Oct. 22, 1919] New Woody Plants from Mt. Maquilino 3071 



AQUIFOLIACEAE 



Ilex apoensis punctata Elm. n. var. 



An Erect shrub or tree-like. Twigs numerous, gray, the 

 tips glabrous and striate. Leaves copious, alternate, like 

 wise glabrous, lucid and much darker green above, curing 

 very unequally browu, short oblong to subelliptic, abruptly 

 acute, entire, broadly obtuse at the base, rigidly coriaceous, 

 upon petioles up to 1 cm. in length but usually somewhat 

 smaller, largest ones 7 cm. long and 3 cm. wide, glandular 

 punctate on the nether side; midrib prominent, with 5 

 to 7 rather faint and oblique nerves on each side, re- 

 ticulations obscure. Infrutescence lateral or axillary, 

 solitary or few clustered, racemosely spicate, glabrous, 

 up to 2 cm. in length; fruits alternatingly scattered, upon 

 3 mm. long stout pedicels which at the base are subtended 

 by minute persistent bracts, drupaceous, short ellipsoid 

 and about as long as their pedicels, subtended by the 

 persistent calyx, terminated by a raised stigma, wrinkled 

 in the dry state, smooth; calyx united at the base, its 

 5 lobes ovate, glabrous or margins very finely ciliate; 

 seeds straw brown, 3 to 5, achene-like. 



Type specimen number 17624, A. D. E. Elmer, Los 

 Bafios (Mt. Maquiling), Province of Laguna, Luzon, June- 

 July. 1917. Collected in alpine forests. 



Between Hex pulogensis Merr., Rex hanceana Maxim, and 

 Ilex apoensis Elm. it seems to be nearest related to the last. 



APOCYNACEAE 



Parsonsia magnifolia Elm. n. sp. 



A large or coarse .rambling or climbing shrub. Twigs 

 subterete. somewhat compressed at the attachment of the 

 leaves, smooth, yellowish gray, with a large pith. Leaves 

 glabrous, thickly coriaceous, upon 3 to 5 cm. long stout 

 petioles which are usually twisted at the base, ovately 

 rotund, entire, terminated by a short acute point, base 

 broad and the larger ones shallowly cordate, obscurely 

 puncticulate beneath, much darker green above, the larger 

 blades 2 dm. long by 1.5 dm. wide; midrib prominent, 

 with 4 to 6 pairs of ascendingly curved lateral nerves, the 

 cross bars rather faint. Infrutescence suberect, axillary. 

 10 to 15 cm. long, the upper one half corymbosely few 

 branched, all the branches thick, glabrous, similar to the 

 twigs in color; fruiting calyx very thick and persistent 

 from the distal ends of the branchlets, turbinate and 



