JANUARY 11, 1911] New AND NOTEWORTHY RUBIACEAE 1007 
the same number, brownish white; style white, bearing a 
thick clavate stigma, more or less 10-striate and of the same 
color as the sessile stamens, Fragrant flowers and shining 
leaves give it a very striking appearance! In fertile well drained 
soil of shrubberies bordering grass lands at 750 feet. 
Very near if not identical to G. glutinosa Zoll. 
VILLARIA Rolfe 
Villaria littoralis Vid. Phan. Cuming. 180, 1885. Gardenia 
elliptica Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. I; 6, 1906. 
Vidal’s type is Cuming 874, from the province of Albay. 
In Gardenia the style is glabrous while in Villaria it is hairy. 
This is quite common, but the following species are rare. 
Villaria acutifolia (Elm.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 
V; 248, 1910. Gardenia acutifolia Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. I; 
6, 1906. 
Villaria rolfei Vid. Phan. Cuming. 180, 1885. 
Cuming’s collection, number 1271 from Albay province, 
is the type. 
Vilaria philippinensis Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI; 
311, 1884. 
Very little known. 
DIPLOSPORA DC. 
Diplospora fasciculiflora Elm. n. comb. Randia fasciculi- 
flora Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. I; 31, 1906. 
The range for this species is through middle Luzon as 
far north as Benguet province. 
PETUNGA Dc. 
Petunga racemosa (Roxb.) K. Sch. in Nat. Pflanzen- 
familien IV; 80, 1891. 
