24() MERRILL. 



pedicels pubescent, 3 to 4 inni long, jointed to the calyx. Calyx tube 

 narrowly funnel-shaped, pubescent, about 2 mm long, the lobes 5 or 6, 

 oblong, 2 mui long, pul)escent. Petals 5 or H, slightly exceeding the 

 calyx lobes in length, subspatulate, pulx'sccnt. Staiucus one opposite 

 each petal. Ovary villous; styles 4 or 5. 



Jazox, Province of Rizal, Loher 2210; Bcsoboso, Decades J'liilip. Foiest V\. 

 no. 251; For. Bur. 11)15 Ahern's collector, November, 1905. 



A si^ecies closely allied to Homalium barandae Vid., the type, Lohcr 2210, 

 liaving been identified at Kew witli Vidal's species. The plant above described is 

 at once distinguisiied by its entirely glabrous leaves, even in young specimens. T., 



(3) Homalium panayanum F.-Vill. Nov. Ap^x (ISS.'}) 94; Vidiil Pvov. Pi. 

 N'asc. Filii.. (iSS(i) 141; (Vron Cat. PI. Herb. (1802) 87. 



Ihiiiialitnii (ir'iiidiflorum Naves in Ulanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, pi. J/'i-i. iioii iiciitii. 



(in.MAKA.s, For. liur. 262 Oamniill, January, 1904; For. Bur. .'i5.l'.) P. del \ illar, 

 .liinc. Iit06. Luzon, Province of Zambales, For. Bur. Sill, <SV//.0 Vurnni tt Mrrritt, 

 Dccendjer, 1907; Bitr. Hci. 5051 liamos, December, 1907. 



F.-Villar describes the species as having petals and se2)als 10, stanuMis 10, 

 rarely 20 or 30, while Vidal states that the petals do not appear to exceed 7 in 

 number, the stamens two to three times as many as the petals. Our specimens 

 show t) to 7 petals and sepals, and an equal number of stamens, and I have 

 accordingly included the species in tlie section BlackwvUia. Vidal's statement, 

 however, would place it in the section Mijrianthcia. The plate cited by F.-\'illar, 

 shows 7-merous flowers, and ap])arently 7 stamens, and our specimens agree per- 

 fectly with the figure. A sjn-cii's well iliaraclcri/.cd by its entire leaves and linear 

 petals and sepals wliich are covered with long ciliate hairs. V., J'ui/al. 



(4) Homalium bracteatum Penth. in Journ. Linn. .Soc. Pot. 4 (1800) 37; 

 Itolfe in .lourn. Pol. 23 (1885) 213; N'idal Plian. Cuming. Philip. (188;)) 115; 

 llev. PI. Vase. Filip. (188C) 142. 



Homalium lusomcnse Merr. in Pliilii). .louni. Sci. 1 (1900) Supjjl. 99, non 

 F.-Vill. 



Philippi.xes, witliout locality, Vudiiikj llOU (cotyi)e). Lizox, Province of Ba- 

 taan, Lamao, For. Bur. 2011 Borden, October, 190 1, I'or. liur. o'/Li Vurran, Novem- 

 ber, 190(i: Province of Bulacan, Angat, For. Bur. J 1 1(>5 AijuiUir. April, 1908: 

 Province of Pamj)anga, Abmnt Arayat, Merrill Ji210, .September, I'M).'): Province 

 of Camarines, Pasacao, Ahem 2-'i, 12, January, March. 1902. 



A species well characterized by its 4- or 5-ni('roiis llowcrs. and dissimilar 

 sepals and petals, the former being ovate-lanceolate, relle.xed and much >liort<'r 

 than the latter, which are s])at white and erect or spreading. T.. .\nni<i<i. 



(5) Homalium villarianum N'idal Pcv. PI. \asc. l-"ilip. (ISSd) 142; ( citin 

 Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 87. 



llonutVnun ,sor.so<iou(iis( I'linicr Lcall. Piiilip. I'.ol. 1 (1908) 32."). 



J.,rzON', Province of Camarines Norte, \ idul 7.''/, type in Herb. Kcw : Province 

 of Sorsogon, Elmer 1311, >;ovend)er, 1905, type of II. sorsogoncn.sc Klni. 



After a careful examination of the specimens and descriptions of the.se two 

 species, I can find no characters by wliich they can be separated, and accordingly 

 Elmer's recently described species is here reihiccd. On N'idal's specimen the 

 flowers are 0-merous, and on Elmer's s])ecimen they are 5-nierous, but this char- 

 acter alone is not snllicient to distinguish them, as in many species of llomiiliuin 

 the lloral parts vary in number even on flic >amc' plant. 



