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GORDONIA i;il. 



Gordonia luzonica \ iihil 1!<'V. PI. \':isr. l-'ilip. (IS,S(>) 57. 

 (lonlo)iia iraijroHH Mcrr. in I'liilip. Jourii. Sci. 1 (l!)()<i) Suppl. 95. 

 A species not uncoTiinioii in the monntains of Luzon, (1. franran-s not beinj^ 

 distinct from Vidal's species. 



GOKDONIA ViDALii Szvsz. in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3" (1S03) 185. 



G. acuminata Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 58, nou Zoll. 



Tliis species must be excluded from the Theacew, as the type, Vidal lUiG, is 

 a sterile specimen of Shorea or Hopea {Dipierocarpacew) , with a large foliaceous 

 gall, wliich was mistaken by Vidal for a flower bud. 



DIPTEROCARPAOE.E. 



DIPTEROCARPUS Gaertn. f. 



Dipterocarpus vernicifluus Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 2 (1845) 31; Bramlis in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (1S05) 31; Merr. in Pliilip. Journ. Rci. 1 (lOOG) 

 Suppl. 97. 



D. velutinus Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (188G) 59; Brandis 1. c. 



D. fnlvus Blume Mus. Bot. 2 (1852) 37; Brandis I. c. 40. 



This is a common and widely distributed endemic species, yielding most of 

 the timber that enters the Manila market under the name of "panao." The 

 specimens referred to this species by Vidal, Revision 59, are all sterile, and two 

 of them are apparently Dipterocarpus grandiflorus Blanco. D. velutinus Vidal we 

 consider to represent typical D. vernicifluus Blanco, and is accordingly reduced, 

 as our large series of specimens agree both with Vidal's type specimen and with 

 Blanco's description. D. fulvus Blume was based on a sterile specimen collected 

 in the Philippines by Perrottet, and an examination of the type in Herb. Leiden 

 shows it to be sapling leaves of D. vernicifluus. 



PARASHOREA Kurz. 



Parashorea plicata Brandis in Jotuii. Linn. Soc. Bot. 31 (1895), 104. 



]'. Warburgii Brandis 1. c. 



But one species is represented in all our Philippine material. P. plicata. was 

 based on Vidal 7G, 090, and 2033, all with flowers, while P. Warburgii was based 

 on fruits alone. We have a specimen. Bur. Sci. 3280 Ramos, with mature fruit, 

 from the same locality as the tyj)e of /*. plicata, the leaf and branch characters 

 agreeing perfectly with Vidal's specimens; at the same time the fruits are 

 identical with the type specimen of P. Warburgii. which must accordingly be 

 reduced to P. plicala. The species is not unconinion in tlie Philippiiu's .ind is 

 represented by the following additional specimens : • 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, For. Bur. Ji528 Zschnkhc. May, 1900; For. 

 Bur. 515Jt Pray, December, 1900: Province of Rizal, liosoboso. Bur. Sci. l^iGl, 

 3280 Ramos: Province of Laguna, Santa Maria Mavitac, For. Bur. 10011 Curran: 

 Mount Banajao, For. Bur. SOot Curran cC- Mcrrilt ; Malicboi, Ritchie ,11: Guina- 

 yangan, llaggrr: Province of Camarines Sur. Pasacao, Ahcrn lO.'i. 201. Masrate, 

 Whitford 1G13. f'ATAN'nfAXKS, For. Bur. (KH!) Pray. Negros, Gimagaan River, 

 WJiitford lliU). .MiM)AN.\(). Piovincc of Sinigiio. Alirni 3')(] ; For. Bur. 7.5(i3 



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