266 MERRILL. 



fere orbicularia basi intus glandulosa, 0.7 ad 1 mm longa et 

 lata. Synandrium 1 mm diametro. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, near Bagnio, Bur. Sci. 134.87 Ramos, 

 May, 1911. 



Sect. Thamnothyrsa Diels. Species nova foliis triangulari-ovatis S. cato- 

 sepalae Diels eiusdem provinciae indigenae baud absimilis sepalis petalisque 

 duplo minoribus baud deflexis conspicue differt. 



PYCNARRHENA Miers. 



PYCNARRHENA CELEBICA (Boerl.) Diels in Engl. Pflanzenreicb 46 

 (1910) 53. 

 Cocculus celebicus Boerl. Cat. PI. Bogor. (1899) 40. 



Luzon, Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 22157 Alvarez, December, 

 1910. Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Apo, Elmer 12000, September, 

 1909. 



Previously known only from Celebes, and from plants cultivated in the 

 Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg; the Philippine specimens agree closely 

 with specimens in our herbarium from Buitenzorg, and have, morever, been 

 determined by Doctor Diels. 



LIMACIA Lour. 



LIMACIA BLUMEI (Boerl.) Diels in Engl. Pflanzenreicb 46 (1910) 215. 

 Cocculus blumei Boerl. Cat. PI. Bogor. (1899) 40. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Mati, C. V. Piper U27, May 15, 1911. 



The specimen closely matches typical material in our herbarium taken 

 from cultivated plants in the Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg, and has, 

 moreover, be.3n determined by Doctor Diels. Previously known only from 

 specimens cultivated at Buitenzorg which originated in some part of the 

 Malay Archipelago; new to the Philippines. 



ANONACEAE. 



MITREPHORA Hook. f. & Thorns. 

 MITREPHORA WEBERI sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 8 m alta partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glabra; foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, subcoriaceis, 

 nitidis, usque ad 18 cm longis, acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, 

 nervis utrinque 8 ad 10; floribus hermaphroditis, circiter 4 cm 

 diametro, petalis interioribus oblongis, acutis, extus pubescen- 

 tibus, intus glabris, interioribus brevioribus, arcuatis, basi longe 

 angustatis, glabris, laminibus densissime ciliato-villosis; ovario 

 glabro, ovulis circiter 12. 



A tree about 8 m high, glabrous except for the younger parts 

 and the inflorescence. Branches slender, terete, grayish- or red- 

 dish-brown, lenticellate, glabrous, the buds and very young leaves 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves ovate to oblong-ovate, 



