XIV, 4 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XV 419 
of the midrib, prominent; petioles glabrous, 1 to 1.3 cm long, 
racemes numerous, solitary, chiefly from the axils of fallen 
leaves, about 5 cm long, usually 6- to 10-flowered. Flowers pink, 
about 8 mm long, 5-merous, their pedicels 5 to 6 mm long, densely 
pubescent. Sepals lanceolate, 7 mm long, densely pubescent. 
Petals entirely glabrous, 7 to 8 mm long, cuneate, split to about 
the middle into three primary divisions, these again divided, 
the ultimate laciniae about 20, slender. Stamens about 25, fi- 
laments 1 to 1.5 mm long, anthers narrowly oblong, 1.5 to 1.8 
mm long, minutely scabrid, the cells slightly unequal, obtuse, 
sparingly ciliate at their tips. Ovary ovoid, densely pubescent, 
3-celled. Fruit ellipsoid, about 2.5 cm long, black when dry, 
one-celled. 
Luzon, IIocos Norte Province, Mount Palimlim, Bur. Sci. 33271 
Ramos, August 21, 1918, on forested slopes near the summit, 
altitude about 1,000 meters. 
This species somewhat resembles both Elaeocarpus cumingii 
Turcz. and E. forbesii Merr., differing radically from the former 
in its very densely pubescent racemes and sepals and from the 
latter in its much longer racemes and entirely glabrous petioles. 
SLO.^NEA Linnaeus 
SLOAN EA JAVAN ICA (Miq.) Szyszyl. ex K. Schum in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. 3“ (1890) 5; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. Boom. Java 1 
(1894) 239, Atlas Baumart. Java 3 (1914) /. JfSS (after Miquel). 
Phoenicospermum javanicum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 2 
(1865) 68, t. 3. 
Luzon, Cagayan Province, Pamplona, For. Bur. H713 Darling, 
March 17, 1909 ; Pamplona, For. Bur. 16988 Bacani, March, 1907 : 
Laguna Province, Cavinti, For. Bur. 19665 Racelis, August, 1912, 
with mature fruits. Mindoro, Ibolo River, For. Bur. 114.82 
Merritt, May, 1908, sterile. A tree, 10 to 25 m high, in forests 
up to an altitude of 600 meters. 
This species has previously been known only from Java, where 
it is apparently very rare, as until recently it was known only 
from trees cultivated in the botanical garden at Buitenzorg; it 
is now known from Depok, near Buitenzorg, Koorders -i.2807, a 
duplicate of Koorders’ specimen being before me. The Philip- 
pine specimens have somewhat larger and more prominently 
acuminate leaves than the Javan material, while the fruits are a 
little larger. In the absence of flowers I can detect no differen- 
tial characters of sufficient importance to warrant the separa- 
tion of the Philippine form from the Javan one. The genus is 
new to the Philippines. 
