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leaves to a specimen named Erythrospermum phytolaccoides Gardn., in 

 the Herbarium of the Bureau of Science. The next collection received, 

 with male flow^ers, that I have made the type, was hurridly determined and 

 erroneously referred to Casearia solida Merr., which in leaf-characters and 

 in the position and size of its flowers it rather closely resembles; the dupli- 

 cates of this number were distributed as Casearia solida Merr. The next 

 collection yielded female flowers and nearly full grown, but immature, 

 fruits, and a study of all the available specimens shows that it is well 

 worthy of being described as a new genus. There appears to be nothing 

 in the Olacaceae that very closely approaches it, although there is no 

 doubt whatever in my mind but that it properly belongs in this group. 



The genus is dedicated to the Honorable Dean C. Worcester, for many 

 years Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Government, in recogni- 

 tion of his interest in and great services to the advancement of the scientific 

 work in the Philippines. 



HERNANDIACEAE 



HERNANDIA Linnaeus 



HERNANDIA OVIGERA Linn. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1757) 125; Meissn. in DC. 

 Prodr. 15' (1864) 262; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 182. 



Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Mount Pulongbato, Bur. Sci. 16^^2 

 Reillo, Sept. 20, 1912. Camiguin de Mindanao, Biir. Sci. 17424 Ramos, 

 April, 1912. 



This species was based on Arbor ovigera Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 3: 103, 

 pi. 123, and is characterized by its leaves not being peltate. In other 

 respects it is very similar indeed to Hernandia peltata Meissn., and it 

 seems to be doubtful whether or not the two are really distinct. In the 

 Philippines Hernandia peltata Meissn., is common and widely distributed 

 along the seashore, and this seashore form apparently always has peltate 

 leaves, although sometimes but slightly so, as in Copeland 1331 from the 

 strand at Tagalaya, Davao, Mindanao. At any rate, if the type of Her- 

 nandia sonora L. be interpreted as the American species, which seems to 

 be the logical course to follow, H. ovigera L. is the oldest name for the 

 oriental form, should H. peltata Meissn. and H. ovigera L. be united. 

 Hernandia ovigera L. has already been reported from the Philippines by 

 F.-Villar, but the record has not previou.sly been verified. 



Both specimens cited above are from the interior forests, not from the 

 coast; Hernandia peltata Meissn. is confined to the beach forests. 



Malay Archipelago, Java to Amboina. 



ILLIGERA Blume 

 ILLIGERA MEGAPTERA sp. nov, 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis 3-folio- 

 latis, foliolis oblongo-ovatis ad ovato-ellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, 

 usque ad 15 cm longis, breviter acuminatis, basi late rotundatis, 

 integris, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, prominentibus; fructibus 3.5 

 cm longis, cum alis 10 ad 12 cm latis. 



Scandent, glabrou.s except the inflorescence, the stems 

 terete, at least 5 mm diameter, dark-colored when dry, striate. 



