286 MERRILL. 



long, the racliis and i)eti()lules rather densely Ferruginoiis-h'pidote; leaf- 

 lets siibcoriaceous, 3- jugate, 7 to 10 cm long. 2 A to 5 em wide, elliptical- 

 o])long. ])ale, glabrous al)ove. beneath somewhat I'erruginous-lepidote, base 

 aeute, (Hjual, apex acuminate: nerves aljout 10 on each side of the midrib; 

 pe(io]ules 2 to 5 mm long. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, about as long 

 as the leaves, densely ferruginous-lepidote throughout, branclied from 

 near the base, the lower branches about 7 cm long, the upper ones grad- 

 ually shorter, llie bi-anchlcts densely many-flowered. Flowers yellowish, 

 fragrant, about 1 nmi long, the buds globose, subsessile. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 lepidote. Petals 5, glabrous, about 1 mm long. Staminal tube about 

 0.8 mm long, crenate, glabrous, bearing on its margin 5 sessile anthers. 



Balabac, Bur. Sci. 44(9 Mangubat. March, 1906. 



A species .apparently allied to Aglaia cumingiana Turcz., and to A. hurmsianu 

 Perk., differing from the former in its densely lepidote inflorescence, nearly sessile 

 flowers which are densely disposed, and its acuminate leaflets, and from the 

 latter by having only two pairs of shorter leaflets, shorter panicles, and dif- 

 ferent indumentum, the branches and leaves in the species above described not 

 being at all stellate-tomentosc-lepidote, the scales being appressed and entire or 

 only very minutely ciliate. 



EUPHORBIACEJ^. 



OMPHALEA Linn. 



Omphalea phil ippinensis sp. nov. 



Scandcns, infloi-escentiis exceptis glabra; foliis coriaceis oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatis, acuminatis, nitidis, basi supra 2-glandulosis; floribiis pedicel- 

 latis, minutis; fructibus dehiscontibus, 2.5 ad 3 cm longis. 



A large woody vine, glabi'ous excc])t the inflorescence. Branches ■ 

 terete, somewhat rugose-sf riate when dry, glabro\is, light-gray or yellowish. 

 Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 22 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide, 

 coriaceous, glaljrous, shining, ])ale in dicing, the margins entire, some- 

 what recurved, apex rather abruptly acuminate, the acumen 1 cm long 

 or less, blunt, the base acute or olituse; nerves about 9 on each side of 

 the midrib, ])rominent beneath, curved, the reticulations distinct on 

 both surfaces; petioles stout, 1.5 to 3.5 cm long, with two prominent 

 glands on the upper surface at the juncture with the leaf. Infloi-escence 

 axillary, paniculate, about 40 cm long (or longoi'?). soniewliai feiTUgi- 

 nous-hirsute, the branches stout, spreading, the floAvers many, pedicel led, 

 fasciculate, the pedicels sleiuler, thickened upwards, 6 to 7 mm long. 

 Buds globose, 1.5 to 2 mm in diaineter. Sepals 5, imbricate, glabrous, 

 obovate or orbicular, about 2 jiim long. Petals wanting. Anthers sessile. 

 Pistillate flowers not seen. Fruit dehiscent, 2.5 to 3 cm long, the valves 

 twisting in dehiscence, (iiiiily coriaceous, glabrous, gray, the seeds 



