222 
mm. long; anthers blunt, 1 ram. long. Capsule 4 to 5 mm. long, ovoid, 
somewhat hirsute above, regularl_y dehiscing l)}^ 5 valves. Seeds man}^, 
triangular, rugose, lirown, nearly 1 mm. long. 
Luzon, Province of Bengaiet, Bugias (4068 Merrill) October 28, 190.5; Daklan 
to Kabayan (4405 Merrill) October 27, 1905. On damp banks along the trail 
in open grass lands and in thin pine forests. 
A species well characterized 1)3^ its small leaves, which are glandular punctate 
with round spots. 
SAPOTACE.dl 
SIDEROXYLON Linn. 
Sideroxylon luzoniense Merrill sp. nov. 
A small tree about 5 m. high with oblong-ovate to broadly oblong- 
lanceolate or elliptical-oblong, acuminate leaves, beneath shining and 
rather densely ferruginous-pubescent, and axillary fascicled flowers, the 
staminodes elongated, entire. Branches dark brown or nearly black, 
lentieellate, glabrous, the young parts rather densely cinerous and ferru- 
ginous pubescent. Leaves 7 to 9 cm. long, 2 to 4 cm. wide, coriaceous, 
glabrous above, the apex short acuminate or acute, gradually narrowed 
below to the acute base; nerves somewhat prominent Ijeneath, 6 to 7 on 
each side of the midrib, the reticudations ol)scure; petioles densely pubes- 
cent, 1 to 1.5 cm. long. Flowers in axillary fascicles of from 2 to 5, 
mostly on the young l^ranchlets. numerous, sessile. Calyx cup-shaped, 
4 mm. long, densely ferruginous pubescent, 5-toothed, the teeth blunt, 
broad, less than 1 mm. long. Corolla 5 min. long, glabrous, 5-lobed, 
lobes oblong-ovate, truncate, about 3.5 mm. long, 2 nun. wide below. 
Staminodes linear or linear-lanceolate, entire, blunt, 2.5 to 3 mm. long, 
less than 1 mm. wide. Filaments 2 mm. long; anthers broadly ovoid, 
1.3 mm. long. Ovai-y ferruginous-pubescent, 5-celled. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo (127 F. IF. Foxworthy) January 10, 1900. 
In forest on Mount Kaysipot, at about 700 m. 
OLEACE.E. - 
JASMINUM Linn. 
Jasminum populifolium Blunie, Mns. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1 (1850) 270; Miq. PI. 
Inch Bat. 2 (1850) 538; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 128; J. luzoniense 
Vidal, Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 185; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1880) 180; 
Ceron, Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 111; Usteri, Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 120. 
Bhune cites no collector in the original diagnosis of his specie.s, simply giving 
the localit 3 ’ “In insulis Pliilippinis.” It seems probable that he had before him 
the same numbei' of Cuming’s plant that Vidal later described as Jasminura 
luzoniense. His description applies vei' 3 " closely to a specimen of No. 1029 
Ciiininy in our herbarium, on rvliich number Vidal’s species was based. 1 have 
aceordinglv reduced J. luzoniense to the much earlier J. pojmlil'oHuin. 
