194 MERRILL. 



or ill puii's on the yi'owiiii;- hi-ani'hlets, the pediri'ls luihcrulcnt. 3 to -t 

 mill loiiji'. i-acli suhtciiilcd l»y a triangular-ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 puberuleiit. 1 mm long hracteole. Pistillate flo\vi'i-s (in bud), 5- or 

 (i-merous. the hiids ghil)ose. the calyx-segments elliptic, rounded, puhoru- 

 lent, al)0ut 2 mm long, 1.':? mm wide, imln'icate. ('oi'()lla (immature) 

 nearly :? mm long. Staminodes 1 mm long, bearing im])erfect anthei'S. 

 Ovarv not comj)rt'Ssed. subglobose, 5- or 6-celled, the stigma nearly as 

 l)road as the ovary, somewhat sulcate. Staminate llowers and fruits 

 unknown. 



Llzo.n. Province of Tayal)as, Mount Banajao. liiir. .SVi. 2.'/16 Foxaorthy, 

 March 24, 1907, altitude about 1.450 m. 



This species is apparently allied to Ilex niahwceHsis Loesoner, of the Malay 

 Peninsula and Borneo, but its leaves with the lateral nerves distinctly visible 

 on tiie upper surface, acute at the base, and its 5- or 6-celled ovaries are ap- 

 paiently sufTicicntly distinctive to wai'rant the description of the present form 

 as new. 



It is also allied to Jlcx Jialconcii.'iis Merr.. but is (listiiiguisiietl at once by its 

 puticiiilent I'acenies. 



ICACINACE^. 



URANDRA Tliwaites. 



Urandra hallieri sp. nov. 



Ai'lior glalira vel suljglabra, eireiter ■<*() ni alta ; I'oliis alternis, coriaceis, 

 oblongo-ellipticis vel oblongis, breviter obtuse acuminatis, in sicco pallidis, 

 nitidis, nervis titrincjue eireiter 15, tenuibus, o])Scuris; eymis peduncu- 

 latis, axillaribus, solitariis, quani petiolus paullo longioribus, floribus 

 5-nieris, calyce truncate, connectivo antberaruni longe barbato. 



A tree aI»out 'iO m high, glabrous, or tlie younger brancblets and 

 inHoreseence more or less puberulent. Branches terete, brownish or 

 olivaceous, sniootli or slightly wrinkled wlien dry. Leaves ol)]ong-elli|)tic 

 to elliptic, coriaceous, 10 to Ki cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, pale and 

 somewhat shining when dry. the a])e\ shortly and abruptly Idiml-at'um- 

 iiiate. the base acute or slightly acuminate, the margins entire, often 

 slightl}'^ revolute; midrib prominent, the lateral nerves about 15 on each 

 side of the midrib, slender, obscure on both surfaces, the primary ones 

 hardly more pi'oniinent tlian are the secondary ones, the reticulations 

 faint on the upper sui'l'ace. obsolete oi" subobsolete beneath; ])etioles 

 about 'i cm long, ('ymes axillary, solitary. ])eduncled. about o cm in 

 diameter, the peduncles about as long as the ))etioles. i^'lowers sessile in 

 fascich's of three each at the ti]»s of the nmbellalely disposed primary 

 branches, 4-merous. Calyx shallowly <up-shai)ed, slightly ])uberulent. 

 ti-uncate, about 2 mm long, ."5 mm in diameter, sliglitly puberulent 

 outside and on the tnargins. strongly wrinkled when dry. I'etals 4. 

 nai-rowly oblong, ^i.') mm long. l.S mm wide, \al\ate, near the base 

 the margins slightly cohei'enl. Ibe apex acute ()r obtuse, appendaged 



