205 



long; disk glands about 0.8 mm. long, among the filaments, slightly 

 ciliate at the apex, the staminate tlowers apparently but one in eaeh 

 bract. Fruit glabrous, ])ur])]ish, 2-celled, eaeh cell 1-seeded, about 

 G mm. long. 



Luzox, Province of Bengiiet. Siiyoc to I'aiiai (4()S1) Merrill) Xovember 7, 100.5. 

 staminate and pistillate tlowers from dirt'erent plants; Baguio (0307 FAmer) 

 ]\ray, 1004; IMount Santo Tomas ((;;"J4r). (1548 Elmer) June, 1004. Abundant in 

 the mossy forests in the mountains and on high lidges above 2.000 m. 



MACARANGA Thouais. 



Macaranga dipterocarpifolia IMeriill sp. nov. % Mappa. 



A shrub or small tree reaching a height of al)out 7 m. Branches 

 reddish brown, gial)rous. Leaves ovate, glabrous, 13 to 20 cm. long, 

 8 to 13 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, penninerved, the base broad, 

 truncate, somewhat auriculate at the insertion of the petiole and with 

 several large glands at the base on the npjier surface, the margins 

 irregularly repand-crenate, usually dull, the lower surface with numerous 

 small glands, usually paler than the upper surface, 7 to 9 nerved from 

 the base, the lower nerves short; lateral nerves prominent, spreading, 

 subparallel, 10 to 13 on each side of the midrib, the lower pair (basal) 

 sending stout branches toward the margins, the reticulations subparallel. 

 distinct; petioles 5 to 10 cm. long, glabrous. Male inflorescence glabrous, 

 paniculate, from the upper axils, 10 to 15 cm. long. Flo\vers numerous, 

 yellowish, fasciculate in the axils of the l)racts, the l)racts linear, 

 5 to 7 mm. long or less, enlarged and with 1 to 3 or 4 large disk-like 

 glands above, often somewhat enlarged below and with one or two lobes. 

 Sepals 3, 1 to 1.2 mm. long, glabrous, elliptical-ovate, acute. Stamens 

 7 to 9 ; filaments 1 mm. long or less; anthers 4-celled. Pistillate flowers 

 and fruit not seen. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet. Sablan (0137 Elmer) April, 1004. Not common on 

 diy open riiiges. 



A species resembling Macaranga cunungii Muell. Arg., but with much larger 

 leaves and more numerous stamens, the shape and venation of the leaves resem- 

 bling some species of Dipferocarpus, from which character the species is named. 

 The .same species has been collected (sterile) by Whilfurd, in tlie canyon of the 

 Lamao River, Province of Bataan, Luzon, altitude 700 m. 



CORIARIACE.E. 



COR I ARIA Niss. 



Coriaria intermedia .Matsum. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 12 (1808) 02. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Suvoc to Pauai (4800 Merrill) November 7, 1005. 

 in ravines at about 2,000 m. Formosa. 



Specimens of the above number were sent to Dr. J. !Matsunuira. of the Botan- 

 ical Institute, Imperial University, Tokyo, Japan, for comparison with the type 

 of his Formosan species, and after comparing the specimens, he expresses the 

 opinion that the Luzon plant is identical with his Coriaria intermedia. Specimens 

 collected in Benguet by A'idal. and recorded by liim as "('. sp. (afT. (J. japo)rica 



