16, 6 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, III 561 
A nearly glabrous shrub or small tree, the branchlets terete, 
brownish, glabrous, about 2 mm in diameter, the very young 
parts slightly pubescent. Leaves alternate, oblong, subcoria- 
ceous, shining, eglandular, 25 to 30 cm long, 6 to 8 cm wide, 
the base rounded, without glands, apex rather slenderly acu- 
minate, margins entire; lateral nerves about 15 on each side 
of the midrib, curved, prominent; petioles 2 to 3 cm long, 
thickened at base and apex; stipules ovate to oblong-ovate, co- 
riaceous, somewhat acuminate, 7 to 15 mm long, 5 to 8 mm 
wide, attached by their broad bases. Pistillate racemes soli- 
tary, leaf-opposed, slightly pubescent, about 10 cm long, usually 
about 3-flowered, the pedicels 5 mm long or less. Sepals nar- 
rowly lanceolate, acuminate, about 6 mm long, somewhat 
appressed-pubescent. Capsules subglobose, sparingly pubescent, 
not glandular, armed with rather slender, spreading, scattered 
spines up to 2 mm in length, the individual cocci about 7 mm 
in diameter; styles densely papillate, up to 4 cm in length. 
DINAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35173 Ramos & Pascasio, May 11, 1919, 
in forests at low altitudes. - 
This characteristic species apparently belongs in the sec- 
tion Awenfeldia and is perhaps most closely allied to Mallotus 
calvus Pax & Hoffm. The elongated, entire, eglandular, alternate 
leaves, and the persistent, coriaceous stipules are characteristic. 
WETRIA Baillon 
WETRIA MACROPHYLLA (Blume) J. J. Sm. in Meded. Dept. Landbouw 
10 (1910) 471; Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. Pflanzenreich 63 (1914) 219. 
Trewia macrophylla Blume Bijdr. (1825) 612. 
Wetria trewioides Baill. Etud. Gén. Euphorb. (1858) 409. 
Pseudotrewia macrophylla Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1* (1859) 414. 
Alchornea blumeana Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 167, DC. 
Prodr. 15? (1866) 900. 
Agrostistachys pubescens Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 
274; Pax in Engl. Pflanzenreich 57 (1912) 99. 
Luzon, Bataan Province, For. Bur. 5940 Curran, January, 
1907, For. Bur, 23450 Sherfesee & Alambra, January, 1915. 
NEGROS, For. Bur, 23871 Cardona, April, 1915. BANCALAN, 
Weber, September, 1916. In bamboo thickets and in forests 
at low altitudes. A monotypic genus previously known from 
Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. 
This species is a very characteristic one and, although our 
available Philippine material is all in fruit, I have not the 
slightest hesitancy in referring it to the Malayan Wetria macro- 
phyla (Blume) J. J. Sm., it agreeing closely with our series of 
