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discovery in Luzon is a striking addition to the list of Australian types in the 

 Philippine flora. The Philippine form was at first considered by me to be an 

 undescribed species, l)ut after a careful examination of the description, and 

 comparison with material from the Port Jackson District, Australia, coll. J. H. 

 C'amfield. December, 11)07, I am at loss to discover any character by which the 

 Philippine plant can be distinguished from the Australian except the unscientific 

 one of geographical distribution. It is possible that a revision of the genus will 

 lead to the characterization of more than one species, for Bentham. in the 

 original description, states that it is (piite glabrous in all of its parts, while 

 Engier describes the young branches and leaves as densely pilose, the Philippine 

 specimens and the one Australian specimen before me agreeing with the latter. 



AC^ERACE.E. 



ACER Linn. 



Acer curranii sp. nov. S Infeiirifolia. 



Arljor glabra usque ad 'i~^ m alta : I'oliis concolorilnis. nitidis, glabris, 

 integris, coriaceis, retieulatis, ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, breviter obtuse 

 acuininatis. l)asi rotundatis vel obtusis, 3- vel 5-nerviis, usque ad 13 

 cm longis ; florilnis niasculinis corvmbosis, corvmbis axillaribus, brevibus, 

 glabris: fructil)us -1 cm longis, alis angulo acuto divergentibus. paullo 

 introssum falcatis. 



A glabrous tree 'i5 m high or less, the trunk reaching a diameter of 

 110 cm. Branches terete, sniootb, glabrous, reddish-l)rown, with few 

 scattered lenticels. I^eaves ovate to elliptic-ovate, coriaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, shining, glabrous, of the same color on both surfaces, distinctly 

 reticulate, 9 to 13 cm long. 5 to 6.5 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly 

 and obtusely acuminate, the base usually broad and rounded, sometimes 

 blunt, rarely acute ; l)asal nerves one or two pairs, the outer pair, when 

 present, short, the lateral nerves above the Ijasal ones usually -t on each 

 side of the midrib, distant, very prominent, the primary reticulations 

 very prominent, rather lax, the ultimate ones fine ; petioles 2 to 5 cm 

 long. Male inflorescence axillary, coryml)Ose, about 2 cm long, glabrous, 

 the l)ranches few, short ; pedicels 2 to 5 mm long. Sepals 4, free, oblong- 

 ovate, 2 to 3.5 mm long, aljout 2 mm wide. Petals 4, similar to the 

 sepals but narrower. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted in the disk on its outer 

 side; filaments 2 to 3 mm long; antbers about 1 mm in length. Disk 

 lobed, fleshy, glabrous, very thick; bracts suljtending the inflorescence 

 numerous, ovate, coriaceous, closely imln-icated, 3 mm long, their upper 

 margins pubescent, deciduous, leaving a thickened, rough base to the 

 inflorescence 2 to 3 mm long and 2 thick, strongly and densely marked 

 by the bract-scars. Pistillate flowers unkown. Tnfrutescence corymbose, 

 10 cm long or less, glabrous, \\ith few branches, the fruit, including the 

 wing, 4 cm long, the wings diverging at an acute angle, slightly falcate, 

 10 to 13 mm wide. 



