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Drosera peltata Smith in Wilhl. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 1540; Diels 1. o. 111. 

 W'itli till' piec'fdiny locally rare (No. ()2()7 ) . 



Previdiisly known in the Philippines only from northern Luzon. 

 British India to central China, and Japan, through JMalaya to Australia and 

 Tasmania. 



SAXAFRAGACE.E. 



HYDRANGEA Linn. 



Hydrangea lobbii Maxim. Mem. Acad. Petersb. VII. 10 (1807) 1."). 



In an old clearing at 750 m. alt. (No. 5491) ; also in forests at 1,800 m. alt. 

 (No. 5731), the latter referred here with some doubt. 



Previously known only from the mountains of northern and central Luzon and 

 from Panay. 



Endemic in tlie Philippines. 



PITTOSPORACE.E. 



PITTOSPORUM Banks. 



Pittosporum resiniferum Hemsl. in Kew Bull. (Ifl04) 344. 



In forests at 150 m. alt. (No. 5000) ; fovmd also by Merritt in June, 1!)00, at 

 1,700 ni. alt. (Nos. 4421, 4430). 



Previously known only from the mountains of central and northern Luzon ; 

 reported with doubt from Celebes by Koorders. 



The habit of this species is very interesting, it being pseudoepiphytic, quite 

 similar to most species of Ficus of the section Urostipnin. 



Pittosporum odoratum Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1000) 10. 



In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5054). 



Previously known only from the mountains of central and northern Luzon. 



CUNONIACE.5^:. 



WEINMANNIA Linn. 

 Weinmannia hutchinsonii ]\lerrill n. sp. 



Arbor ad 10 m. alta ; ranmlis fuscis, teretis, lenticellatis, glabris, 

 junioribus piibescentibus ; foliis imparipinnatis, i ad S-juo-atis; foliolis 

 subsessilibiis, lanceolatis, acuminatis, 3 ad 7 cm. longis, 0.7 ad 1.5 cm. 

 latis, grosse crenato-serratis .; racemis numerosis, fasciculatis tcrminalilnis 

 vel axillaribus, piibescentibus; floribiis pedicellatis, 4-meris. 



A tree about 10 m. high. Branches terete, glabrous, brown, lenticel- 

 late, somewhat compressed below the nodes, rather slender, the younger 

 parts somewhat ])ul)escent. Leaves opposite, unequally pinnate, about 

 13 cm. long, the common rachis 5 to 7 cm. long, pubescent; leaflets 

 4 to 5 pairs, lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, 3 to 7 cm. long, 0.7 to 1.5 

 cm. wide, the apex long, bluntly acuminate, the base inequilateral, acute 

 or acuminate, the margins coarsely crenate-serrate ; nerves about 12 on 

 each side of tlic iiiidril). slender, the reticulations niimei'ous; petiohdes 



