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oblongoideis, translatoribus obliciue cuneatis poliniis paiilo l)revioribiis, 
retinaculo oblongoideo translatorilms fere diiplo breviore. 
Mindanao, Davao (521 Copeland) March, 1904. Pendant in large bunches. 
This is one of the species wliich ha.s evidently been regarded as one of the forms 
of Discliidia nummuJaria R. Br., a species of North Australia. Its nearest aipy is 
1). Ridleyana Schltr., from Singapore. 
Dischidia Merrillii Schltr. sp. nov. 
Epipliytica in tnme-is arborum, gracilis, panciraniosa, decumbens vel 
dependens; caule ramisqne filiformibns elongatis, teretibns, . puberulis, 
radicantibiis, laxe foliatis; foliis petiolatis, patentibus patnlisve lance- 
olato-ellipticis, aenminatis, glabris, textnra coriaceis, 4-5 cm. longis, 
medio fere 1. 5-2.3 cm. latis, petiolo tereti glabro, circ. 0.5 cm. longo ; 
cymis pancifloris breviter pednnculatis pednncnlo circ. 0.5 cm. longo, 
pedicellis tennilms circ. 1.5 mm. longis; llorilms in genere inter medio- 
cres, lilacinis; calycis segmentis ovato-oldongis, obtusis, glabris, 0.1 cm. 
longis; corolla cylindracea basin versus panic ani})liato, breviter 5- 
lobnlata, lobnlis late ovatis obtusiuscnlis, annnlo pilorum erectornm in 
fance et intus in medio tiibi; coronae foliolis e basi panic dilatata line- 
aribns, apice peltato-dilatatis bipartitis, partitionilms olilique ovatis 
patnlis, parte basilari bene brevioribiis ; gynostegio cylindraceo apice 
conico, appendice hyalino antherarnm e Ijasi oblonga acuminata ; poliniis 
oblique oblongoideis, translatorilms oblique cuneatis poliniis fere triple 
brevioribus, retinaculo minuto. 
Luzon, Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat (.3904 Merrill) October, 1904. 
At and near the summit of the mountain in the slightly developed mossy forest. 
A species related to Dischidia hirsuta Wall., but well distinguished by the 
small differently shaped flowers and larger thinner leaves. 
Dischidia myrtillus Schlti'. sp. nov. 
Epipliytica in arboribus, ramosa; caule ramisque radicantilius elong- 
atis flexuosis, teretibns, dense granulosis, dense foliatis; foliis erecto- 
patentibus ovato-lanceolatis vel ovato-ellipticis, aenminatis, glabris, tex- 
tura coriaceis, 1-1.8 cm. longis, medio vel infra medium 0.6-0. 9 cm. 
latis, petiolo perl)revi; cymis paucilloris subsessilibus, pedicellis tennilms 
glabris, circ. 1.5 mm.^ longis; calycis segmentis oblongis obtusis sparsim 
ciliatis, longitudine 0.1 cm. hand attingentibus ; corolla ampullacea illae 
D. Ridleyanae Schltr. simili, paulo majore, 0.3 cm. longa, tertia parte 
apicali 5-lobata, tubo suligloboso, 0.2 cm. longo, glabro, fance pilis deflexis 
barbellato, lobis erectis ovato-oblongis obtusiuscnlis intus incrassatis 
glabris; coronae foliolis e basi lineari bibrachiatis, brachiis linearibus 
divaricatis, dimidio anteriore oblique olilongo-dilatatis obtusis, parte 
basilari brachiis aequilonga; gynostegio conico foliola coronae paulo 
excedente; antherarnm appendice oblongo-obtuso ; poliniis oblique oblong- 
oideis, translatoribus subduplo brevioribus oblique cuneatis retinaculo 
rhomboideo, translatoribus subduplo breviore; folliculis gracilibus, ros- 
