aiitliers orbicular ovoid, 0.5 iiiin. long. Vcinale liowcrs yellow, in axillary, solitary 
or fascicled spikes 1 to 3 cm. long, the rliaeliis, bracts, pedicels and calyces 
rather densely ferrnginons pubescent, the flowers few, scatterc'd, one in each bract, 
the pedicels about 1 nun. long. Sepals elliptical ovate, rounded or acute. Ovary 
glabrous, 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled; styles stout, recurved, 2-cleft, persistent. 
Fruit globose, indehiscent, brown, glabrous and shining 'when dry, about 1 cm. 
in diameter, dry, 2-cellcd, each cell with a single seed, the pedicels 4 to 5 mm. long. 
(133, 14(i, 108 Barnes) January; (732, SIS, 834, 1373 Borden) May, .luue, 
July; (3702 MerriU) January; (1431 Aheni’s collector) July; (bOSO Lcihenj) 
July. In forests 300 to 900 m. Nos. 0101 and 0223 Eliner, Sablan, Province of 
Benguet, Luzon, April, 1004 are the same. 
2. Aporosa symplocosifol ia IMerrill. sp. nov. 
A small tree 5 to S m. high, the leaves usually pale yellowish green when dry. 
Branches light gray or brownish, glabrous. Leaves alternate. sid)coriaceous, 
oblong ovate or elliptical ovate to broadly elliptical lanceolate, glabrous, shining 
on both suifaces 0 to 15 cm. long, 2 to 5 cm. wide, the apex usually rather long 
acuminate, the base rounded oi’ acute, equilateral, entire; nei'ves about 7 on each 
side of the midrib, distant, anastomosing, the primary reticulations lax; petioles 
1 to 1.5 cm. long, glabrous, flattened and with two small glands at the a]>ex on 
the upper side. Male flowers in simple, dense, solitary or fascicled, axillary 
catkin-like spikes about 1 cm. long 2 mm. in diameter, the Ijraets very slightly 
pubescent, reniform, 1.5 mm. long, 2 to 2.5 mm. wide. Sepals ovate, acute, 
about 1.5 mm. long. Filaments about 1 mm. long, glabrous, the anthers 0.5 mm. 
long. Female flowers on stout, solitary or fascicled, simple, Ijracteose, pubescent 
spikes less than 1 cm. long. Sepals 4. broadly ovate, 1.5 to 2 mm. long, their 
margins ciliate. Ovary glaluous, 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Stigmas short, 
stout, more or less spreading and somewhat pectinate. Fruit red when mature, 
sessile, ovoid to ellipsoid, glabrous, 1 cm. long or less, dry, dehiscing from the 
base, 2-celled, each cell with 1 or 2 seeds. 
(3704, 2407 MerriU) June, January; (1187, 2301, 2541. 2745 Borden) June, 
January to March; (53, 00, 303, 1055, 1073 Whitford) April, May, January; 
(202 Barnes) January; (2320, 2512, 2820 Meyer) December, January, March. 
In forests 100 to 800 m. Other specimens from Luzon are Nos. 383. 010 Maule, 
Province of Zambales, and Nos. 394, 403, 1000, 2057, 3080, 2804 Ahern's collector. 
Province of Rizal. 
8. BACCAUREA Lour. 
1. B. tetrandra (Baill.) Muell. Arg. 1. c. 405. 
(602, 1217, 2308, 2480 Borden) April, June, January; (2504 Blerrill) June; 
(334, 531 Barnes) February, November; (55, 1038, 1053, 1054 Whitford) April. 
December, January; (2399, 2400, 2811 Meyer) January, March. In forests 00 
to 000 m. Endemic. T., Dilac. 
9. ANTIDESMA Linn. 
1. A. bunius (Linn.) Spreng. ; Muell. Arg. 1. c. 202. 
(754, 1778 Borden) May, August; (415 Whitford) June; (2550 Merrill) June. 
In thickets below 75 m., widely distrilmted in the Philippines. British India and 
Malaya. T., Bignay. 
2. A. edule Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1004) 20. 
(0085, 0001 Leiherg) July; (52. 470, 521 Whitford) April, July; (3148, 3784 
Merrill) October, January; (107, 547 Barnes) January, March; (2739 Borden) 
March (144 Merrill) Decades Philip. Forest FI., coll. Ahern’s colleetor, July. 
In forests and thickets 75 to 400 m. Endemic. T., Tanigi. 
