138 MERRILL. 



on oaeh side of tlie midrib, not prominent, scai'cely more prominent than 

 are the ratlier dense brownish ]-etieulations ; ])etioles '! tin loiiii' oi- Jess. 

 JnHorescenec fi'om the branches l)elo\v the leaves and Ironi the leaf-axils, 

 about 8 cm long, pubescent, tlie peduncles solitary or in i)airs, slender, 

 about 1 cm long, each bearing two or three short branches, the flowers in 

 three- to six-flowered umbels at the ends of the branches, the pedicels 2 

 to 4 mm long. Calyx cup-shajX'd, about 2 mm long, slightly pubescent 

 or glabrous, with 5 rounded teeth 0.5 mm long. Petals (in bud) oblong, 3 

 mm long, 1 mm wide; anthers 1.3 mm long. Ovary sessile, densely, vil- 

 lous, 2-celled. Fruit orbicular, comjoressed, about 1 cm in diameter, 

 apiculate, slightly hirsute, ultimately glabrous. 



]\[iXDAXAO, Lake f^anao. Camp Keitliley, Mrs. Clemerif! 7'6'(S, 892, September, 

 1906. and .lamiary, l!t07, also without numbers, March, i\lay and September, 

 1907. 



Well cliaraeterized l)y its glabrous, membranous, sharply acuminate leaves, 

 lateral, rather few-flowered inflorescence, and orbicular, compressed fruits. Some 

 of the specimens are indicated by the collector as trees, while others are indicated 

 as epiphji;es, but I can detect no difference between tliem. 



Pittosporum epiphyticum Merrill sp. nov. 



Cilabra, epipliytica vel pseudo-epiphytica ; foliis oblongo-oblanceolatis 

 vel elliptico-lanceolatis, coriaceis, 20 ad 25 cm longis, nitidis, acuminatis, 

 integris, basi plus minus attenuatis, acutis, nervis utrinque ca. 14; fruc- 

 tibus e ramis denudatis, breviter pedicellatis, solitariis vel fasciculatis, 

 leviter compressis, apice apiculato-acuminatis, basi cordatis, ca. 2.5 cm 

 longis. 



Epiphytic or pseudo-epiphytic, eventually partly terrestial, glabrous. 

 Branches stout, gray, glabrous. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate or elliptical- 

 lanceolate, coriaceous, shining, rather strongly acuminate, the base some- 

 what attenuate, acute, entire, the margins slightly revolute, 20 to 25 cm 

 long, C) to <S cm wide; nerves about 14 on each side of the midrib, not 

 mucli more distinct than are the secondary nerves and rathei- dvin^v. 

 reticulations: petioles 2 to f cm long. Fruits lieart-shaped, borne on 

 the branches below the leaves, sbort-pedicellate, somewhat compressed, 

 glabrous, 2.5 cm long, 2 cm w idc and lu-arly as tliick. the apex apiculate- 

 acuiuinate, the base cordate, 2-valvc(l, solitai-y, m- Iwo or t1ire(> at each 

 node, the pedicels about 3 mm long. 



Mindanao. Lake Lana... Ciuni. Kcil lilcy. Mrs. Clminis lo',i). April. 1!»(»7. and 

 without niiiiil)cr, S('|itciiil)<'i-. I'.i(i7. 



A species with tlie habit of. and closely allied to 1'il Insjxinini n.s'niifirum 

 Ilemsl., wiiieli is wiilely distrihntcd mi the uiDiiiitaiiis <if Lii/nn. dillViini: t'nuii 

 that species by its nuich larger leaves uiii (liHeicntly sh:!|>ed l'niit>. Its ludiit. 

 from the collector's notes, is similar to that of ilemsley's s|)eiies. wiiieh is very 

 like tliat of most sp-cies of Fuiin of the section I'ntnl i(iiii<i. that is, starling as 

 an epiphyte or p^ciido-epiptiiytc, and eventually reaching the ground and becom- 

 ing tene^l ri;i|. oi- |nirtly I eiiest ?ia I. and in the course of time ]irobalily killing its 

 host. 



