XIV. 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 403 



capsulis terminalibus, solitariis, ellipsoideis vel obovoideis, 2- 

 valvis, 2.5 cm longis, pedicellis 1 cm longis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub, about 3 m high, the ultimate 

 branchlets slender, terete, about 1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves 

 verticillate, usually 3 or 4 at a node, oblong-lanceolate, shining 

 subcoriaceous, those of each whorl more or less unequal, 3 to 

 6 cm long, 1 to 2 cm yvide, subequally narrowed below to the 

 acute base and above to the acute or slightly acuminate apex; 

 lateral nerves slender, distinct, 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 3 to 5 mm long. 

 Capsules terminal, solitary, ellipsoid to somewhat obovoid, 2- 

 valved, about 2.5 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, black when 

 dry, orange-yellow when fresh, their pedicels about 1 cm long. 



Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Set. 

 S3309 Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes, altitude about 

 1,000 meters. 



The alliance of this species is apparently with Pittosporum 

 odoratum Merr., from which it is at once distinguishable by its 

 solitary terminal fruits. 



ROSACEAE 



PHOTINIA Lindley 



PHOTINIA SERRULATA Lindl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 13 (1821) 103 (excl. 

 syn. Crataegus glabra Thunb.) ; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 

 33 (1887) 263; Rehder & Wilson in Sargent PI. Wils. 1 (1912) 184. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pauai, Bur. Sci. H25 Mearns, 

 Bur. Sci. 31560 Santos, Sandkuhl 258, altitude about 2,300 

 meters, in flower May to July, in fruit in February, Igorot name 

 itangan. 



This species has not previously been reported from the Phil- 

 ippines. The specimens cited above conform very closely with 

 our series from Formosa, and from Kwangtung, Fokien, and 

 Yunnan Provinces, China. 



CONNARACEAE 



CONNARUS Linnaeus 

 CONNARUS CASTANEUS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, perspicue castaneo-pubescentibus ; foliis cir- 

 citer 30 cm longis, foliolis plerumque 7, coriaceis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis, leviter acuminatis, 11 ad 18 cm longis, subtus densissime 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; infructescentiis paniculatis, termin- 

 alibus, usque ad 25 cm longis, folliculis obovatis, compressis, 

 leviter inaequilateralibus, 6 cm longis, extus densissime castaneo- 

 pubescentibus, intus leviter villosis. 



A scandent shrub, the branchlets, petioles, infructescences. 



