205 
long; disk glands about 0.8 mm. long, among the iilaments, slight!}' 
eiliate at the apex, the staminate Howers a])parently hut one in each 
bract. Fruit glabrous, pur|)lish, 2-eelled, each cell 1-seeded, about 
() mm. long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Suyoc to Pauai (4(iSi) Merrill) November 7, 190."), 
staminate and pistillate flowers from ditl'erent ]>lants; Ifagnio (0307 Elmer) 
May, 1004; Moimt Santo Tomas (0545, 054S Elmer) .Inne, 1004. Abnmlant in 
the mossy forests in Ihe mountains ami on liigli ridges above 2,000 m. 
MACARANGA 'riiouars. 
Macaranga dipterocarpifolia Merrill sj). nov. S Mnpjw. 
A shrub or small tree reaching a height of about 7 m. Branches 
reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves ovate, glabrous, lil to 20 cm. long. 
8 to 12 cm. wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous, jiennineiTed, the base broad, 
truncate, somewhat auriculate at the insertion of the petiole and with 
several large glands at the base on the u])])er surface, the margins 
irregularly repand-crenate, usually dull, the lower surface with numerous 
small glands, usually paler than the u]»per surface, 7 to 9 nerved from 
the base, the lower nerves short; lateral nerves prominent, spreading, 
suhparallel, 10 to 13 on each side of the midrib, the lower pair (Ijasa!) 
sending stout branches toward the margins, the reticulations subparallel, 
distinct ; petioles 5 to 10 cm. long, glalu'ous. Male intloreseence glabrous, 
paniculate, from the upper axils, 10 to 15 cm. long. Flowers numerous, 
yellowish, fasciculate in the axils of the bracts, the bracts linear, 
5 to 7 mm. long or less, enlarged and with 1 to 3 or 1 large disk-like 
glands above, often somewhat enlarged below and with one or two lolies. 
Sepals 3, 1 to 1.2 mm. long, glabrous, elliptical-ovate, acute. Stamens 
7 to 9; filaments 1 mm. long or less; anthers 1-celled. Pistillate flowers, 
and fruit not seen. 
Luzon, Province of Bengnet, Saltlan (6I37 Elmer) A])ril, 1004. Not common on 
dry 0 ])en ridges. 
A species resembling Macaranga cvmingii Mnell. Arg., but with mucli larger 
leaves and more numerous stamens, tlie shape and venation of the leaves resem- 
bling .some species of Diplerocarpvs, fi'om which cliaracter the species is named. 
I'he same species has been collected (sterile) by Wliilforil, in the canyon of the 
Lamao Biver, Province of Itataan, Luzon, altitude 700 m. 
C( )1{IAI{IACEM<]. 
COR I ARIA Niss. 
Coriaria intermedia Atatsnm. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 12 (ISOS) (!2. 
Luzon, Province of Bengnet, Suyoc to Pauai (4S00 Merrill) November 7, 1005. 
In ravines at abotit 2,000 m. Formosa. 
Specimens of the above number were sent to Dr. .1. Matsunmra, of the Botan- 
ical Institute, Imperial University, Tokyo, .Tapan, for cfanparison with the type 
of his Formosan species, and after comparing the specimens, he expresses tlu‘ 
o])inion that the Luzon plant is identical with his Coriaria iaiermedia. Specimens 
collected in Bengnet hy Vidal, and recorded hy him as "('. s|). (all. C. japoniea 
