THE FLORA OF IVIOTTNT IIAT/n)N. 277 



KUTACE^. 



EVODIA Foist. 



Evodia reticulata Merrill n. sp. 



Frutex 2 ad 3 inetralis, foliis trifoliatis, raritcr niiifoliatis, oppositis 

 vel suboppositis, foliolis 5 ad <) ciii. longis, coriaecis. nitidit;, su])ra jL,dal)ris. 

 siil)tus ad nervos fulvo-pubeseentibus, dense reticidatis, obovatis vel 

 elliptico-ovatis, a])ioe obtusis trimcatis vel retusis, paniculis axillaribus, 

 ad T cm. lono-js, dense fidvo-pubeseentibns ; florcs 4-ineri. '.] mm. longi, 

 in ramulis nltinii ordinis congesti. 



A shrulj 1 to 3 m. high. Branches stout, tlie older ones nearly glal)roiis, 

 light gray, tlie _vounger ones densely fidvoiis-]nd)eseent. Leaves opposite 

 or subopposite, trifoliate, rarely unifoliate, the petioles 1.5 to 2 cm. long, 

 at first densely pul)escent, becoming glabrous and rugose ; leaflets coriace- 

 ous, shining, densely closely reticulate, glabrous above, fulvous-pubescent 

 on the nerves and midrib beneath, obovate to elliptical ovate, the base 

 subacute or obtuse, that of the lateral ones somewhat inequilateral, the 

 apex ol)tuse, truncate or somewhat refuse, 5 to 9 cm. long, 3 to 5.5 cm. 

 wide; nerves prominent, !) to 11 on each side of the midrib; petiolule of 

 the middle leaflet about 1 cm. long, of the lateral ones 2 to 3 mm. long, 

 l)ubescent. Panicles in the u])i)er axils, densely fulvous-pubescent, about 

 7 cm. long, many flowered; pedicels 1 to 2 mm. long, the bracts and 

 bracteoles minute. Flowers white, crowded at the apices of the ultimate 

 branches, 4-merous, 3 mm. long. Sepals broadly ovate, acute very slightly 

 pubescent, less than 1 mm. long. Petals 4, elliptical ovate, acute, 3.5 

 mm. long, glabrous. Ovary glabrous, 4-lobed ; style about 1.5 mm. long; 

 stigma capitate. 



In open heaths and in thickets at 2.400 m. alt. (No. 5711). 

 A species recognizable by its coriaceous leaves which are densely rather pro- 

 minently reticulate and pubescent on tlie nerves and midrib beneatli. 



POLYGALACE.E. 



POLYGALA Linn. 



Polygala venenosa Juss. ex Poir, in Lam. Encycl. 5 (1804) 493. 

 In forests at about 1.200 m. alt. (No. 0106). Found here also by Elerritt at 

 000 m. alt. (No. 4351) Jime, 1900. 



Known in tlie Philijipines from Neoros and from Mount Apo, Mindanao. 

 Java, Sumatra and from near Mount Kinabalu, North Borneo. 



EUPHORBIACE.E. 



ANTIDESMA Linn. 



Antidesma leptocladum Tul. Ann. Sc. Nat. II L 15 (1851) 199. 



Ill forests at l.SOO m. alt. (No. 5717). 



Widely dislribnted in tlie PIulip|)ines. Kiidemie? 



