Oct. 22, 1919] 



New Woody Plants from Mt. Maquilixg 



3091 



Astronia merrillii Elm. 



n. sp. 



A small ascending tree. Branchlets subangular. cas- 

 taneous puberulent. Leaves opposite, chartaceous, entire, 

 elliptic or elliptically oblong, few, broadly obtuse at 

 both ends but the apex terminated by a short very 

 sharply pointed usually curved tip, green and glabrous 

 on the upper flat surface, glaucous beneath and the 

 veins and cross bars covered with dark brown scales, 

 upon 1 to 3 cm. long castaneous lepidote petioles, the 

 average laminae 14 cm. long by 7 cm. wide across the 

 middle; veins 5, prominent, the basal pair somewhat 

 finer and running 3 to 5 mm. below the margin, the 

 upper pair arising 8 mm. from above the base and 

 running through the middle of each half, all terminating 

 into the apex, cross bars numerous, conspicuous, all series 

 at right angles. Infrutescence terminal, usually subtended 

 by a leaf on one side and a shoot on the other, less 

 than one half as long as the leaves, very dark brown 

 or castaneous scurfy, corymbosely paniculate, up to 10 

 cm. long by nearly as broad across the top, frequently 

 with 3 peduncles; secondary branches numerous above 

 the middle, short; pedicels 3 mm. in length, few to 

 several clustered; fruits 3 5 mm. thick, ovoidly globose, 

 apiculately 5-toothed, dark brown lepidote especially 

 around the top, becoming lacerated into persistent shreds. 



Type specimen number 18430, A. D. E. Elmer, Los 

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

 July, 1917. Discovered in the very damp depression 

 between the first and second summit peaks 



Most closely related to Astronia piperi Merr. yet very 

 distinct. The shape of its leaves suggest certain forms 

 of Astrocalyx. Dedicated to E. D. Merrill, acting director. 

 Bureau of Science. 



Astronia foxworthyi Elm. n- sp. 



A good sized tree. Trunk 5 dm. thick, buttressed 

 at the base; twigs rather slender, terete, young portion 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite, terminally clustered, condu- 

 plicate and with recurved tips, oblong or the smaller 

 ones broadly lanceolate, obtuse at the base, gradually 

 acuminate, much paler green beneath or subglaucoua below 

 when young, glabrous, upon slender 1 to 3 cm. long 

 petioles which are brown scurfy when young. 4 cm. wide 

 and 12 cm. long without the petioles, 3 veined from near the 

 base, the lateral pair running at least 5 mm. below the 

 margin, the faint cross bars not numerous and slightly 



