THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 
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GREWIA Linn. 
1. G. sp. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,300 m, C. M. Z. 18124- The 
specimen is sterile, and Mr. Merritt notes that the bark is used by the Igorots for 
making string and rope,* locally known as arinao. 
MALVACEAE. 
si DA L. 
1. S. rhombifolia L. Sp. PI. (1753) 684. 
In stream depressions below an altitude of 1,500 m, G. M. Z. 16238. 
Abundant and widely distributed in the Philippines; cosmopolitan in the 
tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres. 
DILLENIACEiE. 
SAURAUIA Willd. 
1. S. elegans (Choisy) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (180) 19. 
Ravines in the pine region below 1,700 m altitude, C. M. Z. 18166. 
Common at medium altitudes in the Benguet-Lepanto region, and on mountains 
to the south; endemic. 
THEACE^E. 
EURYA Thunb. 
1. Eurya coriacea Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbuscula vel arbor glabra 2 ad 8 m alta; foliis ovato-ellipticis, 
crassissime coriaceis, nitidis, in siceitate plus minus aurantiacis, late 
brevissime acuminatis, acuminibus retusis, margine prominente glan- 
duloso-dentieulatis ; floribus pro genere magnis, 1.3 cm diametro, axillar- 
ibus, solitariis, sepalis petalisque retusis. 
A shrub or tree 2 to 8 m high, glabrous throughout, even to the 
ultimate branchlets. Branches terete, reddish-brown or grayish, rather 
stout. Leaves rather crowded, very thickly coriaceous, ovate-elliptic, 4 
to 6 cm long, 1.6 to 3.4 cm wide, yellowish and shining when dry, the 
base rounded or acute, the apex very shortly and broadly acuminate, 
the acumen .retuse, the margins rather prominently and regularly glan- 
dular-denticulate ; nerves about 10 on each- side of the midrib, anas- 
tomosing, the reticulations and secondary nerves nearly as prominent 
as the primary ones; petioles stout, about 2 mm long. Flowers white, 
axillary, solitary, 1.3 cm in diameter, the peduncles stout, 3 mm long 
or less. Sepals' orbicular, retuse, entirely glabrous except for the ciliate 
margins, coriaceous, about 5 mm in diameter. Corolla-lobes ,obovate, 
retuse, about 8 mm long, 6 mm wide, thick, glabrous. Stamens 13, the 
filaments 2.5 to 3 mm long; anthers elliptic, obtuse, about 1.7 mm long. 
Pistillate flowers unknown. 
In the mossy forest above an altitude of 2,300 m, For. Bur. 18108 (type), 
1804 7 Curran, Merritt, & ZschoJcJce, January 6, 1909. 
