99 



2. HOMALIUM .Tacq. 



1. H. luzoniense F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880-83) 94. 



(2071 Borden) October. In tliickets below 100 lu. Endeiuic. 



3. FLACOURTIA Juss. 



1. F. inermis Roxb.; Hook. f. ot Tli. Fl. Brit. liid. 1 (1872) 192. 

 (1744 Borden) Au^ist; (1252 Whit ford) Max. In forests at about 200 ni. 

 Malayan Peninsula and Archipelago. 



4. CASE ARIA Jacq. 



1. C. cinerea Turcz. Bull. .Soe. Nat. Mosc. 31 (1858) 4B2. 



(1775 Borden) August; (2822 Meyer) March. In forests at 600 m. En- 

 demic. ( ?) 



Vidal retains this species as a distinct one, but Hooker f., and King reduce it 

 to the widely distributed Casearia grewicefolia Vent. 



2. C. fuliginosa Blanco, FI. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 202. 



(2300 Meyer) December; (2706 Borden) February. In thickets below 100 m. 

 Endemic. 



3. C. solida Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 46. 



(2499, 3722 Merrill) June, January; (626, 670, 1230, 1233, 3055 Borden) 

 April, May; (192, 526, 1194 Whitford) July, May; (6791, 7006 Elmer) No- 

 vember; (2810 Meyer) March. Forests 100 to 800 m. Endemic. 



4. Casearia crenata Merrill, sp. nov. 



A shrub or small tree, 4 to 12 m. liigli. Branches slender, glabrous, often 

 slightly glaucous, nearly black when dry. Leaves elliptical ovate, glabrous on 

 both surfaces, submembranous, 7 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 6.5 cm. wide, the base 

 acute, rarely subtruncate, inequilateral, the apex rather prominently acuminate, 

 the acumen blunt, the margins crenate except near the base, the teeth small; 

 nerves 7 to 9 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent beneath, the 

 reticulations distinct; petioles slender, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Flowers few, two to 

 four in each axil, greenish white, the pedicels cinereous-puberulous, 2 to 3 mm. 

 long. Calyx lobes 5, elliptical ovate, acute or obtuse, 3.5 to 4 mm. long, 2.5 to 

 3 mm. wide, slightly pubescent. Stamens 8; filaments 1.2 mm. long, glabrous; 

 anthers ovate, 0.8 mm. long. Staminodes oblong, 1 mm. long, glabrous below, the 

 apex and margins above lanate. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 2 mm. long, glabrous; 

 style nearly obsolete; stigma capitate. Fruit yellow, glabrous, ellipsoid, about 



2 cm. long, 3-valved. Seeds few, broadly ovoid, glabrous, acute, 4.5 mm. long, 

 surrounded by a thin, pale, more or less lacerate aril. 



(1150, 1210 Whitford) March, 1905; (1504 Ahern's collector) July, 1904. On 

 exposed forested ridges in the mossy forest at 900 m. 



5. Casearia polyantha Merrill, sp. nov. 



A tree about 12 m. high, glabrous throughout. Branches slender, gray or 

 grayish brown. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, glabrous, shining, 10 to 13 cm. 

 long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. Avide, the base inequilateral, subtruncate or sometimes some- 

 what acute, the apex acute or somewhat acuminate, the margins rather finely 

 crenate-dentate; nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent 

 beneath, the reticulations fine, distinct; petoles 1 to 1.7 cm. long. Flowers very 

 numerous, crowded in the axils of the leaves, frequently 50 to 80 flowers in an 

 axil, greenish white or yellowish, the pedicels slender minutely cinereous puber- 

 ulent, 6 to 8 mm. long. Calyx lobes 5, oblong, acute, somewhat puberulent, 



3 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide. Stamens 8 to 10; filaments slender, glabrous, nearly 

 3 mm. long; anthers narrowly ovoid, 1 mm. long. Staminodes linear, 1.5 mm. 



