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have given rise to much of the confusion in the Philippine repre- 
sentatives of the genus, and it is hoped that the following enumeration 
will clear up the doubtful points : 
Stamens 1 opposite each petal (§ Blackwellia) . 
Leaves softly pubescent beneath 1. H. barandaeX id. 
Leaves entirely glabrous. 
Flowers 5-6-merous; petals subspatulate, somewhat broader than the sepals, 
hirsute; leaves crenate , 2. H. loheri Merr. 
Flowers 6-7-merous; petals and sepals linear, equal, covered with very long 
spreading hairs; leaves entire 3. H. panayanum F.-Vill. 
Stamens 2 or more opposite each petal (§ Myjriantheia) . 
Petals spatulate, much exceeding the ovate-lanceolate sepals; flowers 4-5- 
merous 4. H. bracteatum Bentli. 
Petals and sepals subspatulate, equal or subequal ; flowers 5-8-merous. 
Flowers 5-6-merous ; lateral nerves of the leaves about (5 
5. H. villarianum Vid. 
Flowers 7-8-merous; lateral nerves of the leaves 11 to 13. 
6. E. luzoniense F.-Vill. 
(1) Homalium barandae Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. Manila (1880) 32; Sinopsis 
Atlas, (1883) 27, t. 53, f. A; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 141; Ceron Cat. PI. 
Herb. (1892) 87; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 94, in part, excluding the description 
of the flowers. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, For. Bur. 2959, 33 77 Ahern's collector, 
April, September, 1905: Province of Batangas, For. Bur. ?'?'4,9 Curran & Merritt, 
November, 1907. 
The type of this species was from the Province of Manila (Rizal) ; and Vidal, 
in the original description, which is very short, speaks especially of the dense 
pubescence on the lower surface of the leaves, which is also very characteristic 
of the specimens above cited. It is the only Philippine species that has densely 
pubescent leaves. F.-Villar’s description applies, at least in part, to an entirely 
different species, as he describes the flowers with fourteen stamens, which applies 
to the species of the section Myriantheia. The specimen cited by Vidal in his 
Revision can not be considered as the type. T., Laing. 
(2) Homalium loheri sp. nov. 
Arbor inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, sub- 
coriaceis, breviter obtuseque acuminatis, 12 ad 17 cm longis, margine 
crenato-serratis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10; inflorescentiis tenninalibus, 
paniculatis, villosis, ramis elongatis ; floribus fasciculatis, ebracteolatis, 
5- vel 6-meris, pedicellatis ; petalis subspatulatis, quam sepalis paullo 
longioribus; staminibus 5 vel 6; ovario villoso. 
A tree, apparently of medium size. Brandies terete, liglit-gray, 
lenticellate. Leaves alternate, subcoriaceous, shining, glabrous, oblong- 
elliptical, 12 to 17 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex shortly, and 
obtusely acuminate, the base acute, the margins erenate-serrate through- 
out ; nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, 
the reticulations distinct; petioles about 5 mm long. Inflorescence 
terminal, villous, paniculate, the branches few, elongated, 12 to 20 cm 
long. Flowers in fascicles, the bracteoles, if any, very deciduous, the 
