•J54 .MKKKILL. 



The first representative of the genus to be found in the Pliilippines and ap- 

 parently tlistinct from the few other species of the genus. On Mount ilariveles 

 it is found at altitudes of from 700 to 850 m, but in Mindoro it occurs at lower 

 elevations. 



MAGN()LIACE.IC. 



ILLICIUM Linn. 



Illicium philippinense sp. nov. 



Arbor parva \vl arbuscula, <i'lal)ra ; t'oliis c•(Jll<i•e^'tis, alteiuis vrl suh- 

 verticillatis, coriaceis, integris^ acuniinatis, oblongo-ellipticis vel elliptico- 

 lanceolatis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, nervis lateralibus obsoletis ; floribus axilla- 

 ribiis, solitariis, albis : staniiniltus circiter 15; carpellis circiter 8, 3 mm 

 longis. 



A small tree or a shrub -i m high or less, glabrous. Bi-anches rather 

 stout, dark-colored, wrinkled when -dry, the branchlets somewhat oliva- 

 ceous. Leaves crowded near the tips of the branchlets, alternate, sub- 

 verticillate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 5 to 8 cm 

 long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, coriaceous, the upper surface shining, the 

 lower dull, acuminate at both ends; lateral nerves obsolete, the midrib 

 prominent; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers solitary-, axillary, white, 

 fragrant, about 1 cm long. Sepals four or five, elliptic-oblong, 10 mm 

 long, 5.5 mm wide, obtuse, nerved. Petals 2-seriate, the inner ones 

 narrower than the outer, as long as the sepals but much narrower, 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Stamens about 15 ; filaments 

 stout, swollen, 2 mm long; anthers about 1 mm long. Carpels about 8, 

 glabrousj 3 mm long including the recurved style. ^Mature fruit about 

 2 cm in diameter, consisting of from 5 to 8 carpels which are narrowly 

 ovate, rostrate, wrinkled when dry. Seed pale, shining. 



Luzon, Province of Zanibales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 9513 Cvrran <G Merritt 

 (type) ; Bur. 8ci. 50TS Ramos, December, 1907, on exposed mountain top in the 

 elfinwood, altitude about 2,100 m. Mindoro, Mount Halcon, For. Bur. .'f.'fll 

 Merritt, June, 1906. 



The only representative of the genus known from the Pliilipi)ines. apparently 

 well characti-rized by its small leaves which are without evident lateral nerves. 

 It has previously been recorded by me from INIindoro as Illicium sp.* It is 

 |iruli!i1>ly most closely allied to /. cvrnium King, of the ^Vlalay Peninsula. 



LAURACEiB. 



CRYPTOCARYA K. Br. 



Cryptocarya lauriflora ( I'.hinco) comb. nov. 



Siih/dihi hiiiri/lora Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 221, ed. :{. 2:.")(); Morr. in 

 Govt. Lai.. IMii.l. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 73. 



Eu-'<iil(r().riilon borncense 1'. \'ill. Xov. App. (1SS.3) 179. non T. & B. 



f'rif/.lociiriid luzovien.ii.t \iilal \U'\ . I'l. \a-f. I'ilip. (ISSf)) 222; Ccron Cat. 

 PI. II. Ml). (Manihil (IS<)l>| 111; Mnr. in I'liiiiii. .i..mii. Sci. 1 (liMKii Siippl. 58. 



M'hilip. .fourn. Sci. 2 fl9(l7) Bot. 272. 



