IX, c, 4 Merrill: Philippine Plants, X 311 



BUXUS LOHERI sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra ; f oliis lanceolatis, coriaceis, usque ad 6 cm longis, 

 utrinque angustatis acuminatisque, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, 

 margine revolutis, nervis primariis utrinque 15 ad 20, tenuibus, 

 obscuris; capsulis terminalis axillaribusque, solitariis vel binis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis; pedunculo circiter 1 cm longo. 



A glabrous tree, size not indicated. Branches terete, pale- 

 gray or somewhat brownish, the younger branchlets slender, dark 

 reddish-brown, somewhat angled or sulcate. Leaves lanceolate, 

 thickly coriaceous, 4.5 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, when dry 

 brownish and shining on both surfaces, the lower surface usually 

 a little paler than the upper, about equally narrowed and acumi- 

 nate at both ends, the margins strongly revolute ; lateral nerves 

 slender, not prominent, in fact often indistinct, 15 to 20 on each 

 side of the midrib, irregular, usually more or less confused by 

 the secondary ones. Flowers unknown. Capsules ovoid, about 

 1 cm long, solitary or in pairs, terminal and in the leaf-axils, 

 the peduncles about 1 cm long, each with several scattered brac- 

 teoles, the calyx, in fruit, about 7 mm in diameter, the lobes 5, 

 broadly ovate. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Loher 6857, February, 1905. 



A species probably as closely allied to Buxus rolfei Vid. as to any other 

 species, but distinguished by its narrow, brown, lanceolate, much smaller, 

 obscurely nerved leaves. 



CELASTRACEAE 



GYMNOSPORIA Bentham & Hooker 

 GYMNOSPORIA NITIDA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra, inermis; foliis ellipticis ad 

 oblongo-obovatis, coriaceis, supra valde nitidis, usque ad 7 cm 

 longis, apice obtusis vel rotundatis, basi acutis, margine crenu- 

 latis ; capsulis anguste obovoideis vel oblongo-ellipsoideis, circiter 

 1.5 cm longis, valvis crassissimis. 



A shrub or small tree, quite glabrous, unarmed. Branches 

 pale-gray, slender, somewhat wrinkled and shining when dry. 

 Leaves rather thickly coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-obovate, 4 to 

 7 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, the upper surface strongly shining 

 when dry, the lower much duller, apex obtuse or rounded, base 

 acute, margins crenulate; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of 

 the midrib, slender, not prominent, rather laxly anastomosing; 

 petioles 8 to 10 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, apparently 

 cymose, in fruit up to 3 cm long. Flowers unknown. Capsules 



