Type specimens from ]\Iouiit Marivclcs, Prnvince of Bataan, Luzon (394:2 

 (male flowers) and 39.51 (fruit) Merrill i, March. 1905. 



A small or medium sized tree gi-owing in the forests and on exposed 

 ridges from 700 to 1000 m. above the sea, readily distinguished from all 

 described species of the genus by its simple or 1-jngate leaves. 



MAGNOLIACE^. 



^ TALAUMA. 



1. Flowers 9 to 10 cm. long: pistils pubescent (1) T. <jianiUjlina 



1. Flowers 8 cin. long or loss: pistils glabrous or nearly so. 



'J. Flowers 5 cm. long, broad, not contracted below, the leaves 



broad, usually acute Ci) T. luii/uOnsis 



2. Flowers 6 to 8 cm. long, elongated, contracted below, the leaves 



usually narrow, acuminate (3) T. villnrinna 



1. Flowers unknown. 



2. Fruit 15 to 18 cm. long; leaves 25 to 45 cm. long, the petioles 4 to 



5 cni (-1) T. iiblonyata 



•>. Fruit 10 cm. long; leaves 17 to 35 cm. long, the petioles 3 cm (5) T. luzonensis 



(1) Talauma grandiflora Merrill, Govt. Lab. Publ. 29:13. 1905. 

 Guimaras Island, (314 Gammill) February, 1904. 



(2) Talauma angatensis (Blanco) N'idal. Cat. V\. Prov. Manila. 17, 



November, 1880; Sinopsis, Atlas, t. 3. 1883; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 38. 



1886; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 3, December, 1880, excl. syn. Hook. f. et 



Th. Magnolia angatensis Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1, 859. 1837; ed. 2, 



328. 1845; ed. 3, 2:243. 

 This species, at least as interpreted by Vidal, is represented by a specimen 

 from Bosoboso, Province of Rizal, Luzon (2880 Ahern's collector), :March, 

 1905, the specimens referred to this species by Vidal (Nos. 912, 1099 Vidal) 

 being from the same province and the latter from the same locality. No. 

 2880 is identical with the plant figured by Vidal, and, like Vidal's figure, 

 differs from Magnolia angatensis as described by Blanco, in having but 6 

 petals instead of 9. Until other material is collected agreeing more closely 

 with Blanco's description, it is believed that this form should be considered 

 to represent his species. The form here referred to Talauma angatensis 

 is doubtless the same as the one credited to the Philippines by F.-Villar 

 as Talauma gigantifolia Miq. 



(3) Talauma villariana Rolfe, Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21:307. 1884; 



Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 38. 188G; Talauma mutabilis F.-Vill. 



Nov. App. 3. 1880; Naves, in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. I'/S: Vidal, 



Cat. PI. Prov. Manila, 15. 1880, non Bluiiic. 



A small tree with lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate acuminate leaves 



18 to 30 cm. long, 3 to 9 cm. wide, glabrous and shining, except for the 



usually pubescent midrib iMncath. Fl.iwcrs white, elongated, contracted 



below. 6 to 8 cm. long, very fragant. Sepals 3. Petals 0, in two series. 



Pistils glabrous. Fruit 4 to G cm. long, the carpels few, glabrous, maculate. 



Specimens examined: Luzon. Province of Bataan. Lamao River (6fiS. 1740 



