‘201 
petioles S mm. lonii’ or less, the spines short or \vantin<>'. liaeomes in ilie 
upper axils, 1.5 em. lon^' in anthesis, denscl_y tiowered, pul)eruleid. 
Calyx somewliat puberulent, the teeth 5 to I. short, broad, regular, their 
margins ciliate, olhuse. I’etals 5 to 7, glal)rous, ol)loug, obtuse, 5 to 5.5 
mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide. tStaniens 10 to 15, unequal, the lilaments free, 
2.5 to 3.5 mm. long; anthers broadly ovate, slightly exeeeding 1 mm. in 
length. Ovary oblong, glabrous, 1-celled, 1-ovuled; style much shorter 
than the ovary, including the stigma aljout 1 nim. long. Disk thickened, 
ring formed. Fruit (immature) ovoid, glabrous. 
Palawan, Puerto Prineesa (3600 Carrau) January 30, P.)0(); (105 Hcrmejoa) 
December, 1005. In old clearings and thickets, not common, at about 20 ni. 
above sea level. 
A S])ccies apparently related to Alalantia disiicha (Blanco) Merr., ditlering 
from the latter in its leaves not being narrowed above, and in its flower characters. 
In some cases a very rudimentary secoinl cell was observe<l in the ovary, showing 
that the species is perhajis sometimes with 2-celled ovaries. The very short 
style is another aberrent character, as well as the variable number of calyx 
teeth, petals, and stamens. In other species of the genus the ovary is from 2 lo 
5 celled, the petals and calyx teeth 3 to 5, and the style equaling or longer 
than the ovary. 
SKI M Ml A Thunb. 
Skimmia japonica Thunb. PI. Jap. (1784) 62; Skan in C'uit. Bot. (Mag. IV. 1 
(1005) t. 8038. 
Luzon, District of Le]>anto, Mount Data (4552 Merrill) November, 1005. 
This species is generally distributed. b\tt not abundant, in the mossy forest 
above 2,200 m. on IMount Data, and along the high ridges between Loo and Pauai 
in Benguet Province, and will doubtless be found on most of the high mountains 
of northern Luzon. Vidal “ has reported an undetermined species of Hkiiinniii 
from Lepanto, which is probably identical with the specimens here determined 
as »S'. japonica, while in a manuscript list of identifications of Loher’s Philippine 
plants, made at Kew, No. 237 Loiter is determined as »S'. japonica. From the 
material at hand I am unable to distinguish the Philippine form from Skivitnia. 
japonica, so well figured and described in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. The 
specimens available have immature llowers and mature fruits, the inflorescence 
being racemose and the llowers 5-merous.' The discovery of 8kiininia in the 
Philippines is a. very interesting addition to the northern element in the Phil- 
ippine llora, the |>resent species being previously known only from .Japan and 
Formosa. 
IM )T.Y( J ALACE.E. 
POLYGALA 1 ^inn. 
Polygala glomerata Lour. FI. Cochinch. (1760) 426; DC. Pro<lr. 1 (1824) 
32(i; Benth. FI. Hongk. (1861) 44; A. W. Benn. in Flook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1 
(1872) 206; Forbes & HemsI. .Jonrn. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1886) 60. 
(Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (36 Jfrs. Clemens) February, lOOli. 
A S])ecies not jireviously re]iorted from the Philipjiines, according to Bennett 
extending from the (Eastern Himalayan region to the Eastern Archi[)elago and 
“Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886), 75. 
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