12. RANDIA IFou^l. 



1. R. angatensis (Blanco) F.-\ill. Nov. Aj)]). (18S;}) lU-S. 



(•2(i04 Meyer) Febiuarv. In forests at 900 m. Endeniic. 



1. R. cumingiana Vidal, Plian. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 170. 



I 1770. l!t.')S. 2123, 3049 iiorrfe/i) August IMay ; (0871 jK/»)cr) Novcnihcr ; (3000 

 Men-ill } Oclobt-r; (1458 Ahenes collector) August. In tiiickots Ix-low 100 ni. 

 jMuloniic. 



3. R. densiflora (Wall.) Benth.; Hook. f. Fl. Jirit. Ind. 3 (1880) 112. 



(6873 Elmer) November; (2047 Borden) October; (1472 Ahern's collector) 

 August. In forests at about 200 m. Tropical Asia to Malaya and Australia. 



4. Randia whitfordii (Elmer). 



A small tree 7 to 10 ni. higli. IJranclies g]al)Vous, light gray. Leaves opposite, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous, oblong to narrowly ellipticiil-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, the acumen abrupt, rather sharp, the base acute, 8 to 15 cm. 

 long, 2.5 to 6 cm. wide, usually pale when dry and slightly shining; nerves 5 to 

 7 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent beneath, curved-ascending; 

 petioles glabrous, about 8 mm. long; stipules coriaceous, 5 mm. long, sharply 

 acuminate. Flowers fascicled or in very short congested axillary cymes, white, 

 very fragrant, 3 to 5 or more in each fascicle, the inflorescence glabrous. Calyx 

 cup-shaped, 2 mm. long, short pediceled or sessile, with 4 minute distant teeth. 

 Corolla tube 4 mm. long, glabrous oiitside, densely hirsute within except at the 

 base, the lobes 4, spreading, oblong, about 9 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, acute or 

 acuminate, glabrous outside, more or less pilose on the iiuier surface. Stamens 4 ; 

 filaments glabrous, 2 mm. long; anthers oblong- lanceolate, 4 mm. long. Ovary 

 2-celled, ovules several in each cell. Stigma bifid, the arms flattened. Fruit 

 usually solitary in axils of fallen leaves on 5 mm. long bracteate peduncles, 

 globose, 2.5 cm. in diameter, firm, glabrous, minutely roughened, marked at the 

 apex with a large circular ring, the calyx not persistent, the pericarp hard, 

 rather brittle when dry, 5 to 8 mm. thick, 2-celled, the placenta very thin. Seeds 

 9 to 12 in each cell, irregularly strongly flattened, circular in outline, about 5 mm. 

 in diameter, brown, strongly imbi'icated, pulp wanting. 



(2787, 2998 Meyer) February, May; (1212, 2929 Borden) June, May; (3725 

 Merrill) January; (202, 1123 Whit ford) May; (6643 Elmer) November. Also 

 from the Province of Rizal, Luzon (1726 Merrill) ; (No. 2988 Ahern's collector) 

 Gardenia whitfordii Elmer in licrl).. Randia fascictiUflora Elmer in herb., in part. 

 In forests 150 to 700 m. 



5. R. fitzalani F. Muell. in Benth. Fl. Austr. 3 (1800) 411. 



(2279, 2990 Meyer) August; (3031 Borden) May; (300, 1017, 1057, 1239 

 Whit ford) May; (580 Barnes) March. Jn forests 100 to 700 m. Australia. 



I have been unable to verify Mr. Elmer's identification of the above material, 

 but as the specimens agree rather closely with the dcscrii>iit)ii of the above 

 species, his determination is provisionally accepted. 



0. Randia uncaria Elmer, n. sp. in herb. 



Sc^indent. to 8 m. liigh, the branches with stout iccnrved spines alumt 1 em. 

 long. Branches glabrous, slender, light gray or brown. Leaves opposite, equal, 

 glabrous lluoughout, oblong to oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, rather sharply 

 acuminate, tlic l>:ise acute, 10 to 18 em. long, 3.5 to cm. wide, subcoriaceous; 

 nerves about s on each side of the midrib. ])rominent beneath, anastomosing, the 

 rctiiMilations lax; petioles about 1 cm. long, usually rugose: stipules glabrous, 

 4 nun. long, acuminate; spines axillary or in tlie axils of fallen leaves on the 

 (ildcr liiiniches, glabrous. Infiorescciicc tmiiinal. cyinoscly paniculate, the pedun- 

 cle short!, stout, the ))ranches few. sliort. few flowered, the branches antl pi'dicels 

 suiitendcd bv small bracts and bracteoles. Calvx l\ibular. 7 mm. loiiu. very 



