260 
MERRILL. 
about 5 mm long. Calyx teeth triangular-ovate, acute. Corolla about 
3 mm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, reflexed, about 
1.5 mm long. Filaments short; anthers minutely puberulent, 1 mm 
long. Ovary glabrous. Fruit whitish, about 7 mm long; seeds numer- 
ous, 1.5 to 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Merrill 1833, April, 1903; Bur. Sci. 2667 
Ramos, May, 1907; Bur. Sci. 60 Foxworthy, January, 1906; Montalban, Loher 
lfl05 : Province of Benguet, Twin Peaks, Elmer 61/51, June, 1904, a more pubes- 
cent form, but apparently the same species. 
The second species of the genus to be found in the Philippines, readily 
recognizable by its pubescence, its fascicled flowers and glabrous or nearly glabrous 
corolla-throat. 
FAGRAEA Thunb. 
Fagraea longiflora sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glabra, pseudo-epiphytica; ramulis teretibus, cras- 
siusculis; foliis ovato-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, 30 ad 40 cm longis, breviter 
acuminatis; nervis utrinque 8; iioribus fascieulatis, terminalibus, ses- 
silibus, congestis; corollae tubo cylindraceo, 10 cm longo. 
A scandent pseudo-epiphytic shrub, glabrous throughout. Branches 
terete, thickened, 1.5 to 2 cm thick. Leaves crowded at the ends of 
the branches, elliptical-ovate, 30 to 40 cm long, 20 cm wide or less, sub- 
coriaceous, tough in texture and not brittle when dry, the apex short- 
acuminate, the base decurrent-acuminate; nerves 8 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent; petioles about 4 cm long; stipules large. Flowers 
large, crowded in terminal fascicles or in depauperate sessile cymes. Ca- 
lyx about 4 cm long, 5-lobed, the lobes about 2 cm long, imbricate, oblong- 
ovate, blunt or subacute, the bracteoles 2.5 to 3 cm long. Corolla white, 
the tube 10 cm long, cylindrical, slightly enlarged upwards, somewhat 
villous within, the lobes 5, elliptical-ovate, about 4 cm long. Anthers 
about 7 mm long. Fruit unknown. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, Mount Banajao, For. Bur. 8026, 8028 Curran d 
Merritt, November, 1907, in forests at an altitude of about 700 m. 
A very characteristic species, well distinguished by its long sessile or subsessile 
flowers which are densely crowded into terminal fascicles or depauperated cymes. 
Fagraea auriculata Jack in Malay Miscel. 2 (1822) 82; Blume Rumphia 2 
(1836) 26, t. 72; Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 83. 
Palawan, Mount Victoria, Bur. Sci. 61/2 Foxworthy, March, 1906. 
British India to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago; not previously reported 
from the Philippines. 
MITREOLA Linn. 
Mitreola oldenlandioides Wall. Cat. (1828) no. 4350; DC. Prodr. 9 (1845) 9; 
Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 4 (1883) 79. 
Luzon, Province of Pangasinan, Bur. Sci. Ji852 Ramos, December, 1 907 : 
Province of Bulacan, near Norzagaray, Yoder 126, December, 1906. 
British India to the Malay Archipelago, Australia and the Caroline Islands. 
The first representative of the genus to be found in the Philippines. 
