260 MERRILL. 



about .") mm long. Calyx teeth triangular-ovate, acute. Corolla about 

 3 mm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, reflexed, about 

 1.5 mm long. Filaments short; anthers minutely puberulent, 1 mm 

 long. Ovary glabrous. Fi'uit Avhitish, about 7 mm long; seeds numer- 

 ous, 1.5 to 2 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Kizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 1833, April, 1903; liiir. Sci. 2fili7 

 Kamos, May, 1907; Bur. Sci. 60 Foxworihy, January, 1906; Montalhan, LoIkv 

 ifW-l: Province of Benguet, Twin Peaks, Elmer G.'/St, June, 1904, a more pubes- 

 cent form, but apparently the same species. 



The second species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, readily 

 recognizable by its pubescence, its fascicled flowers and glabrous or nearly glabrous 

 corolla-throat. 



FAGRAEA Tliuiib. 



Fagraea longiflora sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glabra, pseudo-epiphytica ; ramulis teretil)us, cras- 

 siusculis; foliis ovato-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, 30 ad 40 cm longis, breviter 

 aciuninatis; nervis utrinque 8; floribus fasciculatis, terminalibus, ses- 

 silibus, congestis; corollae tubo cylindraeeo, 10 cm longo. 



A scandent pseudo-epiphytic shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches 

 terete, thickened, 1.5 to 2 cm thick. Leaves crowded at the ends of 

 the branches, elliptical-ovate, 30 to 40 cm long, 20 cm wide or less, sub- 

 coriaceous, tough in texture and not brittle when dry, the apex sliort- 

 acuminate, the base decurrent-acuminate ; nerves 8 oh each side of the 

 midrib, prominent; petioles about 4 cm long; stipules large. Flowers 

 large, crowded in terminal fascicles or in depauperate sessile cymes. Ca- 

 lyx about 4 cm long, 5-lobed, the lobes about 2 cm long, imbricate, oblong- 

 ovate, blunt or sul)aeute, the bracteoles 2.5 to 3 cm long. Corolla white, 

 the tube 10 em long, cylindrical, slightly enlarged upAvards, somewhat 

 villous within, tbe lobes 5, elliptical-ovate, about 4 cm long. Anthers 

 about 7 mm long. Fruit unknown. 



Luzon, Province of L:i<;uiiii, jNIount Banajao, For. Bur. 8026, 8028 Currau J- 

 Merritt, November, 1907, in forests at an altitude of about 700 m. 



A very characteristic species, well distinguished by its long sessile or subsessile 

 flowers which arc densely crowded into terminal fascicles or depauperated cymes. 



Fagraea auriculata Jack in Malay Miscel. 2 (1822) 82; Blunic Rumphia 2 

 (1830) 20, /. 7,3; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 8.'?. 



pAr.AWAX, Mount Victoria, Bur. Sci. 6Ji2 Foxivorlhi/, March, 1900. 



British India to the IMalay Peninsula and Archipelago; not previously n'])orte(i 

 from (lie IMii I i |)|iiiu's. 



MITREOLA Linn. 



Mitreola oldenlandioides \\:ill. Cat. (1S2S) no. r.lM\: DC. I'lodr. 9 (ISIf)) 9: 

 Clarke in Hook. f. i-'l. IJrit. Ind. 4 (1883) 79. 



Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. Ji8.'J2 Riinios, Deccnibcr, 1907: 

 Province of Bulacan, near Norzagaray, Yodcr 126, Uecenilier, 1900. 



British India to the Malay Archipelago. Australia and tlie Carnlinc Isl.-mds. 

 The first representative; of tlu; genus to l)e tnund in tlic l'liili|i|iiiic>. 



