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Monocera isotricha Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 19" (1846) 494; Walp. 

 Ann. 1 (1848) 112. 



Elaeocarjnis lancaefolius F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 31, non Roxb. 



Elaeocarpus oblongus F.-Vill. 1. c; Vid. Sinopsis Atlas (1883) t. 21, /. 

 A. (poor), Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 72; Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. 

 (1904) 100, p. p.; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 90; 

 Aug. DC. in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1909) 636, non Gaertn. 



Elaeocarpus isoti'ichus F.-Vill. 1. c; Aug. DC. 1. c. 



Elaeocarpus philippinensis Warb. in Perk. Frag. Philip. (1904) 100; 

 Aug. DC. 1. c. 636. 



This much named endemic species is of wide distribution in Luzon and 

 Mindoro, its oldest valid specific name being here adopted. Blanco's descrip- 

 tion is quite good and agrees perfectly with the material cited below. It 

 is, moreover, the only form known to me from Luzon to which his descrip- 

 tion can be referred. His material was from the Province of Batangas, 

 and his specific name is from its Tagalog name calomala. 



Elaeocarpus isotrichus (Turcz.) F.-Vill. has been considered by several 

 authors as a species of doubtful status. It was based on Cuming 8S6 in 

 Turczaninow's herbarium, but this number in other herbaria is Medinilla 

 eumingii Naud. Through the kindness of the Director of the Botanical 

 Institute of the University of Kharkoff I have been able to examine Turcza- 

 ninow's type, and find it to be the common Luzon form, identical in all 

 respects with the species recently described by Warburg as Elaeocarpus 

 philippinensis; of the later I have examined the type in the Berlin Herba- 

 rium, an unnumbered specimen of Cuming's collection. 



EUieocarpus oblongus Gaertn. apparently does not occur in the Philip- 

 pines, the numerous specimens so named having been determined as such 

 through error. The exact status of Gaertner's species is doubtful, as it 

 was based primarily on Ganitrum oblongum Rumph. Herb. Amb. 3: 161, 

 t. 102, from which the specific name was taken. The only description 

 given by Gaertner is that of the fruit, taken from a specimen in the Leiden 

 Herbarium, its origin not indicated. Rumphius's figure represents a plant 

 with entire leaves, a form entirely different from the Elaeocarpus oblongus 

 of all modern authors except Gaertner and DeCandolle. 



Luzon, without definite locality, Cuming 836 (type of Monocera isotricha 

 Turcz.), Cuming s. n. (type of Elaeocarpus philippinensis Warb.): Sub- 

 province of Benguet, Elmer 608U: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 29S7 

 Borden, For. Bur. 2852 Meyer, For. Bur. 17602 Curran: Province of 

 Rizal, Phil. PI, 1065 Ramos, Bur. Sci. 2665 Ramos, Merrill 1719, For. 

 Bur. 454, 2906, 3201 Ahern's collector: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 

 6693 Kobbe. MiNDORO, Merrill 1174, 2375, Whit ford 1392, For. Bur. S727, 

 4059 Merritt. 



THYMELAEACEAE 



AQUILARIA Lamark 



AQUILARIA MALACCENSIS Lam. Encycl. 1 (1783) 49; Gamble in Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. 75' (1912) 264. 



Luzon, Province of Camarines, Salauigan, For. Bur. 21452 Alvarez, 

 May, 1914. 



The identification was originally made from Gamble's description, Alva- 

 rez's specimens being in fruit, no flowers available. Through the kindness 

 of Mr. I. H. Burkill, director of the Botanic Garden, Singapore, I have 



