280 .mi;kkii,i.. 



KI1AMXA(MLK. 



ALPHITONIA Kciss. 

 Alphitonia excelsa Kciss. ex Kudl. (;cii. ( l,s;{(l-.'j(l i l(t'.),S. .1. hioIiiccoiki 



T. & n. 



In forests at 7<i{) m. alt. ( Xo. oolVi i . 'I'lic fresh bark has a stnm;^- odor of oil 

 of wiiiterjjreen. 



Widely distributed in tlie l'liili|p|)iiies. 

 IJorneo to Polynesia and .\ustralia. 



VITA(ULE. 



LEEA Linn. 



Leea aculeata Khuuc IJijdr. ilS-i.")! I!t7. 



In forests alonji' tlie Alag River at 100 ni. alt. (Xo. .")()(».")). 



This specimen afjfrees well with Bluuir's short deseriptioii and iiuireover with 

 Blanco's descri])tion of Tiruria iiciilcdta '" which lihnico liiniscjf later r('<luccd to 

 Leea aculeata Blinne. It also iigrees well witli sjieciniens in our herbarium col- 

 lected on Mount Arayat by Bolster, a to])otyi)e of Bhnico's species. 



Widely distriVmted in the Phili])|)ines. 



ilalaya. 



ELAE()( WKPACE.l^]. 



ELAEOCARPUS I. inn. 



Elaeocarpus argenteus Merr. in (Jovl. Lai). Publ. 29 (100")) •2(i. 

 (»u iid;:es in forests at 2.200 ni. alt. ( Xo. 4402 MnritI) dune. lOOO. 

 Previously known only from .Mount Santo Tonias. Luzon. 



Elaeocarpus pendulus .Merr. 1. c. 



On ri(l;;cs in forests at l.SOO m. alt. I .Xo. r)727 I . Ilowcrs innnature: on exposed 

 rid<j;'es al 2.000 in. all. ( Xo. (i204 ) . fruit. 



Pi-e\iou--ly known only from .Mount Santo 'J'nma> and .Mount Marixcle-^. Luzon. 



Elaeocarpus merrittii .Merrill, ii. sp. ^ Motiocirn. 



I>;iiiiiili- tenuis. I'oliis ovatis vd ohlouu'o-ovatis. aciiniiiiat is. (i ad !• cm. 

 loii.yis, longe pctiolatis, crenato-scrrat is, -uldiis in a.xillis vi'iiaruin oian- 

 (lolosis, raceniis a.\illaril)us, iis(nic ad 1(» tin. Idiii^is. paucillorihiis : tlores 

 !• mm. loniii. .')-m('ri : jx'tala dense scrieea. apiee limliriata : >tainina "id; 

 di-n|ia 1 ad I.-! mm. lonua. ellipsoidea vol oMoiii^o-ovoidea. l->|)erma. 



.\ tree ill m. Iii,i:li or less, nearly izhihrons. Hi'anclies slender, tei-ete. 

 dark Wrownisli red when di'v. the yoiiiiLier ones slii^htly deeidunnsly 

 piiln'sc't'iit. LeaM's siihmemhi'annns. oxati' nv (ihlonL'-'ivate. (i I<i !• em. 

 long. 2.5 to I em. wide, tile hasc I'ounded. the ape\ rather Inni: acuminate. 

 the margins slightly ercnatc-scrrate. slightly appres>ed-puhe-eent heio'atli 

 and along the nndi'ih ahove. the axils <d' the \iin- hem^ath w ith pi'oiuiin'iit 

 glands; nerves ahout (i on each side of the nddrih. promini'Ut .heneath: 



-' Flora Filip. (I8;i7), 83. 



