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4. DISCOCALYX Mez. 
1. D. cybianthoides (A. DC.) Mez. I. c. 213. 
{374:5 Merrill) .January; ( 2416, 2810 J/eyer) January, Mareli; (213 Whitford) 
May; (139, 341 Barnes) January, February; (0836 Elmer) November; (1348, 
2085, 2392, 2407 Borden) July to .January. In foi'ests and on ridges 400 to 
1,000 in. Endemic. 
2. D. sp. (?) 
(3881 Merrill) August. In forests, ravines at '800 m.. material very imperfect. 
5. EMBELIA Dunn. 
1. E. bataanensis Merr. G.ovt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 44. 
(2832 Meyer) Alarch; (3207 Merrill) October; (1114 Whitford) Ji’eliruary; 
(1349 Borden) July; (6893 Elmer) November. In the mossy forest, e.vjiosed 
ridges, 600 to 1,000 m. Endemic. 
2. Embelia whitfordii (Merrill, sp. nov. § Euemhel la. 
A scandent slirub, glabrous except the inliorescence. Eranches dark lirown 
or nearly black when dry. Jjeaves coriaceous, elliptical ovate, narrowed at both 
ends, the base acute, the apex blunt, 7 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 to 4 cm. wide, slightly 
shining on both surfaces, entire, glabrous; nerves numerous, not prominent, the 
primary scarcely more prominent than the secondary ones and the reticulations; 
jietioles about 1 cm. long. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, 12 to 15 cm. long, 
6 to 8 cm. in diameter, many flowered, the primary Irranches spreading-ascending, 
the lower ones often 7 cm. long, the upper gradually shorter, the rhaehis, branches, 
and branehlets minutely but densely ferniginous or cinereous puberulent, the 
rhaehis becoming nearly glabrous. Flowers 1.5 to 1.7 mm. long, their pedicels 
0.8 mm. long or less, papillose-puberulent, about as long as the narrowly ovate, 
acute, more or less puberulent bracteole, the margins of the bracteoles minutely 
papillose ciliate. Calyx 5-parted, the glandular punctate lobes narrowly ovate, 
acute 0.3 to 0.4 mm. long, minutely puberulent outside but the margins glabrous. 
Petals 5, free, ovate-lanceolate, acute, punctate with few large glands, 1.5 to 
1.7 mm. long, 0.8 mm. wide. Stamens 5; filaments 0.8 mm. long: anthers 
0.3 mm. long. Fruit subglobose, glabrous, about 2 mm. in diameter with 
numerous prominent glands, tipped with the persistent style. 
(453, 1038 Whitford) July, June. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest at 
about 1,000 m. 
6. RAPANEA Aubl. 
1. R. philippinensis (A. DC.) Mez 1. c. 304. 
(3954 Merrill) March; (3114 Meyer) May. On exposed ridges in the mossy 
forest 1,000 to 1,200 m. Endemic. 
EBENALES. 
SAPOTACEZ^. 
1. ILLIPE Kcenig. 
1. I. ramiflora Merr. Govt. Lab. Publ. 17 (1904) 42. 
(189, 583 Barnes) -January, March. In forests at about 100 m, Endemic. 
T., Bnniti. 
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