Xi:W oil NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPlxXE PLANTS, VII. 263 



Natiirliclieii Pflanzeiifaniilicii. although Bcntham & Hooker reduce I'lioche to 

 Pel sea. In the original description of the species the outer series of stamens are 

 described as having extrorse anthers, and the other series to have introrse anthers. 



1 have reexamined the type number and tlie reverse seems to be the case, the 

 outer two series liaving introrse antheis, and the inner series having extrorse 

 anthers. Apparently allied to the Malayan Phorhe opara Blunie. 



DROSERACE^l 



DROSERA Linn. 



Drosera burmanni Vahl Symb. 3 (I7i)4) 50; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. l^rit. Ind. 



2 (1878) 424: F.-Vill. Nov. App. ( 18S0) 78, Diels in Ptianzenrei'h 26 (DOli) 7o. 

 Luzon, District of Bontoc, V-'or. liur. 10995 Gurran. January, 1909, altitude 



about 700 m. 



The fourth species of the genus for the Philippines, previously recorded from 

 Panay by F.-Villar, but his record as to its occurring in the Archipelago not 

 before verified. 



India and Ceylon to southern Japan, south to ^Malaya and northern Australia. 



HAMAMELIDACE.^. 



EMBOLANTHERA gen. nov. 



Calycis tnlais ()\iii)() aduatiis. liinhus iiieg'ularitcr 2- \<A 3-li(lus, deimnii 

 circiimscisso-deciduus. J*etala 5. lineari-olongata, l)asi iitrinque valde 

 auriculata vel alata. Stamina 5, petalis alternantia, filamentis brevis- 

 siniis ; antherae basifixae, loeulis in valvis 2 verticaliter dehiscentibus, 

 connectivo longe producto. Ovarium inferum, 2-loculare; styli 2, sub- 

 nlati, stigraatibus simplicibus ; ovula in loeulis solitaria, pendula. iVrbor. 

 Folia alterna, Integra vel subintegra, persistentia, ovata vel oblonga, 

 acuminata. Stipulae lanceolatae, membranaceae, deciduae, pectintae. 

 Flores in spica? terminales densissime dispositi. calvce stellato-])ubeseente. 



Embolanthera spicata sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, glabra, inflorescentiis exceptis. Bamis 

 ramulisque tenuibus, griseis vel brunneis ; foliis alternis firmiter cliar- 

 taceis, ovatis vel oblongis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice breviter acnminatis, 

 basi rotundatis, acutis vel acuminatis, leviter inaeqnilateralibus, nitidis. 

 Spicis foliis aequantibus vel subaequantibus, densis; floribus albis, 

 5-meris; petalis circiter 2 cm longis, 2 mm latis, basi utrinqne valde 

 auriculatis vel alatis; staminibus 5, connectivo longe producto. 



A tree about 10 m high, glabrous or ne^dy so except the intloresence. 

 Branches and branchlets teietc. slender, gray or l)io\vn, slightly lenti- 

 cellate. Leaves alternate, ovate to oblong, firmly cliartaceous, sliining, 

 7 to 10 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, gradually narrow(-d upward to the 

 short-acuminate apex, the Inise rounded, acute, oi' slightly acuminate, 

 usually somewhat inequilateral, the margins entire, recurved, some- 

 times slightly aculeate-denticulate near tlie apex; nerves T or 8 on 



