212 VlTEX. 



style as long exsert as the stamens, with bifid apex; drape 

 small, globose, pyrene as in the other species. 



Distribution: Philippines . 



Schauer, 1. c. : an Vitex? 



38. V. macrophylla H. J. Lam, prob. nov. spec. — Arbor 

 parva, 6—8 M. alta, cortice griseo; ramuli obtuse quadrangulares, 

 cum petiolis inflorescentiisque ferrugineo-pubescentes ; internodia 

 subclavata; folia 3-foliolata; foliola sessilia vel subsessilia, 

 chartacea, margine integra, oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque acuta; 

 densiuscula pubescentia in pagina superiore, densius in nervis, 

 pilis simplicibus nonnullis stellatis intermixtis, subtus tomentella, 

 subglandulosa ; novella ferrugineo-puberula, lateralia 14 — 21 cM. 

 longa, 8— 9 cM. lata, petiolulo 0.— 0.5 cM. longo, 11 — 15 

 nervia; terminalia 16 — 23 cM. longa, 11 — 12 cM. lata, 

 petiolulo — ^0.8 cM. longo, 15 — 18-nervia; paniculee axillares, 

 angustissimae, subspicatae, in axillis foliorum solitariae; ^ores 

 non videmus. 



New-Gdinea: Ledermann no. 7972, Kais.-Wilh.land, camp 

 Malu, 50^ — 100 M. in alt., flowers greenish; leaflets greyish green 

 with white midrib; very young buds on 18-VII-1912. 



39. V. Merrillii H. J. Lam, prbb. nov. spec. — V. euphle- 

 bia Merrill, ms.l — Arbor?; ramuli quadrangulares, glabri; folia 

 probabiliter 3-foliolata; foliola chartacea, integra, lanceolata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, utrinque acuta, basi saepe attenuata, in sicco 

 supra grisea, subtus brunnea, utrinque glaberrima, eglandulosa; 

 7— 10-nervia; 14—24 cM. longa, 8V2— 972 cM. lata, petiolulo 

 11/2—2 cM. longo; inflorescentia igftota; calyx 4-costatus, 

 4-angularis, subbilabiatus, 5-denticulatus ; extus minute pubescens ; 

 0.2 cM. longus, 0.15—0.2 cM. diametro; corollae tubus glaber in 

 parte Inferiore, ceterum cum lobis 5 extus dense pubescens, intus 

 glaber, staminum insertione sparse villosa excepta; 0.4 cM. 

 longus ; limbus bilabiatus ; lobis 4, subaequalibus, 0.2 cM. longis, 

 acutis, quinto, 0.3 cM. longo, rotundato; stamina tubi parte 

 inferiore inserta, inclusa, fllamentis totis villosis; stylus minutissime 

 bifldus; ovarium depressum, abrupte minuteque apiculatum, 

 glabrum, apice villosum ; drupa calyce aucto dimidiatim inclusa, 

 globosa, minute apiculata, apice villosa, 0.6 cM. longa, 0.8 

 cM. diametro. 



