95 



2. DILLENIA Jviiin. 



1. D. philippinensis Kolfe Jouni. Linn. Soc. Bot. 21 (1884) 307. 



(1259 Borden) June. In forests ftt 200 ni., widely distributed in tlie Pliilip- 

 pines. Endemic. T., Catmon. 



2. D. luzoniensis (Vidal). Womiia lii~onie)isis Vidal, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 36. 



(1320 Whitford) June; (3063 Burden) May. In forests 140 to 400 m. 

 Endemic. 



3. SAURAUIA Willd. 



1. S. subglabra Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 43. 



(268 Whitford) May; (2767 Meyer) February. In forests in river canon at 

 800 m. Endemic. 



THEACE^. 



1. THEA Linn. 



1. T. montana (Blanco) Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (1905) 21; 1. c. 35 (1906) 

 44. 



(304, 441 Whitford) May, July; (2402. 2831 Meyer) January, March; (6787, 

 6977 Elmer) November; (1196, 1362, 1905, 2378 Borden) June to January. In 

 forests above 500 m. Endemic. 



2. TERNSTRCEMIA Nutt. 



1. T. toquian (Blanco) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 18. Taonaho toquian Merr. 

 Govt. Lab. Publ. 27 (1905) 21. 



(137, 150, 208 Barnes) January; (3206 Merrill) October; (1506 Ahern's 

 collector) July; (787, 835, 1351, 2381, 2935 Borden) May to March; (6899 

 Elmer) November; (2207, 2605, 2614, 2760 Meyer) December to February; (100. 

 337 Whitford) April, May. Abundant on forested ridges above 700 m. Endemic. 

 T., Bicag. 



3. ADINANDRA Jack. 



1. A. luzonica Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 29. 



(6906 Elmer) November; (6057 Leiherg) July; (1360 Borden) July; (446. 

 1184 Whitford) July, March. Exposed ridges in the mossy forest at 1,200 m. 

 Endemic. 



4. EURYA Thunb. 



1. E. acuminata DC, var. euprista Dyer in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1872) 

 285. 



(2621, 2641 Meyer) February; (1192 Whitford) March; (2119 Borden) No- 

 vember; (3712 Merrill) January; (14^40 Ahern's collector) August; (6813 ^^mer) 

 November. On forested slopes and ridges in the mossy forest above 1,000 m. 

 British India to Malaya and the Fiji Islands. 



5. GORDONIA Ell. 



1. Gordonia fragrans Merrill, sp. nov. 



A tree 6 to 18 m. higli. Brandies brown or gray, glabrous. LeaA^es coriaceous, 

 glabrous and shining on both surfaces, oblong lanceolate, 7 to 15 cm. long, 2 to 

 5 cm. wide, the margins obscurely, finely crenate, the apex obscurely blunt 

 acuminate, the acumen retuse, the base acute; nerves obscure, scarcely more 

 prominent than the lax reticulations; petioles stout, 5 mm. long or less. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary, white, fragrant, about 5 cm. in diameter, subsessile or shortly 



