20<S MERRILL,. 



tilt' apex broadly rather obscurely acuminate, the base acute, 5 to 7 cui. 

 long-. 1..") to 3 cm. wide, coriaceous, somewhat sliiniug, glandular-punctate 

 beneath ; nerves 5 to C on each side of the midrib, obscure ; petioles 6 

 to 8 mm. long. Eacemcs axillai'v. solitary, the basal Ijracts wanting, 

 3 to 4 cm. long, few liowered, the pedicels 4 to 5 mm. long, each 

 subtended by small basal bract, the flowers white. Sepals G. rarely 5, 

 ovate, acute, about 1 mm. long. Petals (i, rarely 5, symmetrical oblong- 

 ovate, oI)tuse, 3 to 2.5 mm. long, epnnctatt'. united for the lower U..5 mm. 

 Filaments 1 mm. long; anthers broadly oxoid, 0.5 mm. long. Ovary 

 rudimentary in stamimite flowers, ovoid, glabrous. 



In ridge-forests at 1,800 in. alt. (No. .')771). 



Ratlior an anomalous species for this genus because f)f its usually O-inerous 

 flowers aii<l with its petals manifestly united below. Careful dissection of many 

 floWers shows them to be mostly 6-inerous, but sometimes 5-mer()iis on the same 

 branches and even in the same racemes. 



PKIiSrULACE.i:. 



LYSIMACHIA (Touin.) J.inii. 



Lysimachia ramosa Wall. Cat. (1828) n. 1490; Knuth in Engler's Pflanz- 

 enreich. 22 (1905) 271. 



In forests at 2.000 ni. alt. (Xo. 4443 Merritt) June, 1906. 



Previously known in the Philippines only from the mountains of northern 

 Luzon. 



Himalayan region to .Java aiidilie northern Philippines. 



SAPOTACEJ^:. 



PALAQUIUM j'.huico. 



Palaquium sj). ail'. J', luzunicnsi Vid. 



In forests along the Alag River at 100 m. all. (No. r)7tj7). 



Pioviously known only from Luzon and INIiiidoro. 



Palaquium sp. all'. /'. hi~<iniensi Vid. 



In fori'sls at i.Kld in. alt., fragmentary imperfect material from fallen branches 

 of a large tree. 



sympl()ca(^i:j:. 



SYMPLOCOS Linn. 



Symplocos adenophylla Wall. (at. I ISlIS) No. I fJ7 : I'.rainl in Kngl. I'llanz 

 rnreirli 6 ( IIIOI ) IS. 



In exposed ridgethicUi'ts at 'J.I.Vl ni. alt. (No. ;j7.")2) ; also colh'cted by Mcnilt 

 ill .lime, I'.IOC, at from l..")0() to "J.-idO in. ait. (Nos. 440fi, 4428, 4440, 4447). 



S|)ecimens of the above were sent to J^r. .1. lir'und, who has identified them as 

 above. No specimens witli mature flowers were collected, only with iiniiiature 

 buds and mature fruits, the fruit being slightly loiiucr than in the lyjie >,|ie(iineiis. 

 Tiie species is new to the riiilip|)ines, 



Pcnang, Singapore. ISanea and North Itonico. 



