242 MERRILL. 
NOTHOPANAX GUILFOYLEl (Cogn. & March.) comb. nov. 
Aralia guilfoylei Cogn. & March. PI. Ornam. 2 (1874) t. 58. 
Commonly cultivated, but of comparatively recent introduction; probably 
a native of Polynesia. Rarely or never producing flowers here. 
APOCYNACEAE. 
TABERNAEMONTANA L. 
TABERNAEMONTANA SUBGLOBOSA sp. nov. 
Arbuscula glabra usque ad 5 m alta ; foliis chartaceis, oblongis, 
usque ad 18 cm longis, utrinque acuminatis, in siccitate plus 
minusve nitidis, subtus pallidioribus, nervis utrinque 13 ad 15, 
distinctis; floribus albis, corollae tube circiter 1.4 cm longo, 
calycis lobis orbiculari-ovatis, late rotundatis; folliculis in vivo 
aurantiacis, subglobosis vel ovoideis, vix carinatis, usque ad 4 
cm longis, seminibus circiter 20. 
A glabrous shrub 5 m high or less. Branches terete, light- 
gray, rather slender, usually somewhat striate when dry, lenti- 
cellate. Leaves oblong, chartaceous, 9 to 18 cm long, 2.5 to 
6.5 cm wide, the apex rather shortly blunt-acuminate, the base 
sharply decurrent-acuminate, the upper surface dark-colored and 
somewhat shining when dry, the lower surface much paler, 
usually somewhat brownish; nerves 13 to 15 on each side of 
the midrib, distinct beneath, curved upwards near the margins 
but not anastomosing, the reticulations rather indistinct ; petioles 
0.8 to 2 cm long. Cymes in the upper axils, few-flowered, 5 
cm long or less, the branches few, spreading, the pedicels 12 
mm long or less. Calyx about 4 mm long, narrowed below, 
the lobes broadly orbicular-ovate, 2 to 2.5 mm long, the apex 
broadly rounded. Corolla white, the tube cylindric, about 1.4 
cm long, the lobes about 1 cm in length. Anthers included, 2 
mm long. Follicles usually paired, when fresh subglobose to 
ovoid, smooth, orange-red or red, somewhat fleshy, not keeled, 
when dry more or less wrinkled, up to 4 cm in length, each 
containing about 20 seeds, the seeds irregular, oblong, about 8 
mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Merrill 2511 (type), 3137, 
June, October, 1903; For. Bur. 629 Borden, with smaller flowers than in 
the type, April, 1904, Whitford 370, June, 1904, Williams 6, Elmer 6783, 
November, 1904, Leiberg 6H8, July, 1904: Province of Rizal, Phil. PI. 333, 
3JtO Ramos; Merrill 1628, with smaller leaves than in the type: Province of 
Bulacan, For. Bur. 7186, 7193 Curran: Province of Tarlac, For. Bur. 9607 
Zschokke: Province of Zambales, Merrill 2076, For. Bur. 916 Maule. 
Mindoro, Merrill 9Ji2, 1190, 223 If, For. Bur. 67 k3 Merritt. Masbate, For. 
Bur. 12608 Rosenbluth, For. Bur. 1695 Clark. 
