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MERRILL. 
The first representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines and ap- 
parently distinct from the few other species of the genus. On Mount Mariveles 
it is found at altitudes of from 700 to 850 m, but in Mindoro it occurs at lower 
elevations. 
M AGN OL I ACE2E. 
ILLICIUM Linn. 
Illicium ph i I ippinense sp. nov. 
Arbor parva vel apbuseula, glabra; foliis congestis, alternis vel sub- 
verticillatis, coriaceis, integris, acuminatis, oblongo-ellipticis vel elliptico- 
lanceolatis, 5 ad 8 cm longis, nervis lateralibns obsoletis; floribus axilla- 
ribus, solitariis, albis; staminibus circiter 15 ; carpellis circiter 8, 3 mm 
longis. 
A small tree or a shrub 4 m high or less, glabrous. Branches rather 
stout, dark-colored, wrinkled when dry, the branehlets somewhat oliva- 
ceous. Leaves crowded near the tips of the branehlets, alternate, sub- 
verticillate, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 5 to 8 cm 
long, 1.5 to 3.5 cm wide, coriaceous, the upper surface shining, the 
lower dull, acuminate at both ends ; lateral nerves obsolete, the midrib 
prominent; petioles 5 to 10 mm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, white, 
fragrant, about 1 cm long. Sepals four or five, elliptic-oblong, 10 mm 
long, 5.5 mm wide, obtuse, nerved. Petals 2-seriate, the inner ones 
narrower than the outer, as long as the sepals but much narrower, 
narrowly oblong, obtuse, 2.5 to 3 mm wide. Stamens about 15; filaments 
stout, swollen, 2 mm long; anthers about 1 mm long. Carpels about 8, 
glabrous, 3 mm long including the recurved style. Mature fruit about 
2 cm in diameter, consisting of from 5 to 8 carpels which are narrowly 
ovate, rostrate, wrinkled when dry. Seed pale, shining. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 9515 Curran & Merritt 
(type) ; Bur. Sci. 5078 Ramos, December. 1907, on exposed mountain top in the 
elfinwood, altitude about 2,100 m. Mindoro, Mount Halcon. For. Bur. . fill 
Merritt, June, 1906. 
The only representative of the genus known from the Philippines, apparently 
well characterized by its small leaves which are without evident lateral nerves. 
It has previously been recorded by me from Mindoro as Illicium sp. 4 It is 
probably most closely allied to I. evenium King, of the Malay Peninsula. 
LAUEACE2E. 
CRYPTOCARYA R. Br. 
Cryptocarya lauriflora (Blanco) comb. nov. 
Bulgaria lauriflora Blanco Fl. Filip, ed. 2 (1845) 221, ed. 3. 2:50; Merr. in 
Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 (1905) 73. 
Eusicleroxylon borneense F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 179, non T. & B. 
Cryptocarya luzoniensis Vidal Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 222; Ceron Cat. 
PI. Herb. (Manila) (1892) 141; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 58. 
Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 272. 
