76 



2. B. acuminata Miiell. Arg. 1. c. 442. 



(t)4-2:i. ti7'>:i Khiicr) Noveiiihcr ; ( :?n') ]Vliilf»nl\ .hiiic; f(il()7 LciJicrf/ \ July; 

 (218!), :500!) Meyer) Di'ci'iulx'r. May: ( 14!tr) AIkiii's collector} July. In thickets 

 and forests 2") to .SOO ui. iMideniic. 



6. CYCLOSTEMON Illume. 



1. C. bordenii .Meir. (iovl. Lai.. I'ul.l. 17 (]!l()4| 2(i. 



((i71. C.:.!. 2:572, 23!)5 Borden) .May, January; (2398, 2415, 2819 Meyer) Jan- 

 uary. Mareh: (1031 M'hitford) December; (333, 542, 546, 563, 573 Barnefi) 

 February, March; (182 Merrill) Decades Piiilip. Forest Fl., coll. Borden, May. In 

 forertt.s 100 to 500 in. Fhideuiic. T.. Dila diki, Talimortintj. 



2. C. cumingii Baill.; Muell. Ar<;. 1. c. 485. 



(121)9, 1275 Whilj'ord) May. On bluti's alontj the seashore. Endeiuie. 



3. C. monospermus .Merrill, sj). nov. § Steiioi/ijnlitni. 



A tree 4 to 12 in. high. Branches light gray or brownish, .striate, glabrous, 

 lonticellate. Leaves coriaceous, elliptical oblong to broadly oblong lanceolate, 

 4 to 9 cm. long, 1 to 4 cm. wide, tlu' apex rounded, blunt or very obscurely broadly 

 acuminate, retuse, the base acute, regular or very slightly inequilateral, glabrous, 

 shining above, dull beneath, the i)riniary nerves 8 or 9 on each side of the midrib, 

 obscure, anastomosing, the secondary veins and reticulations nearly as prominent; 

 petioles glabrous, 5 to S uiu\. long. Male Mowers fascicled, on short a.xillary 

 or extra-axillary bracteate pedxmcles, the buds globose. .Sepals 4, broadly ellip- 

 tical-ovate to suborbiciUar ovate, rounded, glabrous except tlie slightly ciliate 

 margins, about 2 mm. long. Stamens 4; filaments 2 mm. long, glabrous; -anthers 

 elliptical-ovoid, about 1 mm. long the alternating disk segments thick, tieshy. 

 narrowly ovate, about 1 mm. long. I'"emal(' lloucrs with calyx of the male. 

 Ovary ovoid, glabrous. 2-eelled, each cell 2-o\ uled, the disk annular; style O; 

 stigmas dilated, fleshy, more or less connate into a somewhat lobed disk. Fruit 

 about 1 cm. long. S mm. in diameter, glabrous, lleshy, white, lu'cojuing gray or 

 blackish when dry. o\(iid or clliiisoid, 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



(2802, 3122, 3235 Meyer) March, May, June; (1232 Whilford) April; (1225 

 Borden) June. In the upper forests and on exposed ridges in the mossy forest 

 650 to 1,250 m. 



4. C. microphyllus Ab ir. 1. c 27. 



(2260 Meyer) Decembei-; (175. 4'.t4 li(irins) January, November; (252, 340, 

 1027, 1229 ^Vh^tford) May, Decend.er, April; ( (i4(t, 672, 836 bis, 1253, 2329 

 Borden) April, June, December, in forests 100 to SOO m. Endemic. 'P., Tiilu- 

 nioriin;/. Irani, /'(inyirani. Tiuuiniintniy. 



7. APOROSA Ulume. 



1. Aporosa sphaeridophora Mcirill. s|i. no\. 



A tier III to 15 m. high. Ibaiiches dark reddish brown, striate, glabrous, the 

 older ones more oi' less grayish. Leaves alteinat.', subcoriai-eous. ovate to ol.long 

 or elliptical ovate, ai-uminale. the base acute, rarely somewhat roinuied. often 

 ■somewhat inecpiilateral. 8 to 15 cm. long, 3 to 7 cm. wide, glabrous, dark roloied 

 and dull or shining above, paler and shining beneaih ; nerves rather ol)s.\ir<' 

 above, somewhat promim-nt beneath, ascending, 6 to 7 on each side of the midrib, 

 the reticulations distinct; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm. long, glaiirous, somewhat swollen 

 and rugose above, .Male Mowers ycllnw, in dense, more or less interruiited. 

 simple, axillary spikes 2 to 5 cm. long, the rliachi> and bracts feniiginous pubes- 

 cent, the bracts subreniforni. to inoa<lly ovale, about 1.5 nun. long. Sepals L in 

 twf) series, xMUided at the aj.ex. i)id)esceid . 1 to 1.2 mm. long, the two inner ones 

 smaller than the two outer. Stamens 2: lil.amenls glabrous. 2 to 2.5 nun. long; 



