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RHAMNAOE^E. 
ALPHITONIA Reiss. 
Alphitonia excelsa Reiss, ex Endl. Gen. (1836-50) 1098. A. moluccana 
T. & B. 
In forests at 700 m. alt. (No. 5532). The fresh bark has a strong odor of oil 
of wintergreen. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Borneo to Polynesia and Australia. 
VITACE2E. 
LEE A Linn. 
Leea aculeata Blume Bijdr. (1825) 197. 
In forests along the Alag River at 100 m. alt. (No. 5605). 
This specimen agrees well with Blame’s short description and moreover with 
Blanco’s description of Ticoria aculeata 12 which Blanco himself later reduced to 
Leea aculeata Blume. It also agrees well with specimens in our herbarium col- 
lected on Mount Arayat by Bolster, a topotype of Blanco’s species. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. 
Malaya. 
E LAEOCAKPACE2E. 
ELAEOCARPUS Linn. 
Elaeocarpus argenteus Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 29 (1905) 26. 
On ridges in forests at 2,200 m. alt. (No. 4462 Merritt) June, 1908. 
Previously known only from Mount Santo Tomas, Luzon. 
Elaeocarpus pendulus Merr. 1. c. 
On ridges in forests at 1,800 m. alt. (No. 5727), flowers immature; on exposed 
ridges at 2,600 m. alt. (No. 6204), fruit. 
Previously known only from Mount Santo Tomas and Mount Mariveles, Luzon. 
Elaeocarpus merrittii Merrill, n. sp. § Monocera. 
Ramulis tenuis, foliis ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, 6 ad 9 cm. 
longis, longe petiolatis, crenato-serratis, subtus in axillis venarnm glan- 
dulosis, racemis axillaribus, usque ad 10 cm. longis, paucifloribus ; flores 
9 mm. longi, 5-meri; petala dense sericea, apice fimbriata; stamina 20; 
drupa 1 ad 1.3 mm. longa, ellipsoidea vel oblongo-ovoidea, 1-sperma. 
A tree 10 m. high or less, nearly glabrous. Branches slender, terete, 
dark brownish red when dry, the younger ones slightly deciduously 
pubescent. 'Leaves submembranous, ovate or oblong-ovate, 6 to 9 cm. 
long, 2.5 to 4 cm. wide, the base rounded, the apex rather long acuminate, 
the margins slightly crenate-serrate, slightly appressed-pubescent beneath 
and along the midrib above, the axils of the veins beneath with prominent 
glands ; nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent beneath ; 
Flora Filip. (1837), 83. 
