XIII, C, 1 
Merrill: Philippine Plants, XIII 
11 
mentosus (Lour.) Diels and also under Hypserpa jagori Diels, 3 pertains 
entirely to Cocculus and represents a form distinctly allied to the variety 
stenophylla Merr., but with larger leaves which attain a length to 7.5 
cm and a breadth of 2.6 cm. 
MAGNOLIACEAE 
M I C H E L I A Linnaeus 
MICHELIA PLATYFH YLLA sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, chartaceis, usque^ ad 30 
cm longis et 13 cm latis, obtuse acuminatis, basi subacutis, in 
siccitate pallidis vel subolivaceis, utrinque nitidis, nervis utrin- 
que 18 ad 23, perspicuis; floribus longe pedicellatis, perianthii 
segmentis circiter 12, oblanceolatis, acuminatis, 2.5 cm longis; 
antheris circiter 25, 12 mm longis. 
A glabrous tree, the branchlets terete, smooth, about 5 mm in 
diameter, dark-brown, marked with a few conspicuous lenticels 
and the conspicuous stipular scars, the internodes 2 to 3 cm 
long. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, 23 to 30 cm long, 9 
to 13 cm wide, when dry pale or subolivaceous, shining on both 
surfaces, the base subacute, the apex shortly and obtusely acu- 
minate; lateral nerves 18 to 23 on each side of the midrib, 
conspicuous on both surfaces as are the rather close, raised retic- 
ulations ; petioles 2 to 3 cm long ; stipules lanceolate, dark-brown 
and rugose when dry, about 6 mm long, deciduous. Flowers 
white, axillary, solitary, their pedicels 4 to 5 cm long, with a 
rather conspicuous bracteole scar above the middle. Buds 
oblong-ovoid, brown when dry, acute, about 2.5 cm long, the 
bud-scale splitting down one side, deciduous. Perianth-segments 
about 12, oblanceolate, acuminate, the outer ones about 2.5 cm 
long and 1 cm wide, the inner ones smaller and narrower. 
Stamens about 25, the anthers linear, 12 mm long. 
Leyte, Burauen, Cagangon, For. Bur. 26866 Tomeldan, May 21, 1917, 
in semi-open country (parang) at an altitude of 50 meters, locally known 
as hanguilo. 
This species is well characterized by its remarkably large leaves. Its 
alliance is with the extra-Philippine Michelia montana Blume, to which, 
however, it is not very closely related. 
MQNIMIACEAE 
MATTHAEA Blume 
MATTHAEA INTERMEDIA sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 4 m altus inflorescentiis exceptis glaber, ra- 
mulis brunneis vel atro-brunneis ; foliis subcoriaceis, oblongo- 
3 Engl. Pflanzenreich 46 (1910) 211, 232. 
