XIII, c,i Meri'ill: Philippine Plants, XI 11 11 



mentosv^ (Lour.) Diels and also under Hypserpa jagori Diels,^ pertains 

 entirely to Cocculus and represents a form distinctly allied to the variety 

 stenophylla Merr., but with larger leaves which attain a length to 7.5 

 cm and a breadth of 2.6 cm. 



MAGNOLIACEAE 

 MICH ELI A Linnaeus 

 MICHELIA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, chartaceis, usque ad 30 

 cm longis et 13 cm latis, obtuse acuminatis, basi subacutis, in 

 siccitate pallidis vel subolivaceis, utrinque nitidis, nervis utrin- 

 que 18 ad 23, perspicuis; floribus longe pedicellatis, perianthii 

 segmentis circiter 12, oblanceolatis, acuminatis, 2.5 cm longis; 

 antheris circiter 25, 12 mm longis. 



A glabrous tree, the branchlets terete, smooth, about 5 mm in 

 diameter, dark-brown, marked with a few conspicuous lenticels 

 and the conspicuous stipular scars, the internodes 2 to 3 cm 

 long. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, 23 to 30 cm long, 9 

 to 13 cm wide, when dry pale or subolivaceous, shining on both 

 surfaces, the base subacute, the apex shortly and obtusely acu- 

 minate; lateral nerves 18 to 23 on each side of the midrib, 

 conspicuous on both surfaces as are the rather close, raised retic- 

 ulations ; petioles 2 to 3 cm long ; stipules lanceolate, dark-brown 

 and rugose when dry, about 6 mm long, deciduous. Flowers 

 white, axillary, solitary, their pedicels 4 to 5 cm long, with a 

 rather conspicuous bracteole scar above the middle. Buds 

 oblong-ovoid, brown when dry, acute, about 2.5 cm long, the 

 bud-scale splitting down one side, deciduous. Perianth-segments 

 about 12, oblanceolate, acuminate, the outer ones about 2.5 cm 

 long and 1 cm wide, the inner ones smaller and narrower. 

 Stamens about 25, the anthers linear, 12 mm long. 



Leyte, Burauen, Cagangon, For. Bur. 26866 Tomeldan, May 21, 1917, 

 in semi-open country (parang) at an altitude of 50 meters, locally known 

 as hanguilo. 



This species is well characterized by its remarkably large leaves. Its 

 alliance is with the extra-Philippine Michelia montana Blume, to which, 

 however, it is not very closely related. 



MONIMIACEAE 



MATTHAEA Blume 

 MATTHAEA INTERMEDIA sp. nov. 



Frutex circiter 4 m altus inflorescentiis exceptis glaber, ra- 

 mulis brunneis vel atro-brunneis ; foliis subcoriaceis, oblongo- 



'Engl. Pfianzenreich 46 (1910) 211, 232. 



