2. HOMALIUM Jacq. 
1. H. luzoniense F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880-83) 94. 
(2071 Borden ) October, lii thickets below 100 ni. Eiideniic. 
3. FLACOURTIA .4 uss. 
1. F. inermis Eo.xb.; Hook. f. et TIk FI. Brit. liid. 1 (1872) 192. 
(1744 Borden) August; (12.52 Whitford) May. In forests at about 200 ui. 
(Malayan Peninsula and Arcliipelago. 
4. CASEARIA .Jacq. 
1. C. cinerea 'I'urcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 (1858) 402. 
(1775 Borden) Aiigu.st; (2822 Meyer) March. In forests at 000 in. Fn- 
deniic. (?) 
Vidal retains this species as a distinct one, but Hooker f., and King reduce it 
to the widely distributed Gasearia grewiccfolia Vent. 
2. C. fuliginosa Blanco, FI. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 202. 
(2300 Meyer) December; (2700 Borden) February. In thickets below 100 m. 
Endemic. 
3. C. solida Merr. Govt. Lali. Publ. 35 (1900) 40. 
(2499, 3722 Merrill) .June, .January; (020, 070, 1230, 1233, 3055 Borden) 
April, May; (192, 520, 1194 Whitford) -July, May; (0791, 7000 Elmer) No- 
vember; (2810 Meyer) March. Forests 100 to 800 m. FJndemic. 
4. Casearia crenata Merrill, sp. nov. 
A shrub or small tree, 4 to 12 m. high. Branches slender, glabrous, often 
slightly glaucous, nearly black when dry. Leaves elliptical ovate, glabrous on 
both surfaces, submembranous, 7 to 12 cm. long, 4 to 6.5 cm. wide, the base 
acute, rarely subtruncate, inequilateral, the apex rather prominently acuminate, 
the acumen blunt, the margins crenate except near the base, the teeth small; 
nerves 7 to 9 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent beneath, the 
reticulations distinct; petioles slender, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Flowers few, two to 
four ill each axil, greenish white, the pedicels cinereous-puberulous, 2 to 3 mm. 
long. Calyx lobes 5, elliptical ovate, acute or obtuse, 3.5 to 4 mm. long, 2.5 to 
3 mm. wide, slightly pubescent. Stamens 8; filaments 1.2 mm. long, glabrous; 
anthers ovate, 0.8 mm. long. Staminodes oblong, 1 mm. long, glabrous below, the 
apex and margins above lanate. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 2 mm. long, glabrous; 
style nearly obsolete; stigma capitate. Fruit yellow, glabrous, ellipsoid, about 
2 cm. long, 3-valved. Seeds few, broadly ovoid, glabrous, acute, 4.5 mm. long, 
STirrounded by a thin, pale, more or less lacerate aril. 
(1150, 1210 Whitford) March, 1905; (1504 Ahern’s collector) July, 1904. On 
exposed forested ridges in the mossy forest at 900 m. 
5. Casearia polyantha Merrill, sp. nov. 
A tree about 12 m. high, glabrous throughout. Branches slendei', gray or 
grayish brown. Leaves oblong, subcoriaceous, glabrous, shining, 10 to 13 cm. 
long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm. wide, the base inequilateral, subtrimcate or sometimes some- 
what acute, the apex acute or somewhat acuminate, the margins rather finely 
crenate-dentate ; nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent 
beneath, the reticulations fine, distinct; petoles 1 to 1.7 cm. long. Flowers very 
numerous, crowded in the axils of the leaves, frequently 50 to 80 flowers in an 
axil, greenish white or yellowish, the pedicels slender minutely cinereous puber- 
ulent, 6 to 8 mm. long. Caljnc lobes 5, oblong, acute, somewhat puberulent, 
3 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide. Stamens 8 to 10; filaments slender, glabrous, nearly 
3 mm. long; anthers narrowly ovoid, 1 mm. long. Staminodes linear, 1.5 mm. 
