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DREPANANTHUS Maingay. 
Drepananthus ph il ippinensis Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor; foliis glabris, oblongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, usque acl 20 cm 
longis, nervis utrinque ca. 7 ; sepalis ovatis, intus glabris, extus pubes- 
centibus; petalis ca. 18 mm longis. 
A large tree (Clemens), 6 m high (Merritt), the branches terete, 
grayish, glabrous, the branchlets somewhat ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves coriaceous, 12 to 20 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide oblong- 
elliptical, rather sharply acuminate, the base acute to rounded, shining, 
glabrous, sparingly pubescent on the midrib beneath; nerves about 7 on 
each side of the midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, the reticulations 
distinct; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Peduncles axillary, or from axils 
of fallen leaves, few-flowered, short. Flowers yellowish-green. Sepals 
ovate, about 5 mm long, acute or acuminate, pubescent outside, glabrous 
within. Petals 6, similar, the outer three about 18 mm long, the basal 
portion concave, orbicular, the free portion about 14 mm long and 4 m m 
wide below, oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, pubescent, narrowed above to the 
blunt apex, reflexed, the inner three similar but more connivent. Anthers 
indefinite, 1.2 mm long. Carpels 1.8 mm long, villous; ovules 4; styles 
about 1 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid or ovoid, about 2 mm long, glabrous, 
black; seeds 3 or 4, flattened, compressed. 
Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 1016, April, 1907, also 
June and July, 1907, without numbers. Mindoro, near Lake Naujan, For. Bur. 
■6892, 6896 Merritt, April, 1907. 
The first species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, well characterized 
by its few-nerved leaves. The other two species of the genus are confined to the 
Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 
PITTOSPOKACE2E. 
PITTOSPORUM Solander. 
Pittosporum dementis Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor usque ad 18 m alta; foliis lanceolatis, oblongo-oblanceolatis, 
vel elliptico-oblongis, valde acuminatis, basi sensim attenuatis, glabris, 
usque ad 14 cm longis, membranaceis, glabris, nitidis; inflorescentiis 
infra folia e rain is denudatis, 3 cm longis; floribus umbellulatis ; calyce 
obtuse 5-dentato; ovario biloculari, dense villoso, - sessili ; fructibus com- 
pressis, orbicularibus, apiculatis, ca. 1 cm longis, bivalvatis. 
A tree about 18 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
terete, gray or brownish, rather slender. Leaves membranous, lanceo- 
late oblong-oblanceolate or elliptical-oblong, shining, glabrous, 9 to 14 
cm long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide, apex rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, 
base gradually attenuate, the margins obscurely crenulate; nerves about 7 
