90 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPINE BOTANY (Vou. I; Arr, 7 
An endemic species based on 1092 Cuming from the 
Province of Albay, Luzon, of which we have seen no spec- 
imens. This species has been confused with V. cumingiana 
Benth., Fl. Hongk. 169, 1869, a species of British India and 
Hongkong, but which does not extend to the Philippines. 
2. V. arborea Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. 14; 218, 1824. 
DC. Prod. 5; 22, 1836. Vid. Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip. 159, 1886: 
Cat. Pl. Prov. Manila, 34, 1880: Sinop. Atlas, t. 58. f. A. 
1883.  Ceron Cat. Pl. Herb. 100, 1892. Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
3; 289, 1881. F: Vil. Nov. App. 114, 1880. K. and V. Bid. 
Boomsoort. Java 5; 50, 1900. V. javanica Llanos, Mem. Ac. 
Cienc. Madrid, 1858 non DC. Mart. in. Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 15; 
286, 1883. King and Gamb. Mat. Fl. Malay. Penin. 16; 26, 
1905.—A small tree witn somewhat pubescent or nearly glabrous 
branches and corymbs, and elliptie ovate, acuminate, glabrous 
or slightly pubescent leaves, the heads 1 to 6-flowered in 
usually large leafless terminal panicles. Leaves 7 to 20 cm. 
long, 3 to 7 em. wide, glandular and glabrous or slightly 
puberulous, beneath glabrous and shining above except the 
puberulous midrib, the base acute or somewhat obtuse. Panicles 
20 cm. long or less; heads with pappus 1 cm. long, the 
flower pale purple. Bracts oblong, obtuse, small, imbricate 
in several series, the outer ones shorter than the inner. Corolla 
glabrous. Achenes about 2 mm. long, compressed, obscurely 
8 to 10-ribbed; pappus white or yellowish, persistent, the 
hairs all equal. 
Our plants from Mount Mariveles inhabit exposed ridges 
at an altitude of about 1300 meters, and bear small glabrous 
leaves. 
DISTRIBUTION: 
Java and Borneo. 
LUZON: 
Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, October 1903, 
Merrill 3200. 
Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, November 1904, 
Elmer 6695. 
Laguimanoc, Province of Tayabas, September 1903, 
Forestry Bureau 13, collected by Ware. 
