222 



mm. loii^i': aiitlicrs hliint. 1 mm. lowj;. ('a])siil(' I to .") mm. loiiir. ovoid, 

 somowliat liirsutc above, i'('<iularly (Icliisciiiii- hy 5 valves. Seeds maiiv, 

 triangular, i'u,t;()se, hi'owii, nearly 1 mm. \(m<j:. 



LrzoN. I'rovincc of P.ciijiiict . P.u<ii;is ( 4(i(),S Merrill) Octohcr 2S. I'.tO."); l):iklan 

 to Kiii)iiy:ui (440.") Merrill) OctohiT 27. IIX)."). On <l:iiii|> liiuil<s :iloii,<: the trail 

 in open ^nass lands and in tliin \)\uv fonvsts. 



A species avcI) ciiaiactcii/cd l)y its sniall leaves, \\liieli are glandular |)imctato 

 with round spots. 



SAPOTAC^EJ-:. 



SIDEROXYLON Linn. 



Sideroxylon luzoniense Merrill s]). nov. 



.V small tree about ~) m. Iiiiili witli obloii^-ovate to broadiv obloni;'- 

 laiieeolate or ellipt ical-obloiiy-, aeiimiiiate lea\('s, beneath sbiiiiii^;' and 

 rather densely ferru^inous-pubeseeiit, and a.xillary rascieled lloweis. the 

 stannnodes elon<iated, entire. iJranches dai'k brown oi' neai'lv black, 

 lentieellale, Lilabrons, the youni;' parts rather densely einerous and I'ei'i'u- 

 •i'inous pubescent. licaves T to !* em. long, '2 to I cm. wide, coriaceous, 

 glabrous above, the ajje.x short aemuinate or acute, gradually narrowed 

 below to the acute base; nerves somewhat prominent beneath, (i to 7 on 

 each side of the midrib, the reticulations obscure; petioles den.sely pubes- 

 (•ent, 1 to 1..") (in. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles of from "2 to o, 

 niosth' on the \'oung bi'anchlets. nnmei-ous, sessile. Calyx cu|)-shaped, 

 I mm. long. dcnseK' fei'ruginous pubescent, ."j-toot bed, the teeth blunt, 

 bi'oad, less than 1 mm. long. Coi'olla ."■) mm. long, glabrous. .")-lol)ed, 

 lobes oblong-o\ate, truncate, about ;!.-") mm. long, '' mm. wide below. 

 Staminodes linear oi' linear-lanceolate, entii'c, blunt. '2.^) to ;> mm. long, 

 less than I mm. wi<lc. Filaments 'i mm. long; antbei's broadly ovoid, 

 I.;! mm. long. ()\ai'y rerruginous-pubescent, ."i-cclled. 



Luzon. I'roxinccof lli/.al. Antipolo M27 /'. W. I'o.nrorl In/ ) .January Ki. llMKi. 

 In forest on .Mo\inl Kaysijiot. at about "0(1 ni. 



OLF.ACKJ-:. 



JASMINUM I, inn. 



Jasminum populifolium I'linnc. Mu'-. i'.oi. Lui^d. I'.at. 1 (IS.lOi -iTli: Mi(|. V\. 



Ind. I'.at. 2 (lS.')(i) .l.SS: F.A'ill. .Nov. .\p|). (ISS:!) I2S: ./. hr.onirn.si' 



\idal. I'lian. Cumin;;-. IMiilip. (ISS.")) IS.")-. l{e\ . I'l. \asc. Kilip. (ISSC.) ISO; 



(Vron. (at. IM. llcrh. (IS!)2l 111: Isleri, l'..'itr. Ken. j'liilip. \(--. |1!M).")) 120. 



I'dunie cites no <'olle<'lor in the ori;:inal (iia;4nosis of liis species, simply ^ivini^ 



tlie locality 'In in-ulis I'liil i ppin is."' It >eenis |)rol)alde that he 1im<I before him 



the same nundier <d < umin^^'s plant that \idal later deserilied as JiiNiiiinuiti 



lii::()iiifiixc. His deseiiption applies very closely to a specimen id' \o. 102!I 



i'liiiiiini in our herbarium, on which nnmbi'r Nidafs sjieeies was based. I have 



accordingly reduced ./. Iir.<iiiitiinf lo the much earlier ./. jioiiiiUfiiH imi. 



