290 
MERRILL. 
the other, apicnlate, not ciliate. Ovary pubescent, ovoid, 2-celled; style 
glabrous' about 5 mm long. Disk pubescent. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Mount Isarog, For. Bur. 10J/S8 Curran, May, 
1908, in forests at about 1,000 m altitude. A specimen collected by Rosenbluth, 
Bur. Bur. 12220, from either Mindoro or Lubang is possibly referable here, but it 
has more strongly acuminate leaves, and no axillary glands. 
Probably most closely allied to Elaeocarpus inultiflorus (Turcz.) F.-Vill., but 
quite distinct from that species. 
Elaeocarpus subglobosus sp. nov. § Ganitrus. 
Arbor 10 ad 20 m alta glabra, partibus junioribus intlorescentiisque 
exceptis; foliis oblongis, firmiter ehartaceis, usque ad 12 cm longis, apice 
breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis, margine leviter crenatis, nervis 
utrinque 10 ad 12; racemis axillaribus, pubesc-entibus, foliis multo 
brevioribus; floribus 5-meris, petalis laciniatis; staminibus circiter 25; 
ovario 5-loculare; fructibus subglobosis 5- vel 4-locellatis, circiter 12 mm 
diametro. 
A tree 10 to 20 m high. Branches terete, dark-grayish-brown, gla- 
brous, the younger branehlets, petioles and young leaves rather densely 
pubescent with appressed, pale, often shining hairs. Leaves oblong, 
firmty ehartaceous, 7 to 12 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, not or but 
slightly shining, glabrous except the very youngest ones, apex shortly 
and obtusely acuminate, base acute, margins slightly crenate; nerves, 10 
to 12 on each side of the midrib, distinct, forked, obscurely anastomosing, 
the axils of the primary nerves and of the larger reticulations glandular ; 
petioles 1 to 2 cm long, at first appressed-pubescent, ultimately glabrous. 
Racemes axillary, solitary, 2 to 4 cm long, appressed-pubescent, the 
pedicels about 5 mm. long. Sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 6 mm. long, 
1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, keeled within. Petals as long as the 
sepals, lacinate to the middle, slightly hairy on the margins below. 
Stamens about 25 ; anthers linear, scabrid, one cell slightly longer than 
the other and ciliate at its apex. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 5-celled; style 
5 mm long, glabrous. Fruits purple, globose to obscurely globose-ellip- 
soid, about 12 mm in diameter, 5-rarely 4-celled, the endocarp bony. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet. Baguio, For. Bur. 18317 Alvarez, December, 1908; 
Williams 1036, October, 1904. 
Allied to Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.) K. Sell., but quite distinct, 
MALVACEAE. 
KOSTELETZKYA Presl. 
Kosteletzkya batacensis (Blanco) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 24. 
Hibiscus batacensis Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 544, ed. 2 (1845) 380. ed. 3, 
2:334. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Bur. Sci. 3315 M earns, January, 1907 : Prov- 
ince of Rizal, Pasay, F. de la Liana, February, 1908, Normal School distribu- 
tion 3 27. 
The rediscovery of Hibiscus batacensis is considered worthy of record, as the 
species has not otherwise been collected since Blanco’s time. F.-Villar gives a 
