110 MEltUILl. AXI> KOLKi:. 



applii'N fl()s('I_\- to tlic spcciiiuMis liere eonsidcrcd, iiiid iifcordiiii:! y liis siicc-ilic iiiimc, 

 hfiiig tlio oldost one available, is hero adopted, (li/niiio.sjioria iihiHiipinoi.sis Vidal 

 was based on IManclion's bcrbarium name I'nl (crlifL-ia .' pliiliiipincnsis, both being 

 n()iiiina intda. The specimen, ('uniin<f no. 1575, is certainly only (lymnosporia 

 spinosa with immature leaves. We have not been able satisfactorily to identify 

 Vidal's Gymnosporia ainbiyiKi, brielly characteri/ed in his Sinopsis, Atlrfs (1883) 

 20, /. 3J, f. li., no specimens being extant, and the description being very 

 imperfect. 



\'ar. parva INIerrill & Rolfe var. nov. 



Frutex glaber usque ad 2 m alta, differt a tyi>o Miis niulto niinoribus, 

 2.5 ad 3.5 cm longis, 1 ad 2 cm latis. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Merrill '>010, Mari'li, 1!K)5, in thickets 

 along the ^Slariqnina River. 



EHAMNACEil^. 



VENTILAGO (iaertn. 



Ventilago gracilis (\'idal) ^Merrill & Rolfe comb. nov. 



Kurrimni yracilis Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Fiiip. (1886) 81). 



ErroTieously ascribed by Vidal, probably owing to lack of fruiting specimens 

 at the time, to Kiirrimia (Celastraceae) , but a valid species of Vcntilayo, and 

 accordingly here transferred to that genus. 



Luzox, Province of Rizal, Vidal J12.i (type); l^olicr .i.i.l ; For. Bar. 3073 

 Ahern's collector. 



VITACE^E. 



AMPELOCISSUS I'landi. 



Ampelocissus imperialis (.Mi(i.) I'laiu-h. in DC. Monog. IMian. 5 (1887) 408. 



l'y//.s- ." Imperialis: .Mi((. Kl. Ind. Rat. (18(10) Suppl. 518; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 

 1 :8». 



Cissiis oehraeea Teysni. & liiiiii. in 'rijdsch. Xcdcil. hid. 27 (18(14) 35. 



]'itis ocltracca Tey.sm. in Planch, i. c. as syn.; Ccron Cat. PI. Herb. (18!t'2) 51. 



Luzox, Province of Albay, (Jubat, \'iil(il ilillK CunoN, Merrill 66S, February, 

 1903. MiNDA.NAO, Lake Lanao, ('ami) Ki'itlilcy. Mrs. Clemcnft 331, March, IDOO. 



Sumatra. Java, and I'orneo. 



Ampelocissus barbata (Wail.) I'lancli. in DC Moiiog. Plian. 5 (1887) 408. 



\ili.i barbata Wall, in Koxb. V\. Ind. cd. Carey. 2 (1832) 478; Laws, in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) (J51, in part; King in .lourn. As. Soc. Beng. 65- (189(J) 

 387; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 51. 



Panay, Vidal 2J,fi?-. Skmicraka. Merrill ',ir,i). 



Assam, Burma, etc. to tlic .\ndani;ni Inlands and I'crak. 



Rotli the above sjH'cies arc; cMuinciiiliMJ t'nun I lie l'hilippin(!s in Ccron's 

 Catalogo. iMiblished in Manila in 1892. Inil as (liis work is ratlun' obscure, it has 

 been considi'iC(| advisable to li--( the species again, giving their synnnniny and 

 distribution. 



