XIV. 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 429 



THYMELAEACEAE 



PHALERIA Jack 

 PHALERIA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Frutex glaber Phaleria cumingiae afRnis differt foliis multo 

 majoribus, circiter 25 cm longis et 9 ad 11 cm latis, floribus 

 caulinis, fasciculatis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub, the branches reddish-brown when 

 dry. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, firmly chartaceous, about 

 25 cm long, 9 to 11 cm wide, brownish-olivaceous when dry, 

 shining, apex slenderly acuminate, base broadly rounded ; lateral 

 nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, distinct; petioles 1 

 cm long or less. Flowers white, 4-merous, in fascicles on the 

 trunk, about 3 cm long. Perianth-lobes 4, elliptic, rounded, 8 

 to 9 mm long, 6.5 mm wide. Filaments 8, somewhat exserted. 

 Immature fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, somewhat rostrate, 1.5 cm long. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon, Bur. Sci. 30759 

 Ramos & Edano, April 22, 1918, in forests. 



This species has the vegetative characters of Phaleria perrot- 

 tetiana F.-Vill., but the flowers are entirely glabrous and are 

 moreover borne in fascicles on the trunk. It is distinguished 

 from Phaleria cumingii F.-Vill. by its much larger leaves and 

 cauline inflorescences. 



MYRTACEAE 



CLO£ZIA Brongniart and Gris 



CLOeziA URDANETENSIS (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Photinia urdanetensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2802. 



Mindanao, Agusan Province, Mount Urdaneta, Elmer 13694, 

 September, 1912, on exposed forested ridges in the mossy forest, 

 altitude about 1,700 meters. 



The genus Cloezia has hitherto been knovm only from New 

 Caledonia, where it is represented by six species. The discovery 

 of a representative of it in the Philippines adds another genus 

 to the now remarkable list of genera that are known only from 

 the Philippines and the islands to the south and southeast of 

 the Archipelago, including Celebes and the Moluccas generally. 

 New Guinea, New Caledonia, and northeastern Australia. The 

 present species was described by Mr. Elmer as a representative 

 of the rosaceous genus Photinia, but a critical examination of 

 the type collection shows that it agrees even to the most minute 

 details with the myrtaceous Cloezia.* In the original description 



* Brongniart & Gris in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. V 2 (1864) 134. 



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