xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 301 
VAVAEA AMICORUM Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2 (1843) 212; 
A. Gray Bot. Wilkes U. S. Explor. Exped. (1854) 44, t. 16, f. B. 
LUZON, Zambales Province, For. Bur. 6503 Aguilar, Hallier s. n. : 
Nueva Ecija Province, For. Bur. 22354 Alvarez, Bur. Sci. 12316 Foxworthy : 
Batangas Province, For. Bur. 7680 Merritt & Curran. Mindoro, For. Bur. 
9811 Merritt. Negros, For. Bur. 22892 Vergara & Cardona. Samar, For. 
Bur. 22688 Oro, Bur. Sci. 17574 Ramos. Basilan, Bur. Sci. 16312 Reillo, 
For. Bur. 9524 Hutchinson. Jolo, For. Bur. 22532 Klemme. Palawan, 
Elmer 12970, as Vavaea harveyi Seem. 
My conception of Vavaea amicorum Benth. is based on the descriptions 
and Gray’s figure cited above. The Philippine specimens, some of which 
have been referred to Vavaea harveyi Seem., appear to me to agree much 
better with the characters of Bentham’s species than with Seemann’s. 
VAVAEA SURIGAOENSIS Elm. Leaf!. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2768. 
In addition to the two specimens cited by Mr. Elmer in the original 
description, I refer here the following: 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Bur. Sci. 20846 Escritor, Bur. Sci. 13208 Fox- 
worthy & Ramos, Bur. Sci. 19414, 19470 Ramos. Samar, Bur. Sci. 17482 
Ramos. Mindanao, Surigao Province, Placer, Ahern 405. 
The species is very closely allied to both Vavaea harveyi Seem, and V. 
amicorum Benth. and is by no means always easy to distinguish from the 
latter as interpreted above. 
VAVAEA ARD1S10I DES Elm. Lead. Philip. Bot. 8 (1915) 2767. 
This is very similar to Vavaea amicorum Benth., but with much smaller 
leaves. 
VAVAEA RETUSA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 15 m alta, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis 
exceptis glabra; foliis obovatis, perspicue retusis, basi angusta- 
tis, acutis, usque ad 12 cm longis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, rectis, 
distinctis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis, pedunculatis, 
circiter 4 cm longis, fructibus parcissime pilosis. 
A tree about 15 m high. Branches terete, brownish or gray- 
ish, wrinkled when dry, glabrous, the branchlets rather promin- 
ently pubescent with subappressed olivaceous-brownish hairs, 
a similar indumentum on the petioles and inflorescence. Leaves 
chartaceous, obovate, pale when dry, shining, glabrous, or the 
midrib sparingly pubescent, 6 to 12 cm long, 5 to 7.5 cm wide, 
base broadly rounded and prominently retuse, gradually nar- 
rowed from about the upper one-third to the acute base; lateral 
nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, straight, slightly 
ascending, distinct; petioles about 8 mm long. Cymes axillary, 
solitary, in fruit about 4 cm long, pubescent, each bearing few 
fruits, the branches few, short. Persistent calyx pubescent 
externally, the teeth broad, acute. Fruits subglobose, purplish 
when fresh, brownish when dry, about 8 mm in diameter, 
externally very sparingly pubescent. 
