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SWINTONIA Griff. 
Swintonia luzoniensis Merrill & Eolfe sp. nov. 
Foliis subcoriaceis, utrinque concoloribus, glaberrimis, oblongis vel 
oblongo-obovatis, obtusis, 5 ad 9 cm longis, 1.8 ad 3.5 cm latis, basi decur- 
rentibus, riervis later alibns utrinque 9 vel 10; drnpis oblongo-ovoideis ; 
petalis auctis, oblongis vel lanceolatis, obtusis, quam drupis 3-plo lon- 
gioribus. 
A tree with oblong to oblong-ob ovate glabrous shining subcoriaceous 
leaves 9 cm long or less, the base acuminate-decurrent, forming narrow 
wings along the petiole for about one-half its length. Branches reddish- 
brown or grayish, terete, glabrous, the leaves crowded along the upper- 
portion of the young branches. Leaves 5 to 9 cm long, 1.8 to 3.5 cm 
wide, the apex broad, rounded or obscurely broadly acuminate, the base 
long-decurrent, shining, coriaceous; nerves 9 or 10 on each side of the 
midrib, spreading, reticulate, the secondary nerves and reticulations 
prominent; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit oblong- 
ovoid, slightly inequilateral, 1.5 to 2 cm long, 10 to 12 mm in diameter, 
the persistent and accrescent petals reflexed, variable, 4.5 to 6 cm long, 
5 to 10 mm wide, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse, gradually narrowed toward 
the base. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Baler, Merrill 1051, August, 1903: Province of 
Albay, Vidal 3463a; the latter, consisting of immature fruits only, received at 
Ivew mixed with a species of Vitex, probably having been picked up in the forest. 
Apparently most closely allied to Swintonia Schwenkii Kurz of the Malay 
Peninsula and Borneo, differing from that species in having its petioles flattened 
above and narrowly winged, its leaves not glaucous beneath, etc. The first 
representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines. 
C E L A S T R A C ExE . 
GYM NOSPOR I A Benth. & Hook. f. 
Gymnosporia spinosa (Blanco) Merrill & Eolfe comb. nov. 
Gupania spinosa Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 184; ed. 2 (1845) 204; ed. 3, 2:17. 
Gymnosporia philippinensis Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 103, nomen. 
Putterlickia ? philippinensis Planch, ex Vidal 1. c. as syn. 
Gymnosporia montana F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 47; Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. 
Manila (1880) 23; Eev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 88; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 
46, non Laws. 
Luzon, Province of Batangas, Cuming 1515: Province of Cagayan, Bolster 
192: Province of Bataan, Dinalupijan, Merrill 1501 ; Albucay, Vidal 190; Mari- 
veles, Loher 5136: Province of Bizal, Lolier 304, 305, 306; Bosoboso, Bur. Sci. 
1414 Ramos; San Juan del Monte, Vidal 189: Province of Nueva Ecija, For. Bur. 
6034 Zschokke: Province of Pampanga, Mount Arayat, For. Bur. 3648 Curran: 
Province of Albay, Bacon, Vidal 2404- Lubang, Merrill 918. Ticao, For. Bur. 
101,5 Clark. 
Apparently an endemic species, not the same as Celastrus montanus Boxb., 
although apparently included by Lawson in the aggregate Gymnosporia montana 
in Hooker’s Flora of British India. Blanco’s description of Gymnosporia spinosa 
