57 



(634, 757, 829, 1904, 3029 Borden) May, April. In forests 150 to 400 ni. 

 Endemic. T., Pusopuso. 



2. N. zeylanica (Nees). Litsea zcylanica C. & Fr. Nees in Ani<pn. Hot. Bonn. 

 Fasc. 1 (1823) 58; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1886) 178. 



(1337, 1586, Borden) July, August; (3204 Merrill) October; (1503, Ahern's 

 collector) July; (6806 £'Zm<?r) November; {Ud, ^58 Whitford) May, July; (2617 

 Meyer) February. On exposed ridges above 1,000 m. Not previoxisly reported 

 from the Pliilippines. British India and ^lalaya. 



3. N. microphylla Merrill, n. sp. 



A shrub or small tree. Branches slender, glabrous, striate, brown, the young 

 shoots ferruginovis pubescent. Leaves alternate, mostly near the tips of the 

 branchlets, elliptical oblong to ovate lanceolate, witli few appressed ferruginous 

 hairs on both surfaces when young, becoming glabrous, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. long, 1 to 

 2 cm. wide, dark and dull above, glaucous beneath ; lateral nerves not prominent, 

 the tAvo subbasal ones sharply ascending, about 4 others on each side of the midrib 

 from aboiit the middle upwards; petioles slender, I cm. long, glabrous, shining. 

 Umbels sessile, mostly axillary, subglobose and about 5 mm. in diameter before 

 anthesis, 5-flowered, the four surrounding bracts membi'anous, elliptical-ovate, 

 about 4.5 mm. long, slightly pubescent. Flowers slightly pubescent, the perianth 

 4-cleft, the lobes acute narrowly ovate. Ovary glabrous. Stamens in the female 

 flowers usually 2 to 3, sterile. Male flowers not seen. Fruit obovoid, glabrous, 

 1.5 cm. long, black when dry, tlie persistent calyx tube funnel shaped, about 5 mm. 

 in diameter at the top. 



(6905 Elmer) November, 1004. Oi]r exposed ridges with tlie preceding species, 

 differing especially in its much smaller leaves and larger fruits. 



4. LITSEA Lam. 



1. L. tersa (Linn.) Glabraria tersa Linn. Mant. (1771) 276. Li/sra rJiinensifi 

 Lam. Encycl. 3 (1789) 574. L, sebifera Pers. Syn. PI. 2 (1807) 4. tieUfera 

 .(^htfinoso Lour. Fl. Cochinch. (1790) 038. 



(365 Barnes) March; (1285 Borden) July; (1255 Whitford) May. In forests 

 and thickets below 100 m., common and widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 British India to f^'outhern China, Malaya, and Australia. T., Pusopu.so. 



2. L. luzonica (Blume) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 181. 



(134, 344 Barnes) January, February; (627, 1356, 1371, 1810 Borden) April, 

 September; (2321, 2809, 3002 Meyer) December, May; (268 Copeland) February; 

 (3183, 3891 Merrill) October, August; (271, 345, 469 Whitford) May, July, 

 (1453 Ahern's collector) July; (6075; 6131 Leiherij) July; (6633, 6808 Elmer) 

 November, 1904. Common in forests 100 to 1,000 m. Widely distributed in the 

 Philippines, possibly endemic. Variable and apparently closely related to the 

 Malaya Litsea, fulva, and perhaps not distinct from that species, many of the 

 specimens cited above closely resembling authentic specimens of the latter species. 



3. L. perrottetii (Blume) F.-Vill. 1. c. 



(128, 330 Barnes) January, February; (2347 Borden) January; (1025 Whit- 

 ford) December. In open forests below 100 ni., widely distributed in the Phil- 

 ippines. Endemic. T., Maguilic. 



4. L. sp. 



(1363, 1794 Borden) July, September. Apparently midescribed, fruit only. 



5. BEILSCHMIEDIA Nees. 



1. B. glomerata Merr. Covt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 15. 



(335 Barnes) February. In forests at 100 m. Endemic. T., Terukan. 



