66 Robinson : Alabastra philippinensja 



or retuse at the apex, the terminal leaflets similar, slightly larger, 

 upper leaves few, shorter-petioled, or the uppermost nearly sessile, 

 similar to the basal but once or rarely twice ternate. 



Type collected on steep shaded cliffs, near Baguio, Province of 

 Benguet, northern Luzon, by R. S. Williams, 7to. iijy, in flower 

 and fruit, June 22, 1904; also represented by IVilliains pj7, from 

 the same locality, in fruit, September 18, 1904. 



ANNONACEAE 

 Anaxagorea radiata sp. nov. 



Glabrous throughout : flowers single or less frequently in pairs, 

 terminal upon leaf-bearing branchlets : carpels 12 to at least 20, 

 radiately arranged, slightly scabrous, their stipes 1.5-2.2 cm. long, 

 1-1.5 mm. wide at the base, very gradually widening upwards, 

 body of carpels 1.2-1.3 cm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, obliquely 

 oval or almost spheric before dehiscence, longitudinally striate 

 within except upon a thickened area near the apex ; this area 6 

 mm. in diameter, somewhat irregular in outline, its outer edge or 

 edges nearly parallel to the dorsal suture ; carpels dehiscing along 

 both sutures : seeds 2, collateral, 1.2-1.3 cm. long, 8 mm. wide, 

 obovate, apiculate, flattened where pressed together, jet-black or 

 amber-black, shining. 



A shrub 2.5 m. high ; bark of branchlets gray, roughened or 

 striate : leaves petioled, elliptic to oblong, 9-16 cm. long, 4-7 cm. 

 wide, acute or rounded at the base, obtuse or more often obtusely 

 acuminate at the apex : the more conspicuous primary veins 6-8 

 on each side, with intervening ones often nearly as prominent, 

 loosely arched-anastomosing and forming two submarginal veins. 



Type collected by R. S. Williams, no. 3108, near the base of 

 Mount Dajo, island of Jolo ; in mature fruit, July 27, 1905. 



Very similar in general appearance to A. javanica Blume, but 

 easily distinguished by the terminal inflorescence and the more 

 numerous carpels. 



V Cyathocalyx acuminatus sp. nov. 



Flowers fascicled on short lateral branches not opposed to 

 leaves, usually 3-7 in each fascicle, borne on slender, straight 

 pedicels 1.5-2 cm. long ; pedicels and perianth ferruginous- 

 tomentose : sepals 3, semicircular, 1.5-2 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at 

 base : petals 6, yellowish-green, fragrant, valvate, in two row's, 

 nearly equal in length, 2-2.2 cm. long, the basal 3 mm. of those 



