270 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
OLACACEAE 
WORCESTERIANTHUS Merrill 
WORCESTERIANTHUS MAGALLANENSIS (Elm.) comb. noy. 
Flacourtia magallanense Elm. Leafi. Philip. Bot. 4 (1912) 1519. 
Worcesterianthus casearioides Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) 
Bot. 288. 
Flacourtia magallanensis was based on four numbers of Elmer’s collection 
from Sibuyan, 12476, 12323, 12079, and 12142, all in fruit. This material, 
which I have recently been able to examine, is of the same species as are 
the specimens on which Worcesterianthus casearioides was based. Ad- 
ditional specimens are: LUZON, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 21629 Lopez, 
Bur. Sci. 19528 Ramos: Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 20607 Ramos. 
MYRISTICACEAE 
MYRISTICA Linnaeus 
MYRISTICA WENZELII sp. nov. § Fatua. 
Arbor circiter 15 m alta, subtus foliis junioribus ramulisque 
minute ferrugineo-puberulis; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, acumi- 
natis, basi obtusis ad rotundatis, usque ad 38 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 35, prominentibus; floribus ¢ fasciculatis, in 
tuberculis crassis ferrugineis brevis simplicibus vel obscure fur- 
catis dispositis ; sepalis circiter 5 mm longis. 
A tree about 15 m high, the branches terete, brown, wrinkled, 
rather stout, glabrous, the growing parts minutely ferruginous- 
puberulent. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, 20 to 38 cm long, 7 to 9 
cm wide, entire, apex distinctly acuminate, base rounded to ob- 
tuse, margins somewhat recurved, the upper surface rather pale, 
shining, entirely glabrous, the midrib very prominent, the lower 
surface in younger leaves of about the same color as the upper, 
shining, minutely puberulent, the older leaves glabrous and 
somewhat grayish in color; lateral nerves about 35 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface; petioles stout, 
1.5 to 3 cm long, broadly channeled on the upper surface, the 
younger ones puberulent, the older quite glabrous. Male inflores- 
cences chiefly on the branches below the leaves, of short, simple 
or obscurely forked, stout, densely ferruginous-pubescent tuber- 
cles about 5 mm long and thick, the flowers fascicled at the 
apices of the tubercles. Pedicels stout, pubescent, 1 to 2 mm 
long. Bracteole reniform, closely appressed to the calyx, pubes- 
cent, about 2 mm long and 3 mm wide. Sepals very thickly 
coriaceous, externally somewhat pubescent, ovate, obtuse, about 
5 mm long, 3.5 mm wide. Staminal column cylindric, 3.56 mm 
long, 2 mm in diameter, the anthers apparently about 15, entirely 
united. 
