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SWINTONIA Criir. 



Swintonia luzoniensis .Mrnill iV Koltr sp. nov. 



Foliis sill)c<>i'i;ic('is. ill i'iii(|iic coiicoloi-ihns. ,i;l;ilMTriiiiis, i)l)loiii;is \('l 

 ()l)l()iii;()-<tl)()\ ill is, (»l)liisis. T) ;i(l !> ciii l()ii<iis, 1 .S ;i(l '■).') cm Inlis, l>;isi dcciir- 

 I'cnlihiis, nci'x is liitciJililxis iili-iii(|ii(' I» vcl li»; ili'iipis oldon^'o-ovoideis ; 

 pcliilis aiictis, ()l)l()ii<^is vcl Jiuu-cohitis, obiusis, (jiinin dnipis o-pio lon- 

 ij^iorihus. 



A tree willi ol)|()i)<i; to oblon^'-oltovalc n'lahroiis shilling' siilicofiaccoiis 

 leaves !> cm loii^' or less, llic hasc acuminaic-dcciii'i'ciil , foniiin^' narrow 

 wings aloiii;- I lie pcliolc for about oiic-liaH' its lcii<i;lh. ISraiiclics I'cddisli- 

 hrown or grayish, Uu'ete, glabrous, the leaves crowdcil aloii;^- I be iippcjr 

 portion of the young branches. Leaves o to !) cm long, l.s lo ;!..■; ctn 

 wide, the apex bfoad, rounded or obscurely broadly acuminate, Ibe base; 

 long-decurreiit, shining, coriaceous; ru-rves !> or 1<) on each side of Ibe 

 midrib, spreading, reticulate, the secondary nerves and I'eticulations 

 prominent; ])(>tioles 2 to 3.5 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit ohlong- 

 ovoid, slightly ineipiilateral, 1.5 to 'i cm long, K) to 1 "i mm in diameter, 

 till! i)ersistenl and a<'ci'escent ])etals rellexed, variable, 4.5 to (i cm long, 

 5 to 10 mm wide, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse, gradually narrowed toward 

 the l)ase. 



Luzon, Provinco of Tayiil)as, Halcr, Merrill 10'>1, Aii<fust, 1903: Province of 

 Alhay, ^'idal •UiH^la ; tlio latter, oonsistinj? of inimatur<( fruits only, recoived at 

 K(>w mixed wifli a specie.s of Viiex, probably liavinff liccii picked up in tlic forest. 



Appareiilly most cdosely allied to Siriiifoiiia >Srli irciil,-ii i\ur/, of the Malay 

 Peninsula and I'oiiieii, diireriii^f from that species in liaviiiff its petioles llatleiied 

 above and narrowly winged, its l(!aves not <rlaucous beneatli, etc. The first 

 representative of tiie {^enus to be found in the Philij)pines. 



(KLASTKACMLE. 



GYMNOSPORIA 15enth. & Hook. f. 



Gymnosporia spinosa (Uhincoi Merrill «.^ Kolfe eonii). iiov. 



Cuponia sjnnosa Blanco Fl. Kilip. (IS.'{7) IH4;. ed. J. (1845) 204; ed. :{, 2:17. 



(Ijimnoxporia philippincn.sis Vidal Phan. Ciiminjz;. Philij). (ISHo) lO.'J. iioiihh. 



I'uttcrlickui ? philippinensis Planch, ex Vidal I. c. as syn. 



(ii/VDio.sporid monlana F.-^'ill. Nov. A])p. (18H:}) 47; Vidal Cat. PI. I'lov. 

 Manila (1880) 23; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (IH8(i) S8 ; Ceron Cat. 1*1. Herb. (IS!)2) 

 4(), non Laws. 



Luzo.\, Province of l>atan<ias, ('iniiiiin l-'/l'i: Province of C!agayan. liolslcr 

 lU.i: I'rovince of Bataan, Dinalupijan, Merrill 1 ■')(}! ; Albucay, VUlnl I'.X) ; Mari- 

 veles, Lolur ')t.i(l: Province of lii/.al, Loher SOJf, .30'), •iOtl ; Bosoboso, liur. >SVi. 

 I 'P 'l lionioH; San .luaii del Mont<', \'i<lnl IHU: Province of Nueva Ecija, For. liur. 

 iiO.i'i Z.^ch()kki': Province of Pampanj^a. Mount Arayat. I'or. liur. .Hl'/S ('urnni: 

 Province of Albay, Bacon. \'i(l(il ''/O'/. Li manc;, Merrill UIX. Ticao. For. liur. 

 to J,.', (Udrk. 



Apparently an endenii(- species, not the same as ('elasl rus ininildinin Koxb., 

 although ai»|)arently iiududed by Lawson in the aggregate (I jinniosporia nionlfiiui 

 in Hooker's l-'lora of British India. Blanco's description of (li/iinio.iporia spiiioNa 



