1 10 IIEKIMI.L AMI KOLFK. 



LYTTIKACILE. 



LAGERSTROEMIA Liiiii. 



Lagerstroemia piriformis Kocliiic in I'lnyl. IJot. .laliili. 4 (1883) 32; 

 Pllanzenrcich 1 7 ( 11)03 ) 207. 



La(/crsfruci)iia lidtitinun A'idal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (188(j) 139; Koclinc 1. c. 



Ijiigcrsfrocmia hexuptera Vidal Siiiopsis Atlas (1883) t. 52, f. A., iioii 'Mi(|. 



After an examination of Vidal's numbers 3()i) bis and 784. on wliieli the 

 description of L. Batitinan was based, and compariiij; tliciii witli a si)ec'imen of 

 Cuming 1675, a cotype of L. piriformis, we are of the opinion that the two 

 species are identical, and the dido- name is liere retained. Koehne states, 1. c. 

 2(i7. that Vidal's species was unknown to him, and in his monograph the two are 

 distinguished only by some trivial characters. The species yields a vahiable 

 timber wliicli is of considerable conunerci il iiiipoitancc in the Pliilip])iiics. and 

 is universally known as liaiitinun. 



(M):\riUJETA('ILK 



COMBRETUM Linn. 



Combretum confusum .Merrill & llolfe sp. nov. 



Foliis iii('iiil)ranaeeis, ovatis vel elli|)tie()-ovatis, us(|ue ad 11 cm loiigis, 

 ol),scure aeuminatis. nervis utriuqiie 7, siibtus costa veimlisque })lus iiiiims 

 pilosis; spicis densis in paniciilis terminali))us eonfertis, i-liacliidibus 

 raniis ramulisque dense l'ei"rugineo-pul)escentil)Us; fiorihus \'l iinn longis, 

 4-nieris, calycis tu])o elongato, fauce liirtcllo. 



>S>L'andent, the branches light-grayish-brown, lerete, glabrous, or the 

 younger ones slightly lepidote. Leaves membranous, ovate to elliptical- 

 ovate, entire, the base rather broadly acute, the apex acute or obscurely 

 acuminate, 8 to 11 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, minutely pustulate on both 

 surfaces, glabrous al)ovc, beneath luoix' or less pilose along tlie luidrib, 

 in the axils and on the basal i)ortions of the pi-imary nerves, ultinuitely 

 gUd)r()Us or nearly so; jierves about 7 on each side of the midrib, rather 

 l)rominent; ])etioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, slighily lepidote. Inflorescence 

 terminal. ])aniculale. about 1.") cm long, the lower branches 7 cm long 

 or less, the i-achis. bi-aiiches, ami branchlcts rathei- densely ferruginous 

 pubescent, the llowers densely spitately disposed at the emls of the 

 lii'anches. Flowers yellow, l-merous, obscuivly gland ular-lcpidotc, about 

 \'t mm long, the buds acute. Calyx t-angle(l. gradually wider upward, 

 ex])an(le(l al)o\c and villous at the thi'oat. l-lobed, llie lobi'S ri'tlexed, 

 ovate, iuute, ."J mm long. Petals 1, oblong, truncate, slightly exceeding 

 'i mm in length. Stamens S. exsei-ted : lllameiits neai-l\' (i mm long; 

 antheis about 1 mm long; style In to IV mm long. Vv\\\[ unknown. 



LrzoN. I'rovince of l!i/.nl. P(»so1k)so, I'ur. liar. M.Ui \ hint's colhclor. .Inne, 

 1 !)()-). 



A species apparently closely iclated (o Cornhniiim siimldiciim Mi(|.. Iiut dilfer- 

 ing from the lattiM- in it< large)- leases, densely piihesccnl intlorescence. and other 



