THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 
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DRIMYS Forst. 
1. D. piperita Hook. f. Ic. t. 896. 
Very abundant in the mossy forest, C. M. Z. 18037, 18043, Merrill 6600, Mc- 
Gregor 8897. Igorot, inototan. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines, on the higher mountains from northern 
Luzon to southern Mindanao ; mountains of Borneo and New Guinea. 
2. Neolitsea megacarpa Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra vel subglabra, usque ad 15 m alta; foliis crasse coriaceis, 
oblongo-ellipticis, nitidis, utrinque coneoloribus vel subtus leviter glau- 
cescentibus, acuminatis, basi triplinerviis ; nervis utrinque 4 vel 5, distinc- 
tis; fruetibus ellipsoideis, 2 cm longis. 
A glabrous or subglabrous tree reaching a height of 15 m. Branches 
brown, terete, glabrous, the growing shoots somewhat pubescent. Leaves 
alternate, somewhat crowded toward the apices of the branchlets, oblong- 
elliptic, thickly coriaceous, shining, of the same color on both surfaces 
or slightly glaucous beneath, 8 to 12 cm long, 3. to 5 cm wide, when 
young often pubescent on the midrib beneath, base acute, apex acuminate ; 
nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, the lowest pair 
reaching about to the middle of the leaf, laxly anastomosing, the secondary 
veins indistinct, the ultimate ones forming a very dense, subfoveolate 
reticulation; petioles 2.5 to 3 cm long, when young somewhat pubescent, 
ultimately glabrous; buds terminal and axillary, densely ferruginous- 
pubescent. Flowers unknown. Fruit axillary, black or blue-black when 
mature, shining, ellipsoid or ovoid, 2 cm long, about 1.5 cm in diameter, 
wrinkled when dry, the persistent calyx disk-shaped, about 1 cm in 
diameter. 
In the mossy forest, altitude about 2,250 m, G. M. Z. 18110, 18144 > locally 
known as dundunosen ; also known from Mount Ugo, Benguet, B,ur. Sci. 5709 
Ramos, December, 1908. 
3. N. villosa (Bl.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) 261. 
In stream depressions, pine region, G. M. Z. 18215. The specimen is sterile 
and quite glabrous, but is probably referable here. 
Widely distributed at higher altitudes in the Philippines; Malaya. 
1. Machilus curranii Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, 5 ad 6 m alta; foliis late elliptico-ovatis, coriaceis, 
nitidis, utrinque coneoloribus 'vel subtus pallidioribus, basi aeutis, apice 
abrupte hreviter vel subeaudato-acuminatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6; 
fruetibus globosis vel depresso-globosis, eirciter 8 mm diametro. 
LAURACEiE. 
NEOLITSEA (Benth.) Merr. 
1. N. microphylla Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 56. 
In the mossy forest, altitude about 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 18071. 
Higher mountains of central and northern Luzon; endemic. 
MACHILUS Nees. 
