THE FLORA OP MOUNT HATAM)N. 279 



AQUIFOLIAOE.1^. 



ILEX Linn. 

 Ilex fletcheri Merrill n. sp. 



Eauiis tcretis glahris griseis, ramiUis angulatis minute puberiilis; foliis 

 oblongo-ellipticis vc4 lanceolato-cllipticis, acuminatis, basi acutis, integris, 

 1.5 ad 3.5 cm. longi.s, nitidis, eoriaceis, venis obscuris; cymis axillaribus, 

 brevibus, paiicifioribus, corollae tubo breve, segmentis oblongis, circiter 



2 mm. longis, 1 mm. latis, obtusis. 



A shrub 3 m. high or less, glabrous throughout, except the slightly 

 puberulent branchlets and infloresence. Branches terete, gray, glabrous, 

 branchlets angular, slender, dark reddish brown, minutely puberulent. 

 Leaves oblong-elliptical to lanceolate-elliptical, 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long, 0.5 

 to 1.8 cm. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, paler beneath, the base 

 acute, the apex ])roadly acuminate or acute and minutely apiculate; 

 nerves very obscure, nearly obsolete, the margins entire; petioles 1 to 



3 mm. long. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, 5 mm. long, or less, or the 

 inflorescence reduced to a few-flowered fascicle, ])uberulent the pedicels 

 about 2 mm. long. Calyx al)out 1 mm. long, the teeth not prominent. 

 C^orolla tube very short, the lol)es 4, oblong, about 2 mm. long, 1 mm. 

 wide, obtuse. Filaments 1 mm. long; anthers ovoid, 0.5 nmi. Ions'. 

 Fruit red, globose, glabrous, smooth, 2.5 mm. in diameter. 



In the mossy forest on exposed ridges at 1,800 m. alt. (Nos. .5710, .575.5) ; also 

 collected by Merritt at 2,200 ni. alt., in June, 1906 (Nos. 4475, 4448). 



A species characterized by its small entire leaves, puberulent branchlets and 

 inflorescence and few-flowered cymes or fascicles, the flowers on the younger 

 branches rarely solitary. Named in honor of Mr. Horace L. Fletcher, who ac- 

 companied the members of the Halcon expedition to C'alapan. 



ACERACE.i:. 



ACER Linn. 



Acer philippinum Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1906) 36. 



This species was abundant in forests at 600 to 1,700 m. alt., but was not col- 

 lected, all the specimens observed being with leaves only. The species was de- 

 scribed from specimens collected on Mount Mariveles, Luzon, and has since been 

 collected on Mount Data, Luzon, by the author. 



Endemic in the Philippines. 



BALSA.MINACE.l^l 



I M RATI ENS Linn. 

 Impatiens sp. 



In forests at 1.300 m. alt. (No. 4391 Merritt) June, 1906. Material very im^ 

 perfect, but difterent from any other species of the genus known to me. 



