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7 to 10 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, irref;ulur; petiolules 2 to 5 mm. 

 long. Inflorescence short, axillary, 2 to 3.5 cm. long, glabrous or slightly pubes- 

 cent when young, the branches spreading, 1 cm. long or less. Pedicels 1 mm. long, 

 eacli witli 2 small basal bracteoles. Flowers white, sihall, mostly crowded at the 

 ends of the branchets. Sepals ovate, 1 mm. long, obtuse or acute, slightly 

 pubescent. Petals 4, oblong-obovate, acute, 2 mm. long, 1.2 to 1.4 mm. wide, 

 glabrous. Stamens 4, the filaments 1 mm. long. Ovary pubescent. Fruit brown, 

 glabrous, rugose when dry, about 4 mm. long. Seed somewhat wrinkled, browni, 

 shining, about 2 mm. tliick. 



(2620 Meyer) February, 1905; (1329 Borden) .July, 1904; (1181 Whitford) 

 March, 1905. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest above 1,000 m. 



3. MELICOPE Forst. 



1. M. luzonensis Engl, in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 161. 

 (3056 Borden) May. In forests at 150 m., widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. Endemic. 



4. LUNASIA Blanco. 



1. L. amara Bhinco, Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (.1837) 783. 



{74:5 Borden) ]\Iay; {180 Barnes) January; (3101 Merrill) October. Common 

 in thickets and forests below 200 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. 

 Celebes. T., Lunas. 



5. ACRONYCHIA Forst. 



I. A. laurifolia Blume; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 498. 



(6045 Leiherg) July; (3185, 3870 Merrill) October, August; (1333 Borden) 

 July; (1147 Whitford) March; (6724 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges 

 above 1,000 m. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



6. MICROMELUM Blume. 



1. M. pubescens Blume; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 501. 



(1434 Ahern's collector) August; (2240, 3021 Meyer) December, May; (6710, 

 6872 Elmer) November; (381 Whitford) June; (75, 359 Barnes) November, 

 March; (2513, 3175 Merrill) June, October. Abundant in thickets below 100 m., 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. British India to Malaya and Polynesia. 



7. MURRAYA Linn. 



1. M. exotica Linn.; Hook. f. 1. c. 502. 



(1165, 1323 Whitford) March, May; (2804 Meyer) March. On ridges above 

 900 m., Mddely distributed in the Philippines, often cultivated. Tropical Asia, 

 Malaya, Australia, and Polynesia. T., Caiiiuiiiiiy. 



8. CLAUSENA l?urm. 



1. C. anisum-olens (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Pul.l. 17 (1904) 21. C. icar- 

 6«/;^n Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1905) 162. 



(1231, 1422, 1796, 3065 Borden) Jime, May; (2509 Merrill) June; (1339 

 Whitford) May. Common in open forests and thickets below 100 m., widely 

 distributed in the I'hilippines. Endemic. T., ('(iloinala, Mala-anis, Cayomanis. 



9. ATALANTIA Correa. 



1. A. disticha (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (1905) 28. 



(3118 Meyer) May; (3052 Borden) May; (1069, 1300 Whitford) January, 

 June; (3789 Merrill) Januiuy. In thickets along the river 100 to 800 m., widely 

 distributed in the Philippines. Endemic. T., Maladmjap, Malacahuydo. 



