262 ISIERRILL. 



MACHILUS Nees. 



Machilus nervosa sj). iiov. 



Arbor glabra cireiter (i ni alta; J'oliis ovato-clliplicis. iis(|UO ad Ti cm 

 loiigis. ooriaceis, nitidis, suhtus subglaucoscentibus, grosse ct piilcherrime 

 reticiilatis, norvis iirtiii(|uo G vel 7, proniiiieiitibus, elovatis, anastomo- 

 santibiis; panieiilis axilhuihiis lorininalihusqiio, ciix-iter 7 cin longis; 

 fructibiis ol)Ovoideis, in siceo nigris, leviter augulatis, cireiter 12 mm 

 longis, perianthii lobis late ovatis, aciitis, ])erpistentibus, patulis. 



A glabrous tree about 6 lu high. Branches terete, lenticellate, 

 grayish- or reddish-brown. Leaves ()\ate-elliptic, coriaceous, 7 to 12 

 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, base and apex acute, the upper surface 

 shining, tlic lower, at least when young, subglaucous, nerves 6 or 7 

 on each side of the midrib, beneath very prominent, elevated, darker- 

 colored than the surface of the leaf, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the 

 primary reticulations lax, distinct; petioles 2 to 3 cm long. Panicles 

 axillary and glabrous in fruit, about 7 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit 

 obovoid, red when fresh, black and shining when dry, about 12 mm long, 

 somewhat keeled or angled and obscurely reticulate, the persistent 

 perianth-lobes broadly ovate, acute, 1.5 mm long, glal)i()us or their 

 margins slightly pubescent, spreading. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet ]\Ionnt Ugo, Fur. Bur. JOS'/G Curran, For. Bur. 

 1S009 Merritt, December, 190S, in liardwood forests in ravines at an altitnde of 

 about 2.000 m. 



PHOEBE Nees. 



Phoebe sterculioides (Elmer) comb. nov. § Fuphoehe. 

 Persea sterciilioulcs Elmer Leall. Philip. Bot. 1 (190S) 295. 



Arbor 7 ad 18 m alta; foliis subcoriaceis, ol)Ovatis vel ol)lauceulatis, 

 cireiter 18 cm longis, 8 cm latis, integris, apice l)reviter acuminatis, 

 rariter acutis, basi sensiju angustatis, supra glabris, subtus plus minus 

 ghuu-escenti])us, ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; nervis utrinque ad 11: pani- 

 culis axillaribus, ferrugineo-])ubescentibus, angustis, usque ad 20 cm 

 longis; calycis lobis (J, subaequalibus vel exterioribiis admodum minorilnis, 

 ])ubescentibus, plus minus accrescentibus, ]>ersistentil)us. erectis; stami- 

 nibus fertilibus 9, o-seriatis, antheris l-ldcellatis. oi'dinis pi-imi et 

 secundi introrsis, ordinis tertii extrorsis. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, ]>ucban, Hlmcr 9121 (cotype). ^lay 1907. MiN- 

 i)ORO, near Lake Naujan, For. B9^r. 6TJ3a, G82J,, 6859 Merritt, March-April, 1907. 

 NiXJROS, 7273, 72S7, 7J27 Everett, May, 1907. Mindanao. T>al<o Lanao, (amp 

 Keithley Mrs. Clemens 518, April-May, 1906, and six sheets witliont iinmhcrs. 



This species appears to 1)' not uncommon in the Philippines, and extends from 

 central Luzon to Mindanao. In Mindoro i( is know as BnlirnJin. a name ap])lied 

 to many diircrent sju'cies of Luuraci m . in varimis ■^cmia. Specimens of this 

 plnnt with young fruit show accrescent, pcrsislcnl. and apprcssed calyx segments. 

 wlii<li throws the sjtecies into I'hnrhr. as defined by Pa\ in Engler iV Prantl'-- 



