Premna. 159 



Doubtful species: 



54. P, Ledermanni H. J. Lam, nov. spec. — Arbor, 10—12 

 M. alta; cortex griseus; ramuli graciles, glabri; folia valde 

 membranacea, late ovata vel obovata, basi angulato-truncata, 

 minute abrupteque attenuata, apicc acuminata, margine integra, 

 parte latiore supra medium, utrinque glaberrima, pilis nonnullis 

 in costa insidentibus exceptis, 9—16 cM. longa, 4.8—9.6 cM, 

 lata; petiolo glabro, apicem versus nonnullus pilis longis vestito, 

 compresso, 1^ — 5Vo cM. longo; nervi utrinque 5 — 6, pauUo 

 prominentes, inferiores 2 — 3 proximi; corymbi terminalcs, minute 

 puberuli, bracteis bracteolisque subulatis, 0.1 — 0.3 cM: longis; 

 8 — 10 cM. longi, 6^ — 8 cM. diametro, pedunculo 272 — 6 cM. 

 longo; ffores minutissimi adsunt alabastrorum aetate. 



New-Guinea: Ledermann no. 8661, April-river, Beach-camp, 

 40—100 M. in alt, with very young buds on 12— IX— 1912. 

 Our species is closely allied to P. immbranacea Merr. from 

 the Philippines, but differs in its leaves, which are entirely 

 glabrous or have only some long hairs. 



55. Pr. nauseosa Blco.. Fl. Filip. ed. I, 489 (1837); Schauer; 

 DC. Prodr. XI, 639; Miquel, PI. Ind. bat. II, 900; Merrill, 

 Phil. Journ. Sci. Bot. I, suppl. I, 233; id.. Bur. Gov. Lab. no. 

 27, 68. — P. inte.grifolia Blco., I.e. ed. II, 342; Merrill, 

 Bur. Gov. Lab. no. 27, 68. — P. leucostoma Naves ex 

 P.'Vill. in Blco., I.e. ed. Ill, Nov. App. 159 — P. mueronata 

 F.-Vill. I.e. — A small tree, 4 M. high, dispersing a disagreeable 

 odor from leaves and flowers; leaves hardly cordate, oblong, 

 or elongateoblong, entire, glabrous or often somewhat pubescent; 

 calyx 5-toothed. 



Distribution: Philippines. 



If it is true that Cuming no. 1367, as Merrill, I.e., indicates, 

 belongs to this species, it should be a synonym of P. mueronata 

 Roxb. = P. lafi folia Roxb. yar. ^. Perhaps P. mueronata Roxh. 

 and its homonym P. mueronata F.-Vill. (not in Index kewensis) 

 are confounded. We could find no better description of P.. 

 nauseosa and did not see any specimen of it; so we are not 

 justified to decide in this matter, but we think, the supposition, 

 that Cuming no. 1367 is P. nauseosa is a mistake, and this 



