NEW ()U NOTEWORTHY I'HILIPl'INE PLAx\T8, VI. 247 



(G) Homalium luzoniense F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 94; Vidal Rev. PI. Filip. 

 (1886) 141; Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 27, t. 53, f. B. ; C'eroii Cat. PI. Herb. 

 (1892) 87. 



Homalium aranga Vidal 1. c, as syn. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 19, 2.'i, Ware, Septcnibcr, 1903, For. Bur. 

 6031 Kohhe, December, 1906. Alabat, Vidal 35.'/. 



A species well characterized by its 7- or 8-nierous flowers, narrow sepals and 

 spatulate petals. T., Aranga. 



Homalium foetidum Benth., has been reported from the Philippines by F.-\"illar, 

 Nov. App. 94, and by Ceron, C!at. PI. Herb. 87, bnt both are probably erroneous 

 identifications. F.-Villar reduces (lordonia poh/fipernia Blanco, to HomalitDn 

 foetidum Bentli., but this is certainly an ei-ror. T can not identify Blanco's 

 species with any known form of Ifoindliii in, and 11 may apply to some jdant 

 of a very different <;('iuis. 



RHIZOPHORACE.i:. 



SAGITTIPETALUM .i;en. iiov. 



Calyx basi braeteolis lil)eris; tiilms l)i\'vis, ovarii basi adnatus ; liml)us 

 6-partitus, lobis laneeolatis, aciiminatis, coriaeeis, valvatis. Petala G, 

 l)asi disci earnosi iiiserta^ iinguicailata, laminis ol)longo-ovatis, margine 

 irregulariter laeerato-fiinbriatis, basi valde sagittatis. Stamina 12, al- 

 terna breviora; filamentis capillaribns. Ovarium int'crnm, l-loeulare; 

 ovidis 12, collateral] bus, in axillis interioribus PU})erioribus allixis, 

 pendnlis. Stylus filiformis, stigma simplex, disci forme. 



Sagittipetalum mindanaense sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, glabra; raniulis teretibus, junioribus compressis; foliis 

 oppositis, petiolatis, subcoriaceis, nitidis, ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis, 

 aeuminatis, basi acutis ; cymis in axillis superioribus, ca. 3-floris, brevi- 

 bus; floribus medioeris, 6-meris. 



A small tree, about 10 m bigli, glabrous tlirougbout. Branches slender, 

 terete, the younger ones somewhat compressed, reddish-brown, the tips 

 resinous. Leaves elliptical to ol^long-elliptical, 7 to 10 cm long, 3 to 

 5.5 cm wide, the apex acumijiato, the base acute, entire, shining, sub- 

 coriaceous; nerves G or 7 on eacli side oL' tbe midrib, irregular, inter- 

 arching near the margin, not prominent, the i-eticulation rather lax', 

 petioles 1 cm long or less; stipules caducous, lanceolate, 1.2 to 1.5 cm 

 long. Cymes solitary in the upper axils only, short, usually 3-flowered, 

 the peduncle about 5 mm long, compressed, the bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 about 3 mm long ; pedicels very short, the bractcnjles two, similar to the 

 bracts, not united. Flowers greenish, 1 cm long. Calyx ovoid, cleft 

 to the middle, the lobes G, lanceolate, acuminate, erect, 2 mm wide at the 

 base. Petals G, clawed, alternate with the sepals, 5.5 mm long, the 

 claw 2 mm long, the blade oblong-ovate, strongly sagittate at -the base, 

 the apex acuminate, the margins irregularly lacerate-fiudjriate, 3 mm 

 wide 1)elow. Stamens 12, G opposite the ])etals with slender filaments 



