238 MERKir.L. 



(JELASTRACE.i:. 



MICROTROPIS Wall. 



M icrotropis curranii sp. nov. 



Arhoi- ])ar\;i, ^labi'a, 4 ad 1) in alia; I'oliis coriaccis, nitidis, siibtiis 

 ])allidis, elliptit'O-ovatis, 4 ad 7 cm longis, breviter obtuseque acuminatis, 

 basi aciitis, margine revohitis; cymis axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, 

 ca. 1.5 cm longis, 3-floris; floribus 4-mei'is; fructibus cylindraceis, 

 elongatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm longis. 



A small tree, glabrous throughout, 4 to 9 m high, the branches and 

 branchlets terete, dark-reddish-brown or nearly 1)1 ack when dry. Loaves 

 coriaceous, shining, pale beneath, elliptical-ovate, 4 to 7 cm long, 1.5 

 to 4.5 cm wide, the apex short and bluntly acuminate, the base acute, 

 margins entire, revolutc; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, not 

 prominent, the reticulations indistinct ; petioles 1 cm long or less. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary or two or three in each axil, 1.5 cm long or 

 less, the peduncles about 1 cm long, each cyme usually 3-llowered. 

 Flowers 4-merous, the sepals orliicular, rounded, the two outer ones 2 

 mm long, the two inner ones somewhat petaloid, 3 mm long. C'oj'olla 

 lobes 4, obovate or elliptical-obovate, rounded, about 3 mm long, united 

 below. Stamens 4, attached to the corolla and alternating with its 

 lobes, the filaments short, the anthers 0.5 mm long, broader than long. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit cylindrical, elongated, yellow when fresh, 

 dark-reddish-brown when di-y, short-apiculate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, about 

 6 mm thick, 1-celled, dehiscent, the pericarp coriaceous. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Mount Tonglon, For. Bur. J/OCG, J/D10 Cvrran, 

 August, 1906; Williams 1300, October, 1904: Province of Zambales, Mount Ta- 

 pulao, For. Bur. 8011 Curran d Merritt, December, 1907; Bur. Sci. J/6DS. 5026 

 Ifanios, December, 1907. 



The first species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, about 9 species 

 being previously known, extending from British India to Ceylon. Cochin Chin.a and 

 Java. The species here described differs from all the others in the genus by its 

 4-merous flowers. 



EUONYMUS Linn. 



Euonymus philippinensis sp. nov. 



Euonymu.'i iiniorcn.^is Tnrc/.. in Bull. 8oc. Nat. Mosc. 31 (IS.^S) 147; LaAvson 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) (110, saltem pro parte; F.-Vill. Nov. App. 

 (1880) 40; Vidal Phaii. Cuming. Pliilip. (188.5) lO:?; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (IS'l-i) 

 47, non Zijij). 



Ai-l)or parva, glabra, ;*> ad S m alta; I'oliis siibcoriaceis, iiilidis, cllip- 

 ticis, ol)longo-cllii)ticis, vol angiiste obovato-oblongis, basi acutis, apice 

 acuminatis, integris vol voi-siis apicom ininiito obscuro(pio donticulatis; 

 cymis axillaribus, laxo dicliotoiDis, dilfiisis. S nd |o cm longis: lloi-ihus 

 5-meris; sopalis petalisque fmibriatis. 



A small tree, 3 to 8 m high, (lie branches reddish-brown or gi'oenish, 



