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Panicles axillary and tonninal, the axis and branches ferrviginous pubes- 

 cent, the primary branches alternate, 25 cm. long, the secondary branches 

 12 cm. long or less. Flowers white, 3 mm. long, the pedicels 1 to 1.5 

 mm. long, thick, ferruginous pubescent, the bracteoles about 1 mm. long, 

 ferruginous pubescent, lanceolate. Sepals 4, ovate, obtuse, 1.5 mm. long, 

 the margins ciliate. Outer three petals broadly ovate or orbicular, glabrous, 

 2.5 to 3 mm. long, faintly 5-nerved, the inner two opposite the fertile 

 stamens, about 1 mm. long, the apex coarsely three toothed. Fertile sta- 

 mens 2, 2 mm. long, the anthers 1.3 mm. broad, the filaments broad, 

 flattened, 1 mm. long; sterile filaments opposite the three outer petals, 

 0.8 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled, each cell with 2 ovules. 



Type specimen No. 6245 (A. D. E. Elmer), Mount Santo Tomas, Province 

 of Benguet, Luzon, May, 1904. A tree 8 to 10 m. high, and 45 cm. in 

 diameter, growing on exposed slopes at an altitude of about 2,500 m., 

 above the sea. Apparently related to the Formosan species Meliosma 

 rhoifoUa Maxim., and to M. walUchii Planch. 



CELASTEACE.E. 



Evonymus benguetense sp. nov. 



A shrub or small tree with ovate, elliptical ovate, or ovate, acuminate 

 slightly crenate, glabrous leaves, the four-parted flowers in extra-axillary 

 5 to 7 flowered cymes, the petals entire. Branches grayish, rough, the 

 ultimate branchlets slender, glabrous, light gray or greenish. Leaves 

 opposite, 3 to 7 cm. long, 1.5 to 4 cm. wide, submembranous, the base 

 acute, the margins entire below, crenate-serrate above; nerves 4 to 5 on 

 each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, obscure; 

 petioles glabrous, 2 to 3 mm. long. Cymes opposite, on the branchlets 

 below the leaves, the peduncle glabrous 1 to 1.5 cm. long, the pedicels 1 

 cm. long or somewhat less. Flowers about 1 cm. in diameter when spread. 

 Sepals 4, broadly ovate, obtuse, 2 mm. long. Petals 4, obovate, obtuse, 

 4.5 mm. long, 3 mm. wide. Stamens 4, the filament 3 mm. long, slender, 

 glabrous, the anther 0.7 mm. long. Disk thick, about 3 mm. in diameter, 

 fleshy. Ovary 4 celled, densely covered with short, stout tubercles ; style 

 2 mm. long. 



Type specimen No. 5977 (A. D. E. Elmer), Baguio, Province of Benguet, 

 Luzon, March, 1904. 



ELAEOCARPACE.E. 



Elaeocarpus argentea sp. nov. 



A small tree, about 3 m. high, with obovate or oblancoolate, glabrous, 

 subcoriaceous leaves, the flowers about 5 mm. long, pendulous, crowded in 

 erect, silvery pubescent racemes from the axils of the upper leaves, forming 

 a terminal, nearly leafless inflorescence. Branches thick, brow^nish gray, 

 rough, striate, the tips dark brown, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 3 to 5 

 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. wide, the base cuneate, the apex acute or rather 

 blunt, usually slightly emarginate, the margins finely crenate; veins 5 to 



