220 MERRILL. 



Ardisia palawanensis sp. nov. § Pyrgua. 



Arbusciila circiter 1.5 m alta; foliis petiolatis, oblongo-oblaueeolatis 

 vc'l late obloiigo-lanccolatis, chartaceis, irregulariter sei'ratis, subtus ad 

 losta plus minus pubescentibus, valde glanduloso-punctatis; lloribus 

 S-meris, sepalis petalisque t'eiTugineo-villosis, plus minus punctatis; ovario 

 villoso. 



A shrub about 1.5 m high. Branches terete, brownish, pubescent. 

 Leaves pseudo-verticillate at the nodes and subtending the inflorescence, 

 normal leaves also subtending each, or most of the panicle-branches, 

 oblong-oblanceolate or broadly oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, shining 

 when dry, 14 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 7 cm wide, somewhat pubescent on the 

 midrib on both surfaces, the apex obscurely and bluntly acuminate, the 

 base gradually narrowed, cuneatc, margins entire near the base, in the 

 upper one-half or two-thirds irregularly serrate, the under surface dis- 

 tinctly and rather densely glandular-punctate; nerves 9 to 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, beneath very distinct, anastomosing; petioles pubescent, 



1 cm long or less. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by a whorl of leaves, 

 the rachis about 15 cm long, and with the branches and pedicels more or 

 less densely brown-pubescent, the branches alternate, spreading, simple, 

 most of them subtended by a normal leaf, the lower ones 6 cm long, the 

 upper gradually shorter, each bearing at the somewhat swollen apex from 



2 to 5 subumbellately disposed flowers, and with numerous scars of fallen 

 pedicels, each flower subtended by an oblong, pubescent bracteole about 5 

 mm in length. Pedicels about 1.5 cm long, ferruginous-villous. Sepals 

 5, broadly ovate, acute or shortly acuminate, about 5 mm long, 3.5 mm 

 Avide, accrescent and 6 to 7 mm in length, densely ferruginous-villous, 

 margins strongly villous-ciliate, glandular-punctate. Petals nearly free, 

 elliptic-ovate, about 6 mm long, 4 mm wide, obtuse, slightly pubescent, 

 glandular only in the median part of the upper one-half. Anthers 3.5 

 mm long, not glandular, apiculate-acuminate, their filaments nearly 2 

 mm loTig. Ovary globosie, ferruginous-pubescent; style glabrous, 5 mm 

 long. Immature fruits globose, somewhat ferruginous-pubescent, inclosed 

 by the somewhat accrescent oalvx-lobes. 



Palawan, about 3 miles northeast of Puerto Princesa, For. Bur. 3518 Curran, 

 January 19, 1906, an undersbrub in flat forests. 



As species undoubtedly belonging in the section Pyrgus in spite of the normal 

 leaves subtending the panicle-branches, the whole inflorescence subtended by a 

 whorl of leaves. It is apparently most closely allied to Ardisia grandidens Mez, 

 but is very different from that species. The ferruginous-pubescent or villous 

 panicles, pedicels, sepals, petals, and immature fruits are characteristic. 



Ardisia reptans sp. nov. § Bladhia. 



Suflmticosa, caulis reptans, ramulis foliiferis eruciis vel asccndeutibus, 

 brevibus, densissimc fcri-ugineo-tomentosis; foliis ternato-pseudovcrticil- 

 latis, ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis, membranaceis, acutis vel obtusis, basi 

 rotundatis, obscure punctatis, margine prominente distantcr serrulatis, 



