178 MERRILL. 



A glabrous diot'ciuu? shrub 2 to 3 in high, glabrous, the young branches 

 and leaves more or less resinous, shining. Branches terete, slender, 

 dark-colored and lojigitudinally striate when dry, with scattered lenticels, 

 the young branchlets somewhat compressed and angular. Leaves alter- 

 nate, oblong to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 6 to 11 cm 

 long. 3 to '3.2 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly and not prominently 

 acuminate, the base acute or somewhat decurrent-acuminate, shining, 

 somewhat ])aler beneath when dry, and at least the older leaves with 

 numerous, small, l)lack glands on the under surface at the intersections 

 of the ultinuitc iclieulatious : primary lateral nerves about 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, not jtrominent, spreading, obscurely anastomosing, 

 the secondary alternating ones often nearly as prominent, the ultimate 

 reticulations rather dense, fine, the basal pair of nerves ascending, anas- 

 tomosing with the other lateral nerves shortly above the base of the leaf: 

 petioles 1 to 2 cm long; stipules none. Racemes axillary, solitary, 5 to 

 7 cm long, more or less resinous, as are the buds and young flowers. 

 Pistillate flowers alternate, 4-mei'ous, whitish, rather scattered, solitary 

 or sometimes two in the axil of each bracteole, the bi-acteoles oblong- 

 ovate, about 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, deciduous, the pedicels 2 to 3 

 jum long. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, about 2 mm long and wide, bear- 

 ing four broadly triangular-ovate, 0.5 mm long lol)es. Petals 4, alter- 

 nating with the calyx-lobes, oblong-ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm long, 1.3 

 nmi wide, attached by a broad base, spreading or reflexed, in bud dis- 

 tinctly imbricate. Imperfect stamens 4, alternating with the ])etals, the 

 filaments about 1 mm long; anthers 0.8 mm long, oblong-ovate, basifixed, 

 bearing no pollen. Ovary half inferior, the free portion broadly conical, 

 somewhat sulcate, glabrous, 1-celled, witli 4 or 3 prominent ])arietal 

 placentae; ovules 16 or 12, attached to tlie introflexod margins of the 

 placentae, ascending, imbricate; styles 4 oi' 3. entirely connate into a 

 sulcate, 1 mm long column, bearing 4 or 3 minutely ])apillate, depressed- 

 hemispheric stigmas. Staminate iiowers and fruits uidvnown. 



Negros, Mount .Marapara, For. liur. l.in.l', Curran <[• Fo.i-irortfit/, SoptciiilKT S, 

 1909, in the mossy forest of tlic summit, nltitiido about 1.300 ni. 



This proposed new genus is manifestly closely allied to nalni Baill.. a •rciiu'^ 

 of two or possibly three sjx'cics ((nifined to New Caledoni;i. It dillVrs from that 

 genus in its 4-nierous flowers and in its more numerous ovules, as well as in 

 some other minor characters. It agrees with it not only in gross characters 

 and general ajipearancc Inil espccinlly in its 1 colh^d ovary. \vhi<h is unusual in the 

 family. 



We are fortunate in bavin;: in lliis herbarium cotypes of tlie tliree species of 

 hedca proposed by liaillon,, and the present species in facies is very simihir to 

 1). 7nhwr Bail]., and 1). media Baill. Distinguishing characters (hat at once 

 strike the eye are the somewhat resinous younger parts of the Philippine jjlant 

 and its older leaves distinctly glandular beneath with numerous, small, blacic 

 glands, while all of liaillon's species are prominently lepidote, tliis character 

 being absent in the form above deserilx-d. In general aj)pearance, however. 

 C una niod rutin 1)1 <l(<lnir>,idr.i is exceedingly similar t<i nrdca minor ;nid I), in, ilia .- 



