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MERRILL. 
SAXIFRAGACEiE. 
HYDRANGEA Linn. 
Hydrangea subintegra sp. nov. 
Arbuscula circiter 1.5 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; ramis 
ramulisque teretibus, rubro-brunneis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, membra- 
naceis, acuminatis, 8 ad 11 cm longis, supra brunneis, subtus pallidio- 
ribus, integris vel obscure distanter denticulatis ; cymis terminalibus 5 ad 
7 cm longis, sparse fulvo-liirsutis ; floribus exterioribus slerilibus, sepalis 
4 petaloideis, obovoideis vel elliptico-obovoideis, 1 ad 1.3 cm longis, 
glabris; floribus interioribus 5-meris. 
A shrub about 1.5 m high, erect, glabrous except the inflorescence, the 
branches terete, reddish-brown, smooth and somewhat shining. Leaves 
opposite, oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, 8 to 11 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm 
wide, the upper surface brownish when dry, the lower surface paler, 
somewhat shining, the margins entire, sometimes distantly and obscurely 
denticulate, the apex rather strongly acuminate, the base acute; primary 
nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, distant, irregular, anasto- 
mosing, the secondary ones nearly as prominent, the reticulations lax; 
petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes terminal, 5 to 7 cm long, slightly 
fulvous-hirsute. Outer flowers sterile, their 4 sepals petaloid obovoid to 
elliptical-obovoid, 1 to 1.3 cm long, glabrous, white, rounded at the 
apex, one usually larger than the other three; petals oblong or narrowly 
oblong-obovate, obtuse or refuse, 2 to 2.5 mm long : stamens 8 ; ovary 
rudimentary. Inner flowers pedicellate, pedicels 3 mm long : calyx teeth 
5, oblong, 1 mm long; petals 5, narrowly obovate-oblong, obtuse or 
refuse, about 2.5 mm long, 1 mm wide; stamens 10; filaments 1.5 to 2 
mm long; styles 3. Capsule narrowly ovoid, glabrous, 3 to 4 mm long. 
Batan, Santo Domingo de Baseo, Bur. Sci. 3776 Fenix, June, 1907. N. v., 
Gagadang. 
Readily distinguished from the Philippine Hydrangea lobhii Maxim., by its 
entire or nearly entire, elongated leaves, which are not barbate in the axils 
beneath. It seems to be most closely allied to the Formosan H. Integra Hayata, 
but has smaller leaves, four petaloid sepals to the outer flowers instead of two, 
and is apparently an erect shrub, not scandent. 
PITTOSPORACEflE. 
PITTOSPORUM Banks. 
P. odoratum Merr. 
Sabtan, 376Jf Fenix. 
Widely distributed in the central and northern Philippines at medium and 
higher altitudes; endemic. 
LEGUMINOS2E. 
PITH ECO LOB I U M Mart. 
P. montanum Benth. 
Sabtan, 37J/0 Fenix. 
Rather widely distributed in the Philippines ; British India and Malaya. 
