320 ^ri;uKiLL. 



LITOSANTHES Blume. 



L. biflora Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (1823) 21; Bijdr. (1826) 994; Mi(i. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 314; DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 465. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogoii, Adlumay Hills, For. Bur. 12383 Curran, .Tune. 

 1908. iliXDORO, Mount Halcon, Merrill 6112, November, 1906; Mount Sablanga, 

 For. Bur. 11002 Merritt, March, 1908; Mount Teluti. For. Bur. ll.',18 ^lerritt, 

 ]\Iay, 1908. NKcajos, Ehtier. 



The first represi-ntative of tlii>i small genus to he t'oiuul in the IMiilippines; 

 .Java and Celehes. 



Two speeie-^ have in-cn (le-M-rilied from New (luinca. 



NAUCLEA Linn. 

 Nauclea jagori sp. nov. 



Ai-l)or vol arbuscula glabra; foliis lauceolatis vel aiiguste lanceolatis, 

 loiige seiisim ac-uminatis, 8 ad 20 cm longis, 9 ad 18 mm latis^, basi 

 angustatis, siibcoriaceis, nitidis^ nervis iitrinque circiter 15; eapitulis 

 solitarjis. circiter ."i cin diaiiictro stvlis exclusis; corolla glabra. 1 cm 

 longa. 



A slirub or tree, glabrous. Brandies grayJsb-brown, terete^ the branch- 

 lets somewhat compressed. Leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 

 8 to 30 cm long, 9 to 18 mm wide, subcoriaceous, shining, brownish when 

 dry, the l^ase narrowed, acute, the apex long and gradually acuminate; 

 nerves about L') on eaeli side of the midrib, not prominent, obscurely 

 anastomosing, the reticulations indistinct; petioles 3 to 7 mm long; 

 stipules oblong, obtuse, 12 to 15 mm long, 3 mm wide, slightly hirsute 

 below, cachuoiis. Heads solitary, the peduncles about 3 cm) long, the 

 bracts, if any, caducous, the heads, excluding the long e.vserted styles, 

 about 3 cm in diameter. Corolla 1 em long, glabrous, widened upward, 

 the lobes oblong, obtuse, 2.5 nnti long, 1 mm wide. Anthers 1.7 mm long. 

 Style about 1.5 cm long; stigma about 2.5 mm long, swollen in the 

 middle. Cocci 8 mm long; seeds, including the narrow, acuminate Avings, 

 4 mm long, slightly pubescent. 



S.\MAR, /•'. Jagor 987, in Herb. Berol. 



A very cViaracteri.stic species, at once distinguished from mosi hitlierto described 

 ones in the genus by its very nanow leaves. It is a])parenlly allied to Nauclea 

 uiifiustifolia Havil.. of Borneo, and \ . chdhiirrsii V. Mutdl.. of New Cuinea, both 

 of which lia\(' \ery nanow leaxc--. hut Ihe present sjieeies ditVers from these in 

 its more mimcit)usly nerved leaves an<l larger Mowers. 



PLECTRONIA Linn. 



Plectronia megacarpa sp. nov. 



Arbor glal)ra cii-cilcr 1 .') m alt;i : foliis coriaceis. clli|d ico-ovat is vel 

 oliovato-elli])ti(is. ciicitcr 30 cm longi.s, lininneis. nitidis, a])iee rotiindatis 

 \rl lale oliscurc acuniinalis. l)asi cuneatis, nervis iitrin«|iu> circiter 8, 

 juoinitient iliiis, nei'vidis ol)scui'is; friictibus axilhirilms. pedicellat is, o])0- 

 voideis. compressis vel trigoiiis. 2- vel .")-lncell,it is, 1..') cm longis. a])icc 

 truncal is vel i-i'lii>is. \y,\<\ ncutis. 



