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NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. 

 By a. B. Rendle, M.A., F.L.S. 



The Department of Botany of the British Museum has recently 

 received two small packets of plants from Mr. John Whitehead, 

 who is now collecting in the Philippines. The locaUties given are 

 in one instance the highland of Lepanto, 5000-7000 ft., in north- 

 west-central Luzon; in the other Mt. Dulangau, at a height of 

 5000 ft. in the island of Mindoro. Some of the plants are new ; 

 these are described below. Others, like Pinus instilaris Endl., 

 Vacciniiivi VUldrii Vidal, Gaultheria Cumingiana Vidal, and I'Jiodo- 

 dendron rosmarinifolium. Vidal, all from Lepanto, are already known 

 as endemic in the islands. 



A third set are of interest in extending the geographical range 

 of known species. Such are the following : — 



Podocarpus falcifonnis Pari. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : 

 Mts. Poe and Mattang, Borneo, 3000 ft. 



Phijllocladus hypojihylla Hook, f . Mt. Dulangau. Distribution: 

 Borneo, Mts. Poe, 3000 ft., and Kina-balu, 8000 ft. 



Dacri/dium elatum\Nal]. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution: Malaya. 



Cepholotaxus Mannii Hook. f. Highland of Lepanto. Distri- 

 bution : Khasia Mts., 5000 ft. The specimen contains leaves only, 

 but there seems no doubt of its identity. 



Bitrmannia louf/ifulia Becc. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : 

 Perak ; Borneo; New Guinea {H. O. Forbes). 



Platyclinishitifolia'H.euisl. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution: Malaya. 



Litscea villosa Blume, Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : Java. 



Gaultheria hurneensis Stapf. Highland of Lepanto. Distri- 

 bution : Mt. Kina-balu, 12,000 ft. 



Pihododcndron cuneifolmm Stapf. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : 

 Mt. Kina-balu, 7000 ft. 



Strobilanthes pentstemonoides T. And. Highland of Lepanto. 

 Distribution : Subtropical Himalaya ; China. Differs from the 

 Indian form in its slightly smaller (corolla 1 in. long), more open 

 flowers, and more compact habit. The Chinese specimens are 

 larger. 



Vacciniuni mindorense, sp. nov. Fruticosus, ramis ramu- 

 lisque tenuibus rigidis ascendentibus bene foliatis, junioribus 

 puberulis ; foliis glabris coriaceis parvis ovalibus integris uni- 

 nerviis : lioribus solitariis pedicellatis ; calycis lobis late tri- 

 angularibus ; corolla urceolata Ifete purpurea, lobis brevibus 

 recurvatis ; staminibus 10, in corolla inclusis, filamentis planis 

 glabris, antheris muticis, minute puberulis, poris apicalibus de- 

 hiscentibus ; ovario infero cum pedicello articulato, loculis pluri- 

 ovulatis ; stylo super basin tenuem inflato liueari-oblongo sub 

 stigmate capitato angustato. 



Hab. Mindoro Is., Mt. Dulangau. 



Apparently a small herb with straggling growth ; the stiff 

 branchlets reaching 23 cm. in length. The small spreading leaves 



