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ATALANTIA rovwA. 



Atalantia linearis (]>l;uico). lAinonia linearis Blanco. V\. Fili|i. cd. 1 (ISoT) 

 ;5r)7. Liinuiiia vumophyUa Blanco. 1. c. ed. 2 (1845) 2o2; ed. 3, 2 (1878) 

 lO:}; Morrill, Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (liX).')) 2S, non Linn. Atalantia inono- 

 phijUa F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 27, non C'orrea. 

 A sln-iil) 1 to 3 m. high. Branches light gra}', ghibrous, the young 

 hrniiclih'ts greenish, pubescent or pubenUent, terete. Leaves alternate, 

 linear to narrowly linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, glabrous, shining, 

 coriaceous, 2 to 7 cm. long, 3 to 10 mm. wide, the base acute, the apex 

 blunt, retuse, entire, the margins ol'ten somewhat recurved, the midrib 

 |)r()ininent, the lateral nerves numerous, scarcely more distinct tlian the 

 dense reticulations; petioles glabrous or pubescent, 3 mm. long or less. 

 Inflorescence of terminal and axillary panicles, 3 to 5 cm. long, pubescent, 

 the branches short, few flowered. Flowers white, sliort pediceled, about 

 6.5 mm. long. Calyx short, regularly -j-lobed, the lobes imbricate, 

 broadly suborbicular. rounded, about 2 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, pubes- 

 cent, the margins ciliate. Petals 5, free, oblong, the apex rounded, G 

 to 6.5 mm. long, about 3 mm. wide, somewhat narrowed at the base. 

 Stamens 5; filaments broad, 4 mm. long; anthers about 1.4 mm. long. 

 Ovary glabrous, 3-celled, sessile, the disk shallow. Fruit glabrous, 

 globose, white, glandular-punctate, about 8 mm. in diameter. 



Luzox, Province of Rizal, Montalban (X]\)2 Altcrn's collector) November 28, 

 190.5; (5044 Merrill) INIarcb 8, 1906, tlie former in ilower, the latter with mature 

 fruit. On clifl's and boulders at an altitude of about 40 m. along the river, 

 frequently in situations submerged at higli water associated especially with 

 Eugenia mimica Meri'.. and sometimes with lluiii<jiitji/a riparia Lour. T., Lkiyap 

 na monti (Blanco), Afjuhu (Ahern's collector). 



A species at once recognized by its very narrow leaves, which are retuse at the 

 apc.\. Blanco's original description of this species is very short, his material 

 being from the Island of Maricaban. Province of Batangas, Luzon, flowering in 

 the month of July. In this description he states that the leaves are minutely 

 serrate. |irobalily from the fact that in s))eeimeiis witli reciuved leaf margins, 

 the sliglitly raised veins on the upper surface appear like minute teetli. The 

 note following the description of the species in the first edition of the Flora 

 de Filipinas is excluded in the second, this note referring to a similar form 

 observed by Blanco in tlie Province of Bulacan. Luzon. 1 am of the o|iinion 

 that the foiin here described is identical wiili P>laneo's l.iiiinnia linearis. awiI 

 accordingly his specific nami- is adojjted and the species is redcscribed under 

 .1 liiliiiitid. 



Atalantia retusa Merrill sp. nov. 



A shrub about '■'< m. bigb. with (iMnng clliiilical lo clliitl ical-()\;ilc. 

 ,>nhr(iriac('(>us. ghibrous, strongly retuse lea\-es. racemose intloi-esccuce 

 aiitl 5- to l-mei'ous llowers. the stamens 10 to lo. I'vi'r. the ovary l-celled. 

 Brancho ln-ow nish gi'ay. glahroiis. tiie hi'nnchlets gi-een, glabrous, licaves 

 ') to II (in. long, 2.5 (o 1 cm. wide, shining, bi'oad at both ends, scarcely 

 narrowcil above, the base i-oundeil : nei-\e- numei'ous. anastomosing; 



