NEW OR NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VI. 
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glabrous, shining, ovoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long, somewhat flattened on the two 
inner sides, apparently three in each fruit. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Antipolo, Merrill 1716, March, 1903; Santander, 
Bur. 8d. 3270 Ramos, June, 1907: Province of Tayabas (Infanta), Whit ford 
821, September, 1904. The same species is apparently represented by the follow- 
ing specimens in Herb. Kew: Cuming 11/68; Vidal 1712, 2380, 387 J, and Loiter 
5213, all from the Philippines. 
The only representative of the genus known from the Philippines, about 12 
species being known from tropical America, one from Queensland and one from 
Madagascar. The material available is not sufficient to draw up a complete 
diagnosis, flowers being immature and fruit opened, so that it is impossible to 
describe the entire fruit. 
AQUIFOLIACE2E. 
ILEX Linn. 
Ilex gracilipes sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, 3 ad 4- m alta, glabra ; foliis oblongo-ovatis vel elliptico- 
ovatis, membranaceis, acuminatis, margine apiculato-dentieulatis ; floribus 
3- ad 5-meris, solitariis vel fasciculatis, axillaribus, longe pedunculatis ; 
pedunculis ca. 1 cm longis, fructiferis longioribus. 
A small tree 3 to 4 m high, glabrous, the branches and branchlets 
slender, terete, reddish-brown, lenticellate. Leaves oblong-ovate to ellip- 
tical-ovate, membranaceous, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, opaque or 
obscurely minutely punctate, shining, base acute, the apex rather long- 
acuminate, the acumen apiculate, the margins regularly apiculate-den- 
ticulate; nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, not prominent, 
anastomosing; petioles slender, 5 mm long or less. Flowers solitary or 
in 2 - to 4-flowered fascicles in the axils of the leaves, long-pedicelled, 
the pedicels about 1 cm long, much elongated in fruit. Calyx about 2 
mm in diameter, 3- to 5-lobed, the lobes orbicular-reniform, 0.5 mm 
long the margins shortly obscurely ciliate. Corolla lobes 3 to 5, im- 
bricate, orbicular, rounded, about 1.5 mm long, the tube 0.5 mm long. 
Stamens 3 to 5, inserted on the corolla and alternating with the lobes, 
the filaments and anthers each 0.8 mm long. Ovary usually 5-celled, with 
a single pendulous ovule in each cell ; stigma capitate. Fruit subglobose 
or ovoid, 5 to 6 mm long, with about 15 longitudinal ridges, usually 
with 5 nutlets, the peduncles 2 to 3 cm long. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Williams 101/7, May, 1904; Bur. 8ci. 2839 Hearns, 
April, 1907; Elmer; Loher 5129: Province of Zambales, Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 
8060 Curran <6 Merritt, December, 1907 : Province of Bataan, Mount Mariveles, 
Whit ford 1/11/ : Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Bur. Hci. 2115, 2677 Ramos, February, 
May, 1907. 
A very characteristic species readily recognizable by its solitary or fascicled, 
long-pedicelled flowers, very long-pedicelled fruits and membranaceous leaves which 
are apieulate-dentieulate. The flowers are sometimes 3- to 5-merous on the 
same plants. 
