. The tree is re- 

 corded as from 10 to 15 meters high, and as growing in the 

 mossy forest or just below it from 1,500 to 1,600 meters' 

 altitude. A broken-up capsule was secured by Sandkuhl, and it 

 is obvious that it tapers gradually after the manner of G. 

 penangensis. 



The remaining species, that represented by For Bur. 9757 

 Merritt, has rather small entire leaves and the appearance of 

 having been wind swept. Doubtless it occurs on the margin of 

 stunted vegetation, although the altitude is given as 1,000 me- 



