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STERCULIACEiE. 
PTEROSPERMUM Sclneb. 
Pterosperrnum Cumingii Merrill & Rolfe sp. nov. 
Arbor vel arbuscula ; f oliis oblongis, leviter aeumiuatis, basi sub- 
aequalibus vel leviter inaequalibus, rotundatis, supra glabris, subtus dense 
ferrugineo-puberulis, 4 ad 8 cm longis, 2 ad 3.5 cm latis; fructibus 
oblongis, cylindricis, circiter 3 cm longis, breviter apiculatis. 
A tree or shrub, the branches terete, the older ones grayish, glabrous, 
the younger ones densely ferruginous-puberulent as are the petioles, under 
surfaces of the leaves, and the fruits. Leaves oblong, 4 to 8 Gin long, 
3 to 3.5 cm wide, subcoriaceous, glabrous and shining above, beneath 
densely ferruginous-puberulent, the apex short and bluntly acuminate, 
the base rounded, subequal or slightly oblique ; nerves prominent beneath, 
the basal ones 3, with sometimes an additional faint submarginal pair, 
the primary lateral ones, above the base, 4 on each side of the miclrid, the 
reticulations nearly obsolete; petioles puberulent, 1 to 1.8 cm long. 
Fruit 2.5 to 3 cm long, cylindrical, about 1.8 cm in diameter, the base 
abruptly contracted into a short stout cylindrical pseudostalk, the apex 
short-apiculate, the outside very densely ferruginous-puberulent. Seeds, 
including the wings, about 1.7 cm long. 
Philippines, without locality, Cuming 1860, in Herb. Kew. 
A species allied to P. niveum Vidal and to P. obliquum Blanco, differing from 
both in its nearly inequilateral leaves and other characters. 
THEACErE. 
SCHIMA Reinw. 
Schima Noronhae Reinw. ex Blume Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg (1823) 80; Bijdr. 
(1825) 130; Forbes & Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23 (1880) 80. 
Palawan, Mount Pulgar, For. Bur. 3881 Curran, February, 1900. 
Eastern India to southern China and the Malayan region; new to the Philip- 
pines. 
TERN ST R O E M I A Linn. 
Ternstroemia Toquian (Blanco) F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1880) 18. 
Llanosia Toquian Blanco FI. Filip, ed 2 (1845) 319. 
Ternstroemia Lobbiana Pierre FI. Forest. Cochinch. (1887) pi. 123, in note. 
Ternstroemia penangiana Ceron Cat. PL Herb. (1892) 22, non Choisy. 
A species common and widely distributed in the Philippines, extending from 
700 to 1,500 m alt., here enumerated to call attention to the reduction of Pierre’s 
species and to correct the identification in Ceron’s Catalogo. 
Celebes. 
