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MERRILL AND ROLFE. 
ROSACE2E. 
ERIOBOTRYA Lindley. 
Eriobotrya oblongifolia Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Glabra, inflorescentiis exceptis; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, 
crasse coriaceis, usque ad 10 cm longis, apice et basi acutis vel acuminatis, 
margine minute crenulatis; paniculis thyrsoideis, dense ferrugineo- 
tomentosis, 5 cm longis; ovarium 5-loculare; styli 4 vel 5. 
A tree, glabrous throughout except the inflorescence. Branches reddish- 
brown, glabrous, rugose when dry. Leaves 7 to 10 cm long, 1.5 to 2.5 
cm wide, coriaceous, shining, the apex short and sharply acuminate or 
subacute, narrowed below to the acute or slightly decurrent-acuminate 
base, the margins minutely crenate ; nerves numerous and with the 
reticulations rather distinct on, the 'lower surface; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm 
long. Panicles terminal, thyrsiform, 5 cm long or less, densely fer- 
ruginous-tomentose. Blowers about 1 cm in diameter, white. Calyx 
ferruginous-tomentose, funnel-shaped, about 4 mm long, the lobes broad, 
acute, about 1.5 mm long. Petals imbricate, broadly ovate, rounded, 5 
mm long. Filaments 3 mm long or less, glabrous ; anthers broad, 1 mm 
long. Ovary 5-celled, each cell 2-ovuled; styles 4 or 5, 3.5 to 4 mm long, 
united for the lower 1.5 mm. Fruit ovoid, red, black when dry, 5 mm 
long, glabrous. Seeds 5, 4 mm long, strongly 3-angled. 
Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. Jf6S0 M earns 
& Hutchinson, May, 1906, in forests at 1,800 m altitude. 
LEGUMINOS2E. 
DESMODIUM Desv. 
Desmodium Bolsteri Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. § Dollinera. 
Frutex 1 m altus ; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 
4 cm longis, apice rotundatis, retusis, subtus leviter appresse pilosis ; 
racemis paniculatis, terminalibus ; leguminibus 4-articulatis, 2.5 cm 
longis, glabris vel leviter pilosis. 
A shrub about 1 m high with trifoliolate leaves, the leaflets oblong- 
obovate, 4 cm long or less, the pods 4-jointed, about 2.5 cm long, 5 m m 
wide. Branches reddish-brown, terete, glabrous, lentieellate. Leaves 
somewhat crowded on the younger branches, the branchlets somewhat 
appressed-pilose and with numerous linear acuminate stipules about 8 
mm long, usually appressed. Petioles 1 cm long or less, slightly pilose, 
the leaflets slightly appressed-pilose beneath, the base acute, the apex 
rounded, refuse, submembranous, the nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the 
midrib, obscure, the terminal leaflet about 4 cm long, 12 mm wide, its 
petiolule 5 mm long, the lateral leaflets similar but smaller, their petio- 
lules about 1 mm long. Inflorescence terminal, lax, 3-4 cm long, few- 
flowered, the pedicels (in fruit) spreading, 7 to 8 mm long, slender. 
Flowers unknown. Pods 4-jointed, about 2.5 cm long, 5 mm wide, thin, 
