32G MERRILL. 



cus hhtnroi and Q. ovaUs distinct, hiil lliis is iiiadinissaltlt-, as Q. oralin and 

 Q. hiaiiroi are botii only new nanios of tiie same species, Q. (/lahni JJlaiico, nou 

 Tiiuiib., and are lieiiee synonyms. I could not iind tiu; specimen in ilerl). Kcw, 

 referred by Nidal to (J. onilis (\'iihil (IKihis}. but the specimens referred by him 

 to Q. hlancoi are identical with those cited above as representing the species. 

 The specimen collected by Russell is a topotype, and was received under the same 

 native name tliat Blanco cites, and agrees perfectly with his description, so I do 

 not consider that there is the least doubt as to the identity of the species. 

 Local names: T., Uayan, Malabingao. 



8. Quercus woodii Hance in Journ. Bot. 12 (1874) 240; ]-\-\ill. Nov. App. 

 (1883) 208. 



Luzo.x, witiiout locality. Wood, in Herb. Mus. Brit, (type) : Province of Ben- 

 guet, Baguio, WiUiamfi 9.1,9, 980, June, September, 1904; Elmer .WOO, March, 1904. 



The type of this species, which I have examined in the Herbarium of the 

 British Museum, is very fragmentary, consisting of mature fruits and mere 

 fragments of leaves, showing only the basal portions of two or three leaves. It 

 is clo.sely matched by Williams' .specimens cited above. It is closely allied to 

 Quercus soleriana Vidal, but has relatively much broader leaves, which are some- 

 times slightly repand above. Elmer's specimen was determined by Von 8eemen as 

 Quercus pallida Blume, but is quite unlike Blume's species, the type of which 

 I have examined in Herb. Leiden. The leaves of Quercus woodii have but 9 or 10 

 pairs of lateral nerves, while those of Q. pallida Blume have about 15 pairs. 

 Moreover the fruits are quite different, Blume's species being characterized by its 

 very broad and flattened glans. Q. pallida is well figured bj^ King in Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calcutta 2 (1889) />/. 5.L\ , and 1 have seen noiliing closely api)roaching 

 it from the Philippines. 



9. Quercus castellarnauiana \i(l. Kcv. I'l. \'asc. Filip. (188(5) 204; Ceron 

 Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 165. 



The type of this species was from the Island of Marinduque, \'idal ISOU, locally 

 known as Puso-puso. I am not at all sure that it belongs in this section, and it 

 may be a species of the section Pasania, and allied lo Q. Ihniosii A. DC. 



10. Quercus acum inatissima sp. nov. 



Quercus celebica Von Seem, in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 41. non ^liq. 

 Quercus philippinensis Merr. in For. Bur. Bull. 1 (190.S) l(i, non A. DC 



Arbor mediocriter, inflort'Sccntiis, suhlus t'oliis, i-amiilis(itic plus minus 

 dense cincreo-fcrrutiineo-puhcrulis vcl ])ul)('sc('ntil)us ; I'oliis ];do oldongo- 

 laiK-oolatis, U ad IT cm l()iii;is. suhcoriaccis, iiitej^'ris, l)asl aetitis vcl acu- 

 iiiiiialis, ai)ieo valdc Iciiiiitcr acuminalis, supra hi'Uimois, nitidis, ijlahris, 

 subtus ])alli(lioi-ibus ; <^'lan(lilius cotiico-ovoideis, acumitial is, l.S ad 3.2 

 cm dianu'tro, 1.5 ad 3 cm alt is; cu])ulis e.xtus (U'usc fcii-uiiinco- vol ciuc- 

 roo-[)ubcsccntibus, laiiiinilais S ad 10, dcnticulat is. 



A inodiiiiii-si/cd tree, Ibc liraiiclilcts, iiilldrcscciuc. and lowci' surface 

 of I lie leaves ratlior densely rerr'u«,Mn(nis- or cinereous-pubei-ulenl or ])ul)es- 

 ceni. Kj'ancbcs terete, grayisli- or j-eddisli-lu'own. somewhat leiilici^llate, 

 nigose, glabrous, the brancldels usually puliesceiit. Leaves alieiiiate. 

 broadly olilong-lancoolale, subcoriaceous, li lo 17 cm lon^''. :! to I.T) cm 

 wide, cut ire. I lie base acule or somewliat acumiiiale. ibe a|)e\ si r(>n;ily ami 

 sleiiildlv acuminate, the acumen frc(picnlly ".' cm lon^-, nai'iowed upwai'ds 



