316 The Philippine Joui-nal of Science 1914 



datum Wall., Aleurodendron album Reinw., Melochia velutina Bedd., and 

 Hypericum pentandrum Blanco. 



I am indebted to Sir D. Prain, director, Royal Gardens, Kew, for refer- 

 ences from the publications of Houttuyn and Gmelin, which are not avail- 

 able in Manila, and for a memorandum covering the case as to the oldest 

 specific name for the species. 



BUETTNERIA Linnaeus 



BUETTNERIA ECHINATA Wall. Cat. (1829) no. 1149; Gagnep. in Le- 

 comte Fl. Gen. Indo-China 1 (1911) 520. 



MiNDORO, near Calapan, Bur. Sci. 21268 Escntor, July, 1913. 



The identification has been made after Gagnepain, the Mindoro specimen 

 agreeing well with Pierre 37^6 from Tay-ninh, Cochin China, so named by 

 Gagnepain, and with his description of the species. Masters refers the 

 Wallichian species with doubt to Buettneria crenulata Wall., while Gagne- 

 pain cites the latter as a synonym of B. echinata. The genus is new to the 

 Philippines. 



Nepal and Burma to Indo-China. 



THEACEAE 



ADINANDRA Jack 

 ADINANDRA ROSTRATA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 30 m alta partibus junioribus exceptis glabra; 

 foliis subcoriaceis, nitidis, oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-ellipticis, 

 integris, usque ad 14 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, apice acumi- 

 natis, basi acutis vel decurrento-acuminatis, nervis utrinque 

 circiter 14, tenuibus; fructibus axillaribus, solitariis, longe 

 pedunculatis, ovoideis, 1.5 cm longis, longe caudato-rostratis. 



A tree about 30 m high, glabrous except the branchlets (flowers 

 not seen). Branches terete, brownish, glabrous, the branchlets 

 sparingly pilose, the tips rather densely so. Leaves entire, 

 subcoriaceous, the younger ones thinner, oblong-ovate to oblong- 

 elliptic, 8 to 14 cm long, 3.5 to 6.5 cm wide, narrowed at both 

 ends, the apex acuminate, the base acute or decurrent-acuminate, 

 shining, of about the same color on both surfaces and somewhat 

 yellowish when dry; lateral primary nerves about 14 on each side 

 of the midrib, slender, anastomosing, the reticulations rather lax ; 

 petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers not seen. Fruits axillary, 

 solitary, their peduncles 4 cm long, the persistent sepals subor- 

 bicular to subreniform, coriaceous, glabrous, rounded, about 

 8 mm wide, the outer ones somewhat smaller than the inner, 

 the fruit ovoid, about 1.5 cm long, 1.2 to 1.4 mm thick, glabrous, 

 prominently caudate-rostrate, the beak 1 to 1.4 cm long, 3-celled, 

 the pericarp thick. Seeds two or three in each cell, about 6 



