188 MERRILL. 



fruits, but especially by the dense, pale, appressed, silky pubescence on the 

 inflorescence, branchlets and lower surfaces of the leaves. It is remarkable in the 

 genus in that it is erect and arborescent, not scandent. The trunk-diameter is 

 given by the various collectors as from 8 to 30 cm. 



Var. lanceolata var. nov. 



A typo (liffeit I'oliis angiistioribus/ lanceolatis, circiter 1 cm latis. 



Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Badoc, For. Bur. 13955 Merrltt tC- Darling, 

 altitude about 65 m, locally known as pangardisin ; near Vintar, altitude 700 m. 

 For. Bur. 139.'f3 Merritt <£• Darling: Province of Ilocos Sur, For. Bur. 5632 

 Klemme. 



In general appearance, pubescence, flowers, etc., quite the same as the species, 

 differing only in its narrower and lanceolate leaves. The fruits are unknown. 



3. Hiptage curranii sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, omnibus ])ai-til)us pubeseeiis; foliis coriaccis, elliptico- 

 oblongis vel late oblongo-laneeohitis, acuminatis, nervis iitrinque circiter 

 5; racemis axillaribus, brevibus^, paucifloris; carpellis circiter 1 cm longis. 



A scandent shrub, reaching a height of 4 m, in vegetative characters 

 similar to Hiptage puhescens Merr. Branches terete, slender, becoming 

 glabrous, dark-colored, often nearly black, scarcely lenticellate, the branch- 

 lets densely pale-pubescent. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic to broadly 

 oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 4 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 em wide, the 

 base acute, rarely obtuse, the apex gradually and distinctly' acuminate, 

 the upper surface covered with short, yellowish-brown hairs, the lower 

 surface very densely pubescent with pale appressed hairs; nerves about 

 5 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, anastomosing, not prom- 

 inent; petioles densely pubescent, 3 to 4 mm long. Flowers unknown. 

 Racemes in fruit 2.5 cm long or less, densely pubescent with pale hairs, 

 few-flowered, often only three flowers in a raceme, or reduced to a single 

 flower. Fruit of two carpels, more or less pubescent, the central wing 

 of each carpel rather thin, 1 cm long, about 5 mm wide, the lateral ones 

 similar but less than one-half as long. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Baquilis River, For. Bur. 6951 Cur ran, May 9, 

 1907, in the dry river bed. 



Similar in most respects to H. puhescens, differing in being scandent instead of 

 erect, in its short, few-flowered racemes, and by its leaves being pubescent on both 

 surfaces, mostly acute at the base, and with fewer lateral nerves. 



4. Hiptage tetraptera sp. nov. 



Frutex suberectus, vix scandens, omnibus partibus phis niiiuis adpresse 

 puhescens; foliis coriaceis, ovatis vel anguste ovatis, obscure late acum- 

 inatis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5; racemis axillaribus, solitariis, simplicibus; 

 carpellis 1 vel 2, alato-cristatis, crista 1 ad 1.5 cm longa. 



A suberect shrub about 2 m high, scarcely scandent. Branches terete, 

 pale, densely appressed-pubescent with short, pale hairs. Leaves opposite, 



