NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIL 319 



1 imn or less in diaiiioter, the lobes spreading. 3 or -i nnn long. Fruit 

 unknown. 



GuiMARAS, Nagaba, For. Bur. 304 Gammill, February, 1904 altitude about 

 80 m, in thickets fnd open places. V., AUhuthut. 



A species with somewhat the appearance of Tabemaemontana pandacaqul Poir., 

 but with quite different inflorescence. Eeadily recognzable by its very sliort 

 cymes and slender flowers. 



Tabemaemontana puberula sp. nov. 



Arbuscula vel ai'bor parva, ramulis petiolis foliis fructibusque plus 

 minus dense puberulis vel pubescentibus ; foliis (J ad 9 cm longis, mem- 

 branaceis, acuminatis, oblongo-ellipticis ; follieulis ru1)ris, ovoideis vel 

 oblongis, 1 ad 2 cm longis, 3- ad G-spermis. 



x\ shrub or small tree, ratlier uniformly and softly puljerulent or 

 pubescent. Branches slender, terete, grayish-brown, glabrous, the 

 branchlets puberulent. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, puljerulent on 

 both surfaces, especially beneath, 6 to 9 cm long, 3.5 to 4 cm wide, 

 membranaceous, the apex shortly acuminate,_the base acute; nerves about 

 10 on each side of the midi'ib, distinct beneath, the reticulations lax; 

 petioles pubescent, 5 mm long or less. Follicles red, ovoid or oblong, 

 the apex acute, longitudinally 3-ribbed, 1 to 2 cm long, 1 cm wide or 

 less, the pericarp coriaceous, scmiewhat pubescent. Seeds 3 to 6. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Morong, Bur. Sci. mO Ramos, August, 1906, in 

 thickets and open places; Malapadnabato, Merrill 2125, 27^6, June, 1903. 



A species with the general appearance of Tabemaemontana pandacaqui Poir., 

 l)ut readily recognizable by its uniform soft pubescence. 



VOACANGA Thou. 



Voacanga globosa (Blanco) comb. nov. 



Tabemaemontana globosa Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 116, ed. 2 (1845) 83, ed. 3, 

 1: 153; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. 2 (1856) 424. 



Orchipeda foetida Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1SS3) 32, t. i;6, f. D; F.-Vill. Nov. 

 App. (1880) 130, non Blume. 



Voacanga riimingiana Rolfe in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 313; Vidal 

 Phan. Ginning. Philip. (1885) 126; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 184; Merr. in 

 For. Bur. Bull. 1 (1903) 49; Philip. Jonrn. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 117. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Sablan, Elmer 6165, April, 1904: Province of 

 Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, Merrill 3798, January, 1904, Whitford 

 1079, January, 1905, For. Bur. 68J,, 1521, 1755, 2331, Borden, May to December, 

 1904, For. Bur. 2282, SOU Mej/er, December, May, For. Bur. 5467 Gurran, No- 

 vember, 1906, Williams 509, January, 1904: Province of Cavile, Mendez Nunez, 

 Bur. Sci. 1356 Mangubat, August, 1906: Province of Batangas, Lipa, Marave 

 16: Province of Laguna, Calauan, Cuming 476; Los Bauos, Elmer, April, 

 1906. Eallicr, December, 1903; Pagsanjan, Merrill 2186, May 1903: Prov- 

 ince of Tayabas, Lucena, Merrill 2887, June, 1903; Atimonan, For. Bur. 6704 

 Kobbe, April, 1907; Gregory 108, August, 1904; Mount Banajao, Whitford 992. 

 October, 1904; Gumaca, Whitford 878, September, 1904; Binangonan, Whitford 

 829, September, 1904; Mauban, For. Bur. 10200 Gurran, March, 1908. Mindoro, 

 Cuming 1500; Bongabong River, For. Bur. 4075 Merritt. ]Masbate, Merrill 3030. 

 Cebu, For. Bur. 6415 Espinosa, September. 1906. Leyte, Elmer 7103. January, 



