,282 -MKIUMLL. 



(It'iisolv IrpidoU'-sti'llatc, ahoul fi nnii. lowj;, the apex li'iincatc ami oh- 

 sc-uroly 3-to()tlie(l. Stamens indelinite, free, the filaments l.T) mm. long 

 or less, anthers about 0.3 mm. long. Ovary ovoid, densely hirsute, 

 2-celled, each cell many ovuled. Capsules flattened at right angles to 

 the dissepiment, suborbicular in outline, truncate and apiculato at the 

 apex, about 1.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, at least in age, 

 •^-valved, 2-ccllcd. dehiscing to the base. Seeds unknown. 



Ill forests iit 7<»(t ni. alt. (No. 5,527). 



I jtlacc tlic ycnii^ licrc iJioposod in the Tili<'(r, bet ween (Inirffid Scciii., and 

 TricJio.'^lx rill ti III liliniic (lill'criii<; from hotli in its 4-nici'ons llowcrs and from tlie 

 lattt-r in tlic prcsenci' oi biaoteoics. 



DILLENIACE.l^. 



SAURAUIA \\ill<l. 



Saurauia latibracteata ( hoisy in Zoli. Syst. ^^■rz. Ind. Aieliip. (1854-55) 

 14S; Mcrr. in (Jovt. Lai.. I'lil.l. 35 (]!)()()) 4]. 

 In forests 100 to 700 m. alt. ( Xos. 5()!t0. 5.")2S). 

 Widely distributed in the Philippines. Kndeniic. 



Saurauia elegans iClioisy) K.-Nill. Nov. .Xj.p. (ISSO) Ml; .Mcrr. 1. c. 42. 



In forested ravines at 70U ni. alt. (No. 5055). 



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



Saurauia philippinensis .Merrill n. sp. 



Sub^^lahra, I'oliis oMoii^^o-ovatis \cl oMonuo-laiiccolatis, glabris. 1(1 ad 

 1(S cm. longis, acuniinatis; pcduiu-uli axillares. J'asciculati vol solitarii. 

 1-, raro 2-Hori ; ovarium globosum, ])ilosum, 3-stylum. 



A slirul) or small tree 7 m. Iiigli or less, nearly o'labrous llii'ougliout. 

 P)rancli('s slender, brownish, lenticcllate, g]al)r()us or nearly so. Leaves 

 oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, rarely somewliat ol)lanceo- 

 late glabrous, chartaceous. 1(i to IS em. long, ;> to .") cm. wide, ibe ape.x 

 rather sharply acuminate, the base acute or acumimite, the margins 

 rather sharply serrate; nerves 12 to M on each side of the miilrib ; petioU^s 

 1.5 to '.) cm. long. Flowers wliite, the peduncles solitary or I'aseieled 

 in the a.xils (d' the leaves and in tlie axils ,,r fallen leaves on the larger 

 branches, the peduncles slcn(ier. somewhal strigose, 2 cm. long or less, 

 with a small bracteole at about tlio middle. 1. rarely •j-llowei-ed. Sepals 

 elliptical to elliptical ovate, acide or loundcd. I mm. long, the margins 

 slightly ciliale. I'etals glabrous, T mm. long. I to .') mm. wide, cbd't 

 at the apex. Stamens 20; lilanu'nts 2 mm. long, anthers about ■?.".' mm. 

 long. Ovary somewhat pilose; styles 3. 1 mm. long, sljirlidy united 

 below. 



In forests at 70() m. alt. (No. 5520) ; from the >ime locality I refer here No. 

 5(i:{:}, alt. 200 ni.. and also No. 4.S04 Morilt. .lune. I'.IOC. alt. l.:{()(l m. In Minda- 

 nao tlie species is represented by No. 4(>0:} Mainis and II ill <-li iiisnn, Moinil .Malin- 

 dan;r, .May, 1!)00. alt. I,4(t0 m.. and in I'.a-^ilan by \o. lull II iih-liiiisoii, February. 

 lOOU, iilt. 54(1 m. 



