X, c. 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XII 333 



Fruit narrowly ovoid, fleshy, red, about 8 mm long, sparingly 

 villous near the apex, otherwise entirely glabrous. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, near the summit of Mount Susung Dalaga, 

 Bur. Sci. 192^3 Reillo, December 9, 1913. 



A very characteristic species, quite distinct from the other Philippine 

 forms in its many-flowered, somewhat elongated racemes, the rachises of 

 which are rather densely covered with the short, persistent, stout pedicels. 



RHIZOPHORACEAE 



GYNOTROCHES Blume 

 GYNOTROCHES PUBERULA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus, subtus foliis stipulisque plus 

 minusve puberulis vel breviter pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, sub- 

 coriaceis, integris, acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 15 cm longis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 7, curvato-adscendentibus ; f ructibus axil- 

 laribus, fasciculatis, pedicellatis, ovoideis, circiter 4 mm longis. 



A species very similar to Gynotroches axillaris Blume, differing 

 chiefly in its indumentum. Branches slender, terete, brownish- 

 red, somewhat compressed at the nodes, glabrous, the young 

 branchlets puberulent. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong, 10 to 15 

 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, pale or brownish when dry, shining, the 

 base acute, the apex rather prominently acuminate, the upper 

 surface quite glabrous, the lower distinctly puberulent or short- 

 pubescent especially on the midrib and lateral nerves; lateral 

 nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, rather prominent, 

 curved-ascending ; petioles about 8 mm long, puberulent ; stipules 

 linear-lanceolate, 1.2 cm long, puberulent, deciduous. Fruits 

 numerous, axillary, fascicled, red when mature, ovoid, about 

 4 mm long, the pedicels jointed at about the middle, about as 

 long as the fruits, the persistent sepals ovate, acute, 1.5 mm long. 



Samar, Catbalogan, Bur. Sci. 17396 Ramos (type); Cauayan Valley, 

 Phil. PI. 1632 Ramos, April, 1914, in forests. 



Very similar to and manifestly closely allied to Gynotroches axillaris 

 Blume, from which it differs chiefly in its puberulent indumentum on the 

 young branchlets, petioles, stipules, and lower surface of its leaves. 



ARALIACEAE 



BOERLAGIODENDRON Harms 

 BOERLAGIODENDRON Dl VERSI FOLIU M sp. nov. 



Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis 

 coriaceis, valde diversis, majoribus usque ad 35 cm longis, usque 

 ad I vel I palmatim 3- vel 5-lobatis, superioribus minoribus, 

 ellipticis ad oblongo-ovatis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, margine grosse 



