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72 Robinson : Alabastra philippinensia 



Type collected on Mount Santo Tomas (Tonglon), province of 

 Benguet, northern Luzon, by R. S. Williams, no. 2002, in flower 

 and fruit, November 29, 1904. A species closely allied to E. 

 tuberculatus Roxb., but distinguished by its 3-celled ovary, differ- 

 ently veined leaves, and otherwise. 



THYMKLAEACEAE 

 Daphne luzonica sp. nov. 



Flowers pale-yellow, solitary or few, terminal, borne on pedun- 

 cles 2-3 mm. long, trumpet-shaped, 13-14 mm. long, the recep- 

 tacle and calyx two-thirds and one-third respectively of this length: 

 sepals 4, lanceolate, obtuse at the apex, ciliate especially at the 

 apex : petals none : stamens 8, in two rows : anthers subsessile, 

 linear-oblong, 1.5-2 mm. long, dehiscing longitudinally: ovary 

 superior, without special " receptacle-figuration " at the base, at 

 anthesis 3.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, i-celled, i-ovuled; stigma 

 sessile, 2-Iobed : fruit unknown. 



A slender bush, 1.5 m. high, with brownish, striate bark, or 

 darker on the youngest shoots : glabrous except at the ends of 

 the branchlets: leaves on petioles 2-4 mm. long, alternate or 

 crowded at the ends of the branches and then nearly opposite, 

 coriaceous, brownish above, at least on dried specimens, pale 

 beneath, elliptic, cuneate at the base, retuse at the apex, 6.5-8.5 

 cm. long, 1.6-2. 1 cm. wide, entire, primary veins on either side 

 6-8, irregularly anastomosing. 



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Ion), Province of Benguet, northern Luzon, by R. S. Williams, 

 no - T 535, in flower, November 29, 1904. 



This species is very closely allied to Henry 11J21, from 

 Mengtse, Yunnan, China, as yet unnamed. The genus is not 

 hitherto recorded from the Philippines. 



MELASTOMATACEAE 

 Sarcopyramis delicata sp. nov. 



Flowers solitary, terminal, borne on peduncles 3-5 mm. long, 

 surrounded by and at anthesis overtopping a whorl of bracts usu- 

 ally similar to the leaves but smaller : calyx-tube triangular-hemi- 

 spncnc, about 5 mm. long, its margin at first gradually but finally 

 abruptly contracted into 4 lanceolate lobes 1.5 mm. long, and 

 each bearing 2 or 3 whitish hairs also 1.5 mm. long: petals 4. 



