NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VIII. 201 



Not previously reported from the Philippines; India to Amur and Manchuria, 

 Japan, China and Formosa: reported also from Timor. As in China, the species 

 is very variable in the Philippines. 



Viola diffusa Ging in DC. Prodr. 1 (1824) 293; Forbes & Hemsl. 1. c. 52. 



Luzon, District of Lepanto, Balili, Merrill JiG12, November, 1905, growing in 

 crevices of rocks on terraces of coffee plantations. 



Himalaya and Khasia Mountains to China and Formosa; not previously re- 

 ported from the Philippines. 



Viola mearnsii sp. nov. 



Planta nana, glabra, acaulis, vix stolonifera, 2 ad 3 cm alta; foliis 

 ovatis vel late cordato-ovatis, acutis vel obtusis, crenatis, membranaceis, 

 1 ad 1.5 cm longis, basi cordatis; stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 

 4 ad 5 mm longis, parce setaceo-dentatis ; bracteolis 2, linearibus, circiter 

 4 mm longis; fioribns albis, circiter 6.5 mm longis, calcare saccato. 



A small, glabrous, acaulescent, non-stoloniferous plant 2 to 3 cm high 

 or less. Leaves membranaceous, ovate or broadly cordate-ovate, obtuse or 

 acute, base strongly cordate, the lobes and sinus rounded, margins cre- 

 nate, 1 to 1.5 cm long, nearly as wide; petioles slender 1 to 1.5 cm long; 

 stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 4 to 5 mm long, slightly setaceous- 

 dentate. Peduncles about 3 cm long, often shorter, slender, glabrous, 

 bearing above the middle a pair of linear bracts about 4 mm long. 

 Flowers white, solitary, about 6.5 mni long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, 3 mm long, 3-nerved. Spur ovoid, saccate, 2 mm 

 long or less. 



Mindanao, Province of IMisamis, j\Iount Malindang, For. Bur. If625 Mearns d 

 Hutchinson (type), May, 1906. Two specimens from Luzon are apparently 

 referable here, Copeland s. n., from Mount Banajao, Province of Laguna, and 

 Biir. Sci. JfSlO Mearns from Paual, Province of Benguet. 



RINOREAAubl. 



Rinorea acuminata sp. nov. § Prothcsia. 



Arbuscula circiter 2.5 m alta subglabra, ramulis junioribus inflores- 

 centiisque exceptis ; foliis membranaceis vel chartaceis, nitidis, oblongis 

 vel anguste oblongo-ellipticis, apice valde tenuiter acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 18, prominentibus ; cymis axillaribus, brevibus, 

 f errugineo-pubescentibus ; staminibus inclusis, antheris liberis. 



A shrub about 2.5 m high, the branchlets and inflorescence rather 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent, the branches gray, ultimately glabrous, 

 lenticellate. Leaves membranaceous or chartaceous, oblong or narrowly 

 oblong-elliptic, about 20 cm long, 7 to 8 cm wide, shining, glabrous, or 

 when young with very few hairs beneath, especially on the midrib, the 

 apex strongly and slenderly sharp-acuminate, base acute, margins sub- 

 entire, very obscurely glandular-crenate, or very obscurely glandular- 

 undulate; nerves about 18 on each side of the midrib, prominent, the 

 reticulations subparallel; petioles pubescent or glabrous, 1 to 1.5 cm 

 long. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, about as long as the petioles, fer- 



