XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 401 



Among those species with verticillate leaves Polyosma longi- 

 petiolata is strikingly characterized by its glabrous branches; 

 unusually long-petioled, glabrous, entire leaves; and its very 

 unequal bracteoles. 



PITTOSPORACEAE 



CITRIOBATUS A. Cunningham 

 CITRIOBATUS JAVANICUS Boerl. & Koord. in Ic. Bogor. 1 (1901) t. 77. 



Luzon, Batangas Province, Mount San Pedro, Bur. Sci. 223J^3 

 Ramos, August 20, 1914, in thickets at bw altitudes. 



With the exception of this one species the small genus Citrio- 

 batics is confined to Australia. The Philippine specimens were 

 distributed unidentified, as without flowers I could not determine 

 the group to which they belonged. I am now, however, able 

 to name the material by a direct comparison with a series of 

 five specimens from Java, including duplicates of three numbers 

 of Koorders's collection on which the species was based. The 

 Philippine specimens agree with the Javan ones in all respects. 



PITTOSPORUM Banks 

 PITTOSPORUM PSEUDOSTIPITATUM sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber, ramulis tenuibus; foliis verticillatis, 3- vel 4- 

 natis, anguste lanceolatis, 4 ad 6 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, 

 apice tenuiter acuminatis, nervis tenuibus; fructibus terminali- 

 bus, fasciculatis, tenuiter pedunculatis, obovoideis, 2-valvis, basi 

 tenuiter stipitatis, stipite circiter 4 mm longo, partibus semini- 

 feris 6 ad 7 mm longis, 6 mm diametro. 



A glabrous shrub, about 3 m high, the branches and branch- 

 lets slender, terete. Leaves verticillate, usually 3 or 4 at a node, 

 coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate, 4 to 6 cm long, 6 to 13 mm 

 wide, narrowed below to the acute or acuminate base and above 

 to the very slenderly acuminate apex, the tip with a distinct 

 cartilaginous mucro, the upper surface olivaceous to black when 

 dry, shining; lateral nerves slender, scarcely more distinct than 

 are the reticulations ; petioles about 5 mm long. Fruits fascicled 

 at the tips of the branchlets, 2 to 4 in a fascicle, their pedicels 

 Blender, about 1 cm long, the capsule obovoid, black when dry, 

 2-valved, the lower part narrowed into a distinct pseudostalk, 

 the thickened portion of the capsule 6 to 7 mm long, about 6 

 mm in diameter, the entire capsule, including the pseudostalk, 

 about 1 cm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Nagapatan, Bur. Sci. 

 33127 Ramos, August 8, 1918, on dry slopes, altitude about 700 

 meters. 



