102 MERRILL AM) ROLFE. 



rosace.t:. 



ERIOBOTRYA Liiidlcy. 



Eriobotrya oblongifolia .Mcnill iV llolfe sp. nov. 



Cilal)ra, intloix'scontiis exceptis; I'oliis oljlongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 erasse coriaceis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apico et basi acutis vel acuminatis, 

 margine minute crenulatis ; paniculis thyrsoideis, dense ferrugineo- 

 tomentosis, 5 cm longis; ovarium o-loculare; styli 4 vol 5. 



A ii-ee, glaljrous throughout except the inflorescence. Branches rcddisli- 

 l)i-o\vn, glabrouP;, rugose when dry. Leaves 7 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 

 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, the apex short and sharply acuminate or 

 subacute, narrowed below to the acute or sligbtly decurrent-acuminate 

 base, the margins minutely crenate ; nerves numerous and Avitli the 

 reticulations rather distinct on the lower surface; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm 

 long. Panicles terminal, thyrsiform, 5 cm long or less, densely fer- 

 ruginous-tomentose. Flowers about 1 cm in diametei-, white. Calyx 

 ferruginous-tomentose, funnel-sha])ed, about 4 mm long, the lobes broad, 

 acute, about 1.5 mm long. Petals imbricate, broadly ovate, rounded, 5 

 mm long. Filaments 3 mm long or less, glabi'ous; anthers broad, 1 mm 

 long. Ovary 5-celled, eacli cell 2-ovuled; styles 4 or 5. ."^5 to 4 mm long, 

 united for the lower 1.5 mm. Fruit ovoid, red, black wben diy. 5 mm 

 long, glabrous. Seeds 5, 4 mm long, strongly 3-angled. 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Itiu: .'/(iSO Mrarns 

 d Htitchinson, May, 190G, in forests at 1,800 m altitude. 



LEGUMINOSyE. 



DESMODIUM Desv. 



Desmodium Bolsteri .Merrill & Kolfe sp. nov. § Dolliiicra. 



Frutex 1 m alius; foliis trii'oliolatis, foliolis oblongo-obovatis, uscjue ad 

 4 cm longis, apice rotundatis, retusis, subtus Icvilci- apprcssc ])ilosis; 

 racemis paniculatis, terminalibus; leguminibus 4-arti(ulatis, 2.5 cm 

 longis, glabris vel leviter pilosis. 



A sbrub about 1 m liigh with t ri foliolatc leaves, the U'atU'ts ohlong- 

 ol)Ovate, 4 cm long or less, the jiods l-jointed, about 2.5 cm long, 5 mm 

 \vi(k'. Branches reddisb-hi'ow n, terete, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves 

 somewhat crowdccl on the younger hi'anchcs. the hranchlets somewhat 

 appressed-pilose and with nunu-rous linear acuminate stipules about 8 

 mm long, usually appresscd. Petioles 1 cm long or less, slightly pilose, 

 the leaflets slightly appressed-pilose beneath, the base acute, the apex 

 rounded, retuse, submembranous, the nerves 5 or (i on each side of the 

 midrib, obscure, the terminal leallet about 4 cm lotig, 12 mm wide, its 

 petiolule 5 mm long, the lateral leaflets siinihir hut smaUer. their petio- 

 hiles about I mm long. Inflorescence terjuinal, lax, ;>-4 tin long, few- 

 flowered, the pedicels (in fruit) spreading, 7 to 8 mm long, slender. 

 Flowers unkiKiwn. I'ods l-jniiiled. about 'i.~> cm long, 5 mm wide, thin, 



