xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 321 
capitato-umbellatis, umbellulis breviter pedunculatis, paucifloris, 
in ramis secondariis racemose dispositis; floribus 5-meris, bre- 
vissime pedicellatis vel subsessilibus, petalis 1.8 mm longis. 
An epiphytic shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 
6 - to 8 -foliolate, their petioles 6 to 8 cm long, inflated and clasp- 
ing at the base, the petiolules 2.5 to 5 cm long; leaflets obovate, 
subcoriaceous, rather pale and prominently shining when dry, 
7 to 12 cm long, 5 to 6 cm wide, entire, the apex rather abruptly 
and shortly acuminate, base acute ; primary lateral nerves about 
12 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct. Panicles ter- 
minal, quadripinnate, peduncled, pale-furfuraceous, the indu- 
mentum more or less deciduous on the older parts, the peduncles 
up to 6 cm in length, the rachis and peduncle at least 20 cm 
in length; primary branches up to 23 cm long, numerous, race- 
mosely arranged, each subtended by an ovate to oblong-ovate, 
acuminate, 5 to 8 mm long bract ; secondary branches numerous, 
slender, 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, racemosely disposed on the primary 
ones; flowers small, 5-merous, capitate-umbellate, the umbels 5- 
to 8 -flowered, numerous, shortly peduncled, racemosely ar- 
ranged, their peduncles about 2 mm long. Petals about 1.8 mm 
long. Flowers 5-merous, subsessile or the pedicels up to 0.5 
mm in length. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, San Antonio, Bur. Sci. 23824 Ramos , October 
19, 1915, on trees in damp forests. 
This species is well characterized by its ample, many-flowered, quad- 
ripinnately paniculate inflorescence; the elongated primary branches which 
are racemosely arranged on the produced rachis; the numerous, short, 
slender, racemosely arranged secondary branches; and the capitate-um- 
bellate, few-flowered, racemosely arranged, short-peduncled umbels. 
MYRSINACEAE 
MAESA Forskal 
MAESA BRUNNEA sp. nov. § Eumaesa. 
Frutex glaber; foliis chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, late ovatis 
ad oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 14 cm longis, apice breviter acu- 
minatis, basi subtruncato-rotundatis ad subacutis, margine un- 
dulatis et distanter calloso-crenatis, utrinque lineis nervillifor- 
mibus praeditis, supra subolivaceis, subtus brunneis, nervis 
primariis utrinque 5 vel 6 , conspicuis, reticulis obsoletis vel 
subobsoletis ; infructescentiis axillaribus, depauperato-panicula- 
tis, usque ad 4 cm longis; fructibus elliptico-ovoideis, circiter 
5 mm longis, sepalis latissime ovatis, obtusis, obscurissime 
punctatis, margine minutissime ciliatis. 
A glabrous shrub, the branches dark-brown, terete, lenticel- 
