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anthers orbicular ovoid, ().") imii. loiii;-. Female [lowers yellow, in axillary, solitary 

 or fascicled spikes 1 to :i em. lon<>-, tlie rliaeliis, bracts, pedicels and calyces 

 rather densely ferruginous pubescent, the flowers few, scattered, one in each bract, 

 the pedicels about 1 mm. long. Sepals elliptical ovate, rounded or acute. Ovary 

 glabrous, 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled; styles stout, recurved, 2-eleft, persistent. 

 Fruit globose, indehiscent, brown, glabrous and shining when dry, about 1 cm. 

 in diameter, dry, 2-celled, each cell with a single seed, the pedicels 4 to 5 mm. long. 



(133, 14(5, 198 Barnes) January; (732, 818, 834, 1373 Borden) May, June, 

 July; (37(52 Merrill) January; (1451 Ahern's collector) July; (0080 Leiherg) 

 July. In forests 300 to 900 m. Nos. 6101 and 0225 Elmer, Sablan, Province of 

 Benguet, Luzon, April, 1904 are the same. 



2. Aporosa symplocosifolia Merrill, sp. nov. 



A small tree 5 to 8 m. high, the leaves usually pale yellowish green wlien dry. 

 Branches light gray or brownish, glabrous. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous, 

 oblong ovate or elliptical ovate to broadly elliptical lanceolate, glabrous, shining 

 on both surfaces to 15 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, the apex usually rather long 

 acuminate, the base rounded or acute, equilateral, entire; nerves about 7 on each 

 side of the midrib, distant, anastomosing, the primary reticulations lax ; petioles 

 1 to 1.5 cm. long, glabrous, flattened and with two small glands at the apex on 

 the upper side. Male flowers in simple, dense, solitary or fascicled, axillary 

 catkin-like spikes about 1 cm. long 2 mm. in diameter, the bracts very slightly 

 pubescent, renifoi'm, 1.5 mm. long, 2 to 2.5 mm. wide. Sepals ovate, acute, 

 about 1.5 mm. long. Filaments about 1 mm. long, glabrous, the anthers 0.5 mm. 

 long. Female flowers on stout, solitary or fascicled, simple, bracteose, pubescent 

 spikes less than 1 cm. long. Sepals 4, broadly ovate, 1.5 to 2 mm. long, their 

 margins ciliate. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Stigmas short, 

 stout, more or less spreading and somewhat pectinate. Fruit red when mature, 

 sessile, ovoid to ellipsoid, glabrous, 1 cm. long or less, dry. dehiscing from the 

 base, 2-celled, each cell with 1 or 2 seeds. 



(3764, 2497 Merrill) June, January; (1187, 2301, 2541, 2745 Borden) June, 

 January to March; (53, 99, 303, 1055, 1073 Whiff ord) April, May, January; 

 (202 Barnes) January; (2320, 2512, 2820 Meyer) December, January, March. 

 In forests 100 to 800 m. Other specimens from Luzon are Nos. 383, 910 Maule, 

 Province of Zambales, and Nos. 394, 403, 1099, 2657. 3086, 2894 Ahern's collector. 

 Province of Rizal. 



8. BACCAUREA Lour. 



1. B. tetrandra (Baill.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 405. 



(002, 1217, 2308, 2486 Borden) April, June, January; (2504 Merrill) June; 

 (334, 531 Barnes) February, November; (55, 1038, 1053, 1054 Whit ford) April, 

 December, January; (2399, 2400, 2811 3Ici/cr) January, March. In forests 90 

 to 000 m. Endemic. T., Dilac. 



9. ANTIDESMA Linn. 



1. A. bun! us (Linn.) Spreng. ; Muell. Arg. 1. c. 202. 



(754, 1778 Border) May, August; (4:1^ Whitford) June; (2559 Men-/// 1 June. 

 In thickets below 75 m., widely distributed in the Philippines. British India and 

 Malaya. T., Bignay. 



2. A. edule Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 26. 



((5085, 6091 Leiherg) July; (52, 470, 521 Whilford) April, July; (3148, 3784 

 Merrill) October, January; (107, 547 Barnes) January, March; (2739 Borden) 

 March (144 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest Fl., coll. Ahern's collector, July. 

 In forests and thickets 75 to 400 ni. Endemic. T., Tanigi. 



