XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV - 403 
capsulis terminalibus, solitariis, ellipsoideis vel obovoideis, 2- 
valvis, 2.5 cm longis, pedicellis 1 cm longis. 
An entirely glabrous shrub, about 3 m high, the ultimate 
branchlets slender, terete, about 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves 
verticillate, usually 3 or 4 at a node, oblong-lanceolate, shining 
subcoriaceous, those of each whorl more or less unequal, 3 to 
6 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, subequally narrowed below to the 
acute base and above to the acute or slightly acuminate apex; 
lateral nerves slender, distinct, 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, 
anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 3 to 5 mm long. 
Capsules terminal, solitary, ellipsoid to somewhat obovoid, 2- 
valved, about 2.5 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, black when 
dry, orange-yellow when fresh, their pedicels about 1 cm long. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 
$3309 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 
1,000 meters. 
The alliance of this species is apparently with Pittosporum 
odoratum Merr., from which it is at once distinguishable by its 
solitary terminal fruits. 
ROSACEAE 
PHOTINIA Lindley 
PHOTINIA SERRULATA Lindl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 (1821) 103 (excl. 
syn. Crataegus glabra Thunb.); Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 
33 (1887) 263; Rehder & Wilson in Sargent Pl. Wils..1 (1912) 184. 
_ Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. 4425 Mearns, 
Bur. Sci. 31560 Santos, Sandkuhl 258, altitude about 2,300 
meters, in flower May to July, in fruit in February, Igorot name 
itangan, 
This species has not previously been reported from the Phil- 
ippines. The specimens cited above conform very closely with 
our series from Formosa, and from Kwangtung, Fokien, and 
Yunnan Provinces, China. 
CONNARACEAE 
CONNARUS Linnaeus 
CONNARUS CASTANEUS sp. nov. 
- Frutex scandens, perspicue castaneo-pubescentibus; foliis cir- 
citer 30 cm longis, foliolis plerumque 7, coriaceis, oblongo- 
ellipticis, leviter acuminatis, 11 ad 18 cm longis, subtus densissime | 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus; infructescentiis paniculatis, termin- 
alibus, usque ad 25 cm longis, folliculis obovatis, compressis, 
leviter inaequilateralibus, 6 cm longis, extus densissime castaneo- 
pubescentibus, intus leviter villosis. 
A scandent shrub, the branchlets, petioles, infructescences, 
