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KOSACE.E. 



Eriobotrya ambigua, >[>. imv. 



A tree 8 to 10 ni. higli witli oblong, glabrous, acute or short acuminate 

 leaves 10 cm. long or less, the iniloresoonce a corymbose panicle, the petals 

 imbricate in bud, the ovary 4 to 5 celled. Branches dark brown, glabrous, 

 the branchlets densely ferruginous pubescent, becoming nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves 6 to 10 cm. long, 2 to 3.5 cm. wide, shining on both surfaces, 

 subriembranous, glabrous except the midrib beneath which is somewluit 

 pubescent in the lower part, the base acute the margins cartilaginous, 

 slightly undulate-crenate above; nerves about 15 pairs, freely anastomos- 

 ing, scarcely more prominent tlian tlie primary reticulations; petioles 1.5 

 cm. long, denseh' ferruginous pubescent, channeled above, the pubescence 

 deciduous, the petioles becoming glabrous or nearly so. Panicles terminal, 

 4 to 7 cm. long, the- entire inflorescence including the bracts and calyces 

 densely ferruginous pubescent, becoming more or less glabrous in age, the 

 lower branches 4 cm. long, ascending, corymbosely branched above tiie 

 middle; bracts linear to linear lanceolate, 5 to 7 mm. long, pubescent, 

 the bracteoles similar but smaller. Flowers white, fragrant, about 1 cm. 

 in diameter. Calyx deciduously ferruginous pubescent, funnel shaped, 

 about 3 mm. long, the teeth triangular, acute, erect. Petals glabrous, 

 imbricate, broadly ovate, obtuse, about 4 mm. long. Stamens many. Ovary 

 pubescent, 5-celled, or by abortion 4-celled, each cell with two basal ovules. 

 Styles 5 or 4, about 4 mm. long, united for one-half their length. 



Type specimen; Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon (2796 

 Meyer), March, 1905; also Nos. 1155, 1168, and 1307 Whitford same local- 

 ity, ;March and June, 1905. A tree reaching a diameter of about 40 cm. 

 growing on tlie forestal slopes and ridges at an altitude of about 1.000 m. 

 above the so;i. The second species of tlic genus to be found in the 

 Philippines. 



CONNAKACE^. 



Agelaea wallichii Hook. f. ¥\. Brit. Ind. 2:47. 1S76; King. Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. 6 6==: 19. 1897. 

 Tliis species is represented by tlie following specimens, all from Luzon: 

 Province of Bataan, Lamao River (29 Whitford), April, 1904 (flower) ; 

 (3025 Meyer), May, 1905 (flower); (6004 Leiberg), July, 1904 (fruit); 

 Lucena, Province of Tayabas (2895 Merrill), June, 1903 (fruit). Speci- 

 mens were sent to Dr. H. N. Ridley, Director of the Botanical Garden. Sin- 

 gapore, who kindly compared them with authentic material of Agelaea 

 tvallichii, Dr. Ridley verifying my identification. No species of the genus 

 has previously been reported from llie Philippines. Penang to M:ihu'ca, 

 Singapore, and Sumatra. 



LE(}I\MIX(>SEJ«:. 



Apalatoa bianco! (Rolfe) Cnidia hluncoi Rolfe. .lourn. l.iiin. s..c. Bot. 

 21:309. 1884; Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. US. 1SS6. Cnidia 

 spicata Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 2, 261. 1845; ed. 3, 2:121. t. 2U : 

 F.-Vill. Nov. App. 71. 1880: Vidal, Sinopsis. Atlas. /. ',3. f. B. 

 1883. non Willd. 



