NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 283 



basal ones S, proniineut ; nerves leaving the midrib above the base about 

 G on each side, the reticulations distinct; petioles 10 to 15 cm long, 

 terete, pubescent. Inflorescence axillary and from the stems below the 

 leaves, tlie staminate fasciculate, dense, of very short racemose panicles 

 2 cm long or less, their branches. 1 cm long or less, gray-pubescent; 

 bracteoles cuneate, pubescent, yellow-glandular, about 5 mm long, lacerate- 

 pectinate; stamens few: pistillate inflorescence axillary and from the 

 axils below the leaves, racemose, usually solitary 3 cm long or less, 

 pubescent, each raceme few-flowered; pedicels stout, pubescent, 2 mm 

 long; calyx pubescent, cup-shaped, truncate, about 2.5 mm long; ovary 

 globose, densely yellowish waxy-glandular, 2- to 4-celled; styles recurved, 

 more or less pectinate ; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, kcerate-peetinate, 

 more or less pubescent, 6 to 8 mm long. 



Palawan, near Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. 3590, 3591 Cur ran, January, 1906, 

 in old clearings at about 20 m above sea level, the former with staminate 'flowers^ 

 the latter with pistillate ones. 



This species probably belongs in the secticn Pachijstemon, although 2-, 3-, and 

 4-celled ovaries were found on the same plant. It is well characterized by its 

 ?.uborbicular, nearly entire or slightly 3-lobed leaves, and especially by its short, 

 congested, axillary and cauline inflorescences, the staminate being paniculate, and 

 the pistillate racemose. 



M ALLOT US Lour. 



Mai lotus korthalsii Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15^ (1862) 976. 



Luzox, Province of Cagayan, Aparri, For. Bur. 11012 Curran, February, 1909. 

 MixDA^-AO, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9011 Whitford d 

 Hutchinso)i, November, 1907. 



New to the Philippines; previously kno\\n only from Borneo and Celebes. 



MICRODESMIS Planch. 



Mlcrodesmis caseariaefolia Planch, in Hook. Ic. PI. (1844) sub. t. 158; 

 Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15== (1862) 1041. 



Palaw^an, near Puerto Princesa, Bur. Sci. 2Jf9 Bennejos, December, 1905; 

 Mount Victoria, For. Bur. 4138 Curran. Bur. Sci. 132 Foxworthy, March, 1906. 

 Balabac, Merrill 5380, October, 1906. 



Burma to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, and Borneo. The genus is 

 new to the Philippines except for a single specimen collected in Palawan by Vidal 

 and reported without specific name by Ceron;« Vidal's specimen in the Kew 

 herbarium, is apparently identical with the material here referred to Planchon's 

 species. 



OSTODES Blume. 



Ostodes serrato-crenata sp. nov. 



Arbor subglabra 8 ad 12 m alta; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, in 

 sicco brunneis, nitidis, oblongis vel elliptico-oblongis, usque ad 30 cm 

 longis, basi acutis vel aeuminatis, apice breviter acuminatis, margine 

 gross irregulariter crenato-serratis, dentibus glanduliferis; nervis utrinque 



* Cat. PI. Herb. (Manila) (1892) 151. 



