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discovery in Luzon is a striking addition to the list of Australian types in the 
Philippine flora. The Philippine form was at first considered by me to be an 
undescribed species, but after a careful examination of the description, and 
comparison with material from the Port Jackson District, Australia; coll. J. IT. 
Camfield, December, 1907, I am at loss to discover any character by which the 
Philippine plant can be distinguished from the Australian except the unscientific 
one of geographical distribution. It is possible that a revision of the genus will 
lead to the characterization of more than one species, for Bentham, in the 
original description, states that it is quite glabrous in all of its parts, while 
Engler describes the young branches and leaves as densely pilose, the Philippine 
specimens and the one Australian specimen before me agreeing with the latter. 
ACERACE2E. 
ACER Linn. 
Acer curran ii sp. nov. § Integrifolia. 
Arbor glabra usque ad 25 m alta; foliis concoloribus, nitidis, glabris, 
integris, coriaceis, reticulatis, ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis, breviter obtuse 
acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel obtusis, 3- vel 5-nerviis, usque ad 13 
cm longis; floribus masculinis corymbosis, corymbis axillaribus, brevibus, 
glabris; fructibus 4 cm longis, alis angulo acuto divergentibus, paullo 
introssum falcatis. 
A glabrous tree 25 m high or less, the trunk reaching a diameter of 
110 cm. Branches terete, smooth, glabrous, reddish-brown, with few 
scattered lenticels. Leaves ovate to elliptic-ovate, coriaceous or sub- 
coriaceous, shining, glabrous, of the same color on both surfaces, distinctly 
reticulate, 9 to 13 cm long, 5 to 6.5 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly 
and obtusely acuminate, the base usually broad and rounded, sometimes 
blunt, rarely acute; basal nerves one or two pairs, the outer pair, when 
present, short, the lateral nerves above the basal ones usually 4 on each 
side of the midrib, distant, very prominent, the primary reticulations 
very prominent, rather lax, the ultimate ones fine; petioles 2 to 5 cm 
long. Male inflorescence axillarjq corymbose, about 2 cm long, glabrous, 
the branches few, short ; pedicels 2 to 5 mm long. Sepals 4, free, oblong- 
ovate, 2 to 3.5 mm long, about 2 mm wide. Petals 4, similar to the 
sepals but narrower. Stamens 4 or 5, inserted in the disk on its outer 
side; filaments 2 to 3 mm long; anthers about 1 mm in length. Disk 
lobecl, fleshy, glabrous, very thick; bracts subtending the inflorescence 
numerous, ovate, coriaceous, closely imbricated, 3 mm long, their upper 
margins pubescent, deciduous, leaving a thickened, rough base to the 
inflorescence 2 to 3 mm long and 2 thick, strongly and densely marked 
by the bract-scars. Pistillate flowers unkown. Infrutescence corymbose, 
10 cm long or less, glabrous, with few branches, the fruit, including the 
wing, 4 cm long, the wings diverging at an acute angle, slightly falcate, 
10 to 13 mm wide. 
