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anastomosiii.i;'. the iiiai^uiiis sliyliijy c-iliatc. Corolla about I luiii. long, 

 pale or purpli.'^h. llic latci-al lobes 2.o miii. long, 1..") mm. w'kUn obovate, 

 obtuse, reticulate, the keel about 3 mm. long, crested, the crest purpl(\ 

 timbriate, 1 to 1.15 mm. long. Filaments slender, about 1 mm. long; 

 anthers oblong-obovoid, about 0.3 mm. long. Ovary sparingly ciliate, 

 compressed; style glabrous, about 3 mm. long the stigma lateral. Cap- 

 sule elliptical, flattened, membranous laxly reticulate veined, about 

 ■i.S mm. long, with very narrow nuirginal wings which are sparingly 

 ciliate. Seed elliptical or oblong elliptical, black. 3 mm. long, stro- 

 pliiolate, densely hirsute especially, above with, grayish or brownish hairs, 

 the strophiole nearly white, about 0.8 mm. long, 3-appendiculate. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Ambuklao to Dakliin (4401 McrriU) OctolxT 2.'). 

 in05, in open grass lands at about 1,000 m.; Biied River (420:5 Merrill) Oclober 

 20, 1 !)().■), on open loek slopes at alxnit ],0()() ni. 



SALOMONIA Lour. 



Salomonia cylindrica Blume. Epirhizanl he ci/tindricd Blunic; Micj. Fl. lud. 

 Bat. 1 (1S59) 2: 128. t. 15. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan (6054 Elmer) April, 1904. 



Tliis species is here first credited to the Philippines, and is apparently rare, 

 as 'Sir. Elmer found but three individuals, and no other collector has as yet 

 detected it in the Philippines. It was previously known from Java and Sumatra. 

 The Philippine specimens are evidently referable to Blume's species, rather than 

 to the more widely distributed Xalonio)iia apln/lla Griff., which extends from 

 China to Borneo, Malacca and Tenasserim. 



EUPHORBIACE.E. 



BACCAUREA Lour. 



Baccaurea gracilis Alerrill sp. nov. ^ ricrardia. 



A tree G to 10 m. high, quite glabrous throughout, with membranous 

 oblong to oblong-lanceolate leaves, slender fascicled racemes of staminate 

 flov.^ers, the pistillate inflorescence short, racemose, both from the slender 

 branches below the leaves and in the axils of the lower leaves. Branches 

 light gray or brown, slender, terete, lenticellate, glabrous. Leaves 

 shining on both surfaces, 10 to 16 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide, short 

 acuminate, the base acute, entire, glabrous; primary nerves 10 to 12 on 

 each side of the midrib, spreading, distant, the secondary nerves and 

 reticulations evident, rather lax ; petioles rather stout, about 5 mm. long. 

 Staminate inflorescence: Racemes slender, glabrous, 5 to 9 cm. long, 1 to 

 4 in the axils of the lower leaves or of fallen lea\('s. the Howers glomerate, 

 about 10 in each glomerule, the glomerules seattered, bracts small, the 

 |)('dicels very short. Sepals 5, iuibricate, glabrous, orbicular, about 

 1.3 mm. long. ]*etals 0. Stamens -j. the fllaments very short; anthers 

 1 mm. long. IJudimentai-y ovary present, glabrous, 3-cleft, the disk want- 

 ing. Pistillate inflorescence: Eacemes 5 mm. long or less, sometimes 

 reduced to fascicles in the axils, ol' fallen lca\es. Sepals 5. Ovary 



