NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. 137 



DREPANANTHUS Mainiiay. 



Drepananthus philippinensis Merrill sp. nov. 



xVrbor; foliis glahris, oblongo-ejlipticis, acuminatis, us([ue ad 20 cm 

 longis, nervis utriiKiue ca. 7; sepalis ovatis, intus glal)ris, extiis pubes- 

 centibiis; petalis ca. 18 mm longis. 



A large tree (CUemens), G m high (Merritt), the branches terete, 

 grayish, glabrous, the branchlets somewhat femiginous-pubescent. 

 Leaves coriaceous, 12 to 20 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide oblong- 

 elliptical, rather sharply acuminate, the base acute to rounded, shining, 

 glal)rous, sparingly pul^escent on the midrib beneath; nerves about 7 on 

 each side of the midril), prominent, curved-ascending, the reticulations 

 distinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Peduncles axillary, or from axils 

 of fallen leaves, few-flowered, short. Flowers yellowish-green. Sepals 

 ovate, al)out o mm long, acute or acuminate, pubescent outside, glabrous 

 within. Petals G, similar, the outer three about 18 mm long, the basal 

 portion concave, orbicular, the free portion about 14 mm long and 4 mm 

 wide below, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, pubescent, narrowed above to the 

 l)lunt apex, reflexed, the inner three similar but more connivent. Anthers 

 indefinite, 1.2 mm long. Carpels 1.8 mm long, villous; ovules -4; styles 

 about 1 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid or ovoid, about 2 mm long, gla])rous, 

 black; seeds 3 or 4, flattened, compressed. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens WIG, April, 1907, also 

 June and July, 1907, without numl)ers. Mindoro, near Lake Xaujan, For. Bur. 

 6892, 6896 Merritt, April, 1907. 



The first species of the genus to he found in the Pliilippines, well characterized 

 by its few-nerved leaves. The other two species of the geinis are confined to the 

 Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



PITTOSPORACE^E. 



PITTOSPORUM Solander. 



Pittosporum dementis ^Merrill sp. nov. 



Arbor us(pic ad 18 m alta; foliis lanceolatis, oblongo-oblanccolatis, 

 vel elliptico-oblongis, valde acuminatis, l)asi sensim attenuatis, glabris, 

 usque ad 14 cm longis, membranaceis, glabris, nitidis; inflorescentiis 

 infra folia e ramis denudatis, 3 cm longis; floril)us umljellulatis; calyce 

 obtuse 5-dentato ; ovario biloculari, dense villoso, sessili ; f i'uctil)us com- 

 pressis, orbicularibus, apiculatis, ca. 1 cm longis, l)ivalvatis. 



A tree about 18 m high, glabrous except the inflorascence. Branches 

 terete, gray or brownish, rather slender. Leaves membranous, lanceo- 

 late oblong-oljlanceohite or elliptical-oblong, shining, glabrous, 9 to 14 

 cm long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide, apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, 

 base o-raduallv attenuate,- tlie mai'gins ol)SCurely crenulate ; nerves about T 



