334 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 



irregulariter serratis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, plus minusve 

 ferrugineo-f urf uraceo-villosis vel hirsutis ; floribus numerosis, 5- 

 meris. 



A shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence, the 

 branches terete, gray, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves crowded 

 at the apices of the branches or of the simple ( ?) stem, coria- 

 ceous, exceedingly variable in form; larger leaves palmately 3- 

 or 5-lobed, up to 35 cm long, the lobes reaching to the middle or 

 lower two-thirds of the leaf, 5 to 11 cm wide, acuminate, coarsely 

 and irregularly serrate, the sinuses rounded ; other leaves on the 

 same branchlets not at all lobed, elliptic to oblong-ovate, acumi- 

 nate, coarsely and irregularly serrate, 15 to 30 cm long, 7 to 17 cm 

 wide, the nerves prominent, more or less ascending; petioles 5 

 to 25 cm long, base with several crestlike ridges. Inflorescence 

 terminal, crowded, furfuraceous-villous or hirsute with few to 

 many short, brown hairs, the primary branches numerous, 2 to 3 

 cm long, each subtended by lanceolate, furfuraceous, and some- 

 what pectinate-ciliate bracts 2 to 2.5 cm long ; central sterile head 

 1 to 2 cm in diameter, sessile or very shortly peduncled, the sterile 

 fruits globose, fleshy, glabrous, purple when fresh, black when 

 dry, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, the pedicels about as long as the 

 fruits; each primary branch with two lateral branches bearing 

 globose heads of perfect flowers, these lateral branches 2 to 3 cm 

 long, the heads globose, dense, about 1.5 cm in diameter. 

 Flowers many, densely disposed, 5-merous, yellowish, their ped- 

 icels stout, somewhat pubescent, 2 mm long. Calyx 2 mm long 

 and wide, glabrous, truncate. Corolla 3.5 to 4 mm long, with 5, 

 ovate, acute or obtuse, 1 to 1.2 mm long teeth; filaments 4 to 5 

 mm long ; anthers about 1.7 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Bracteoles 

 numerous, brown-hirsute, broadly ovate, obtuse, 2 to 2.5 mm long. 

 Entire inflorescence up to 15 cm in diameter. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Sumilao, Bur. Sci. 15727 Fenix 

 (type), August 2, 1913, steep slopes near streams; Mount Dilirig, Bur. 

 Sci. 21H7 Escritor, July 30, 1913: Butuan Subprovince, Weber 1099, July 

 14, 1911, at Talacogon, distributed as B. serratifolium Elm. 



A species characterized by its exceedingly variable leaves, these small 

 to large, and entire to deeply 5-lobed. The variation somewhat parallels 

 that of Boerlagiodendron heterophyllum Merr., but the species are very 

 different from each other. 



MYRSINACEAE 



ARDISIA Swartz 



ARDISIA ZAMBALENSIS nom. nov. 



Ardisia biflora Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 212, non 

 King & Gamble, 1905. 



