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have giveii rise to luiicli of tlio confusion in the Philippine repre- 

 sentatives of the genus, and it is lioped tliat the following enumeration 

 will clear up the doubtful points : 



Stamens 1 opposite each petal ( §• Blackwellia) . 



Leaves softly pubescent beneath 1. H. bara)i(lae Y id. 



Leaves entirely glabrous. 



Flowers 5-6-merous; petals suhspatulato, sonicwiiat hroailcr than the sepals, 



hirsute; leaves crenate 2. H. loheri Merr. 



Flowers 6-7-nierous; petals and sepals linear, equal, covered with very long 



spreading hairs; leaves entire 3. H. p(iiiiii/(niiun F.-Vill. 



Stamens 2 or more opposite each petal (§ Myriantheia) . 



Petals spatulate, much exceeding the ovate-lanceolate sepals; flowers 4-5- 



merous 4. H. hracteatum Benth. 



Petals and sepals subspatulate, equal or subequal; flowers 5-8-merous. 

 Flowers 5-6-merous ; lateral nerves of the leaves about 6 



5. H. villarianum Vid. 

 Flowers 7-8-merous; lateral nerves of the leaves 11 to 13. 



C. H. luzoiiiense F.-Vill. 



(1) Homalium barandae Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 32; Sinopsis 

 Atlas, (1883) 27, t. 53, f. A; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 141; Ceron Cat. PI. 

 Herb. (1892) 87; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 04, in part, excluding tlie description 

 of the flowers. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 29.59, iiSll Ahern's collector, 

 April, September, 1905: Province of Batangas, For. Bur. 77^.9 Curran <C- Merritt, 

 November, 1907. 



The type of this sijecies was from the Province of Manila (Rizal) ; and Vidal, 

 in the original description, which is very short, speaks especially of the dense 

 pubescence on the lower siu'face of the leaves, which is also very characteristic 

 of the specimens above cited. It is the only Philippine species that has densely 

 pubescent leaves. F.-Villar's description applies, at least in part, to an entirely 

 different species, as he describes the flowers with fourteen stamens, which applies 

 to the species of the section Myriantheia. The specimen cited by Vidal in his 

 Revision can not be considered as the type. T., Laing. 



(2) Homalium loheri sp. iiov. 



Arhoi- intlorescentiis exceptis glabra; I'oliis oblongo-ellipticis, sub- 

 coriaceis, breviter obtuseque acnminatis, 1'^ ad 17 cm longis, margine 

 crenato-serratis, nervis utrinipie (S ad 10; intlorescentiis terminalibus, 

 paniculatis, villosis, ramis elongatis ; tioribus fasciculatis, ebracteolafcis, 

 5- vel 6-meris, pedicellatis ; petalis siibspatulatis, quam sepalis paullo 

 longioribns ; staminibus 5 vel fi ; ovario villoso. 



A tree, apparently of medium size. Branches terete, light-gray, 

 lenticellate. Leaves alternate, suhcoriaceous, shining, gla])rous, oblong- 

 elliptical, I'i to 17 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex shortly and 

 obtusely acuminate, the base acute, the nuirgins crenate-serrate .through- 

 out; nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midi'il), prominent, anastomosing, 

 the reticulations distinct; petioles about 5 nnn long. Inflorescence 

 terminal, villous, paniculate,- the branches few, elongated, 12 to 20 cm 

 long. Fb)wers in fascicles, the l)i'Mcteoles, if anv, verv deciduous, the 



