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856 NEW PHILIPPINE PLANTS. By a. B. Rendle, M.A., F.L.S. The Department of Botany of the British Museum has recently received two small packets of plants from Mr. John Whitehead, who is now collecting in the Philippines. The localities given are in one instance the highland of Lepanto, 5000-7000 ft., in north- west-central Luzon; in the other Mt. Dulangau, at a height of 5000 ft. in the island of Mindoro. Some of the plants are new ; these are described below. Others, like Pinus insularis Endl., Vaccinium VUlarii Vidal, Gaultheria Cumingiana Vidal, and Rhodo- dendron rosmannifolium Vidal, all from Lepanto, are already known as endemic in the islands. A third set are of interest in extending the geographical range of known species. Such are the following : — Podocarpiis falci/ormis Pari. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : Mts. Poe and Mattang, Borneo, 3000 ft. Phyllocladus hypophylla Hook. i. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution: Borneo. Mts. Poe, 3000 ft., and Kina-balu, 8000 ft. Dacrydium elatumY^BW. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution: Malaya. Cephalotaxus Mannii Hook. f. Highland of Lepanto. Distri- bution : Khasia Mts., 5000 ft. The specimen contains leaves only, but there seems no doubt of its identity. Burmannia longifolia Becc. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : Perak; Borneo; New Guinea (H. O. Forbes). PlatycUnis latifolia Hemsl. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : Malaya. Litscea villosa Blume. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : Java. Gaultheria borneensis Stapf. Highland of Lepanto. Distri- bution : Mt. Kina-balu, 12,000 ft. Rhododendron cuneifolimn Stapf. Mt. Dulangau. Distribution : Mt. Kina-balu, 7000 ft. Strobilanthes pentstemonoides T. And. Highland of Lepanto. Distribution : Subtropical Himalaya ; China. Differs from the Indian form in its slightly smaller (corolla 1 in. long), more open flowers, and more compact habit. The Chinese specimens are larger. Vaccinium mindorense, sp. nov. Fruticosus, ramis ramu- lisque tenuibus rigidis ascendentibus bene foliatis, junioribus puberulis ; foliis glabris coriaceis parvis ovalibus integris uni- nerviis : floribus solitariis pedicellatis ; calycis lobis late tri- angularibus ; corolla urceolata Isete purpurea, lobis brevibus recurvatis ; staminibus 10, in corolla inclusis, filamentis planis glabris, antheris muticis, minute puberulis, poris apicalibus de- hiscentibus; ovario infero cum pedicello articulato, loculis pluri- ovulatis; stylo super basin tenuem inflato lineari-oblongo sub stigmate capitato angustato. Hab. Mindoro Is., Mt. Dulangau. Apparently a small herb with straggling growth; the stiff branchlets reaching 28 cm. in length. The small spreading leaves