201 



petioles 8 mm. loii.-i' or loss, the spines short or wanting. Kaecmes in the 

 npper axils, 1.5 em. long in anthesis, densely Howercd, puberulent. 

 Calyx somewhat puljeinilent, the teeth 5 to 7, short, broad, regular, their 

 margins ciliate, obtuse. Petals 5 to 7, glabrous, oblong, obtuse, 5 to 5.5 

 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. Stamens 10 to 15, une(|ual, tlie lilaments free, 

 3.5 to 3.5 mm. long; anthers broadly ovate, slightly exceeding 1 mm. hi 

 length. Ovary oblong, glabrous, 1-celled, 1-ovuled; style much shorter 

 than the ovary, including the stigma about 1 mm. long. Disk thickened, 

 i-ing formed. Fruit (immature) ovoid, glabrous. 



Palawax, Puerto Princesa (3609 Curran) Januaiy 30, 1906; (195 Bcrnicjos) 

 December, 1905. In old clearings and thickets, not common, at about 20 m. 

 above sea level. 



A species apparently related to Aialantia distichu (Blanco) Merr., diiVering 

 from the latter in its leaves not being narrowed above, and in its flower characters. 

 In some cases a very rudimentary second cell was observed in the ovary, showing 

 that the species is perhaps sometimes with 2-cened ovaries. The very short 

 style is another aberrent character, as well as the variable number of calyx 

 teeth, petals, and stamens. In other species of the genus the ovary is from 2 to 

 5 celled, the petals and calyx teeth 3 to 5, and the style equaling or longer 



than the ovary. 



SKI MM I A Thunb. 



Skimmia japonica Thunb. V\. Jap. (1784) 62; Skan in Curt. Bot. Mag. IV. 1 

 (1905) /. 803S. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Mount Data (4552 Merrill) November, 1905. 



This species is generally distributed, but not abundant, in the mossy forest 

 above 2,200 m. on ISlount Data, and along the high ridges between Loo and Pauai 

 in Benguet Province, and will doubtless be found on most of the high mountains 

 of northern Luzon. Vidal" has reported an undetermined species of Skimmia 

 from Lepanto, which is probably identical with the specimens here determined 

 as ,S. japonica, while in a manuscript list of identifications of Loher's Philippine 

 plants, made at Kew, No. 237 Lolwr is determined as 8. japonica. From the 

 7naterial at hand I am unable to distinguish the Philippine form from Skimmia 

 japonica, so well figured and described in Curtis's Botanical Magazine. The 

 specimens available have immature tloweis and mature fruits, the inflorescence 

 being racemose and the flowers 5-merous. The discovery of Skimmia in the 

 Philippines is a very interesting addition to the northern element in the Phil- 

 ippine flora, the present species being previously known only from Japan and 

 Formosa. 



POLYGALACE.E. 



POLYGALA Linn. 



Poiygala glomerata Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 426; DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 



326; Benth. Fl. Hongk. (1861) 44; A. W. Benn. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. hid. 1 



(1872) 206; Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1886) 60. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (36 Mrs. Clemens) February, 1906. 



A species not previously reported from the Philippines, according to Bennett 



extending from the EasteVn Himalayan region to the Eastern Archipelago and 



^'Rcv. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886). 75. 



