244 MEKRILL. 



VA.AVAnWUVACKA:. 



ELAEOCARPUS I,iriii. 



Elaeocarpus foxworthyi sp. nov. 



Arlwr ta. 1.") in aka; i'oliis ellij)tic-()-(i\atis, ca In cm loiigis, coriaceis, 

 obtusis, siihtus i'ernigiiie<)-i»ubesceiitil)us, ju'i-\is uti'inque ea. 18, pro- 

 juinentibus, niargiue breviter obseuro(jue (leiUiculatis; fructibus ovoideis 

 vel ellipsoideis, dense feiTUgineo-pubesceiitiljUK, ea. o.5 em longis. 



A tree about 15 m high, the branches, braneldets, petioles, leaves 

 beneath, and above when young, panicles and fruits i-ather densely 

 i'erruginous-pubescent. Leaves elliptical-ovate, about 18 cm long, 10 

 to 13 cm wide, coriaceous, obtuse, rarely slightly and broadly acute, 

 the base rounded to su])acute, glabrous above when mature, except on 

 the soriiewhat pubescent midrib and nerves, the margins minutely and 

 distantly denticulate; nerves about 1"3 on each side of the rnidril), very 

 prominent, parallel, the reticulations very distinct beneath, subparallel ; 

 petioles 5 to 6 cm long. Flowers unknown. Infrutescence axillary, 

 pubescent. Fruits ovoid or ellipsoid, about 3.5 cm long, 2.5 cm thick, 

 \('i-v hard, obtuse, densely fen-ugi nous-pubescent, with one mature seed. 



Palawan. Iwaliig, Bur. Hci. H5S Foxicorihy, May, 190C; For. Bur. .'{158 Curniii, 

 May, 1900. 



A tree growing along tlie river, well characterized by its ratlier Islrge, ellip- 

 tical-ovate leaves, and hard, ferruginous, ellipsoid, rather large, fruits. 



MALVAOE.1^. 



HIBISCUS T>inn. 



Hibiscus cannabinus Mini. Syst. cd. K) (IT.')!*) 114!»; Mast, in Hook. f. VI. 

 ]5rit. Ind. 1 (ISTIJ :V.i'.); lloclii-. in Ann. Conscrv. .lard. Bot. Genev. 4 (1!)()()) 114. 



Luzon, Manila, Merrill SSOt, December, lOO.l: Province of I'angasinan, Bur. 

 Sri. .'lUOJi Banio.'t, December, ]i)()7. MixnAXAO, Province of Surigao, Paganga, 

 Urrritl r,.l,:li,, October, ]!)0(i. 



Widely dishibnled ii> the lro|)ics. cull i valcd ; n.>( |irc\ iou^ly icpoiird from (he 

 Pliiliiipincs. 



I'^L.vcorKTi.vcioj-:. 



HOMALIUM .i;u(|. 



►Several sj)ecies of II oimiliinii occur in I he rhili[)|iincs. all cmh'nnc. 

 so far as is known a( ihc present time. Some df Ihe species .ii'e im- 

 poi'tanl timber ti-ees. Iml jis thei'e has been consi(h'i-ahh' conriisioii in 

 the ti'roiip, line to misinterpi'elal inn of some of the pi'e\ ioiisly dcsci'ibcd 

 species, the lolhiwing key to Ihe I'hilippine I'oi-ms has been made, 'riic 

 tvpes of l'\-\'illar's species are no loii^^ci- e\l;int. but those of \ iilal are 

 pi'cscrved in the Kew llerhiirinm, and these lunc been examined. Then' 

 iirc some niiinire-l ei-i'ois in the descriptions of the foi-mei- nidhoi-. which 



