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DIPLYCOSIA Blnnio. 

 Diplycosia merrittii Merrill, ii. sp. 



Fnitex jiseiuloepiphyticus scauck'n,s, inflorescentiis exeepti, glabra; 

 foliis coriaceis o])lonii-n vel olliptico-ovatis, rariter oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 l)reviter acuininatis, (i ad 10 cm. longis, basi acutis nervis utrinque 2 

 vol ;>. subtus ])r()i)iiii('ntibiTs : floros axillares, fascieulati ; corolla ovoidoa, 

 G ad 7 mm. loiiga. 



A scandent pseudocpiphytic- shrub ofton (! m. high, glabrous except the 

 inflorescence. Branches gray (^r Ijrown, terete, the younger ones angular. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate to elliptical-ovate, rarely oblong-lanceo- 

 late, (') to 10 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, the base acute, the apex slightly 

 acuminate, the margins obscurely denticulate, recurved, paler and glandu- 

 lar punctate beneath; nerves 2 to 3 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 

 impressed above, rather prominent, the reticulations nearly obsolete ; 

 petioles stout, 4 to 8 mm. long, rugose. Flowers pink, fascicled, 2 to 8 

 in each axil, the pedicels slender, slightly pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm. long, 

 the a])ical bracts two, orbicular-ovate, 1.3 mm. long. Calyx very slightly 

 pubescent, 3.5 mm. long, the lol)es ovate or narrowly ovate, acute, 2 mm. 

 long. Corolla ovoid, narrowed below, (5 to 7 mm. long, the lobes 5, 

 ovate, broadly acuminate, 2 mm. long, reflexed. Stamens 10, glabrous ; 

 filaments 3 mm. long; anthers oblong, 1.5 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 

 style 2 mm. long. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, soft, fleshy, 1 cm. in 

 diameter, ))lack when mature. 



In ridge forests at 1,400 m. alt. (No. ,5670) (type), very abundant, the fruit 

 edible but nearly tasteless; also collected by Merritt in June, 1906, at an altitude 

 of from 1,600 to 1,700 ni. (Nos. 441.3, 4415, 4437). The same form has been 

 collected in Palawan, Victoria Peak (666 Foxworthy) March, 1906. 



Of the Philippine species of this genus, apparently most closely related to 

 Diplycosia luzonica (A. C4ray) {(laulthcria luzonica A. Gray), from jNIount 

 Banajao and INIount Santo Tomas, Luzon. I have before me a single leaf from 

 the type of Gray's species, kindly supplied by Dr. J. ^^ Rose of the U. 8. National 

 Museum. No. 5932 Elmer from Mount Santo Tomas seems to match it exactly. 

 The species proposed above differs from this in its larger, differently shaped leaves, 

 much longer pedicels and more prominently nerved leaves, the venation in the 

 two species being quite different. 1 have' seen no flowers of Gaultheria luzonica. 



VACCINIUM Linn. 



Vaccinium mindorense Piendle in Journ. Bot. 34 (1S96) .355. 



Kpil)hytic, mossy ridge forests 1,950 to 2,200 m., and terrestrial above 2,200 

 m. alt. (No. 5(i7()) : also collected by Mcrritf at l.(i()() in. in Juno, 1906 (No. 

 4414). 



The type of the species was from Mount Dulangan, a spur of llalcon. It 

 is also apparently represented by specimens from Mount Madiaas, Panay (.1. E. 

 Yoder) , April, 1905. and from Mount Apo. Mindanao {Copeland) , October, 1904. 



Vaccinium banksii Merr. in (iovt. Lab. Publ. 35 (1905) 54. 

 In an open heatli at 2,400 m. alt. (No. 5506). 

 Previously known only from Canlaon Volcano, Negros. 



