318 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 



0.8 mm long. Ovary rudimentary. Pistillate flowers and fruits 

 unknown. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, mountains back of San Mateo, comm. Leon 

 Guerrero, 1910. 



A species probably as closely allied to Ilex spicata Bl. as to any other 

 species, but abundantly distinct. 



ILEX PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. § Byronia, Eubyronia. 



Species /. cymosae afRnis, differt foliis crassissime coriaceis, 

 apice late rotundatis vel obtusis retusisque, vix acuminatis, flo- 

 ribus majoribus, ovario 4- vel 5-locellato. 



A tree about 10 m high, glabrous except the somewhat pubes- 

 cent inflorescence. Branches terete, stout, dark-colored. Leaves 

 very thickly coriaceous, elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 5 to 10 cm 

 long, 2.5 to 6 cm wide, entire, the apex broadly rounded to obtuse, 

 usually more or less retuse, never acuminate, the base somewhat 

 narrowed, acute or a little decurrent-acuminate, the margins 

 strongly revolute, the upper surface olivaceous when dry, some- 

 what shining, the lower shining, much paler; lateral nerves 7 

 or 8 on each side of the midrib, slender, not prominent, the 

 reticulations obsolete or nearly so; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, 

 dark reddish-brown. Inflorescence cymose, sparingly cinereous- 

 pubescent, the cymes in the upper axils pseudo-terminal, many- 

 flowered, 2 to 5 cm long and wide. Flowers white, 5-merous, 

 the pedicels and calyx somewhat puberulent, the calyx-lobes 

 orbiculate-ovate, about 1.5 mm long, somewhat serrate-lacerate. 

 Petals 5, oblong to oblong-ovate, rounded, about 3 mm long. 

 Ovary 4- or 5-celled, glabrous, oblong, narrowed upward. Young 

 fruit narrowly ovoid. 



Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Mount Binuang, back of Infanta, Bur. Sci. 

 OiOO Robinson, August 28, 1909, in the mossy forest, altitude about 980 

 meters. 



ILEX BRUNNEA sp. nov. § Thyrsoprinus, Indico-Malaicae. 



Frutex ut videtur epiphyticus, glaber, ramis ramulisque pal- 

 lidis; foliis alternis, integris, coriaceis, oblongo-ovatis ad ellip- 

 tico-lanceolatis, utrinque acuminatis vel basi acutis, usque ad 5 

 cm longis, petiolatis, in siccitate nitidis, brunneis, nervis latera- 

 libus utrinque circiter 6, tenuibus, indistinctis ; inflorescentiis <^ 

 axillaribus, solitariis, racemosis, racemis numerosis, multifloris, 

 2 ad 4 cm longis ; floribus 4- vel 5-meris, petalis 2 mm longis. 



Apparently an epiphytic shrub, quite glabrous or the racemes 

 very slightly and obscurely pubescent. Branches pale gray, te- 

 rete, slightly wrinkled when dry, the branchlets similar, some- 

 what angled, 1 to 1.2 mm thick. Leaves alternate, 3 to 5 cm 



