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oblique oblanceolatis, aequilongis, retinaculo anguste oblongo duplo 
breviori supra basin affixis; stigmatis capite conico, antheras haud 
excedente. 
Mindanao: Mt. Apo, District of Davao, A. D. E. Elmer no. 10759 
(typus), no. 11221, flowering May and July 1909. 
Amongst the Philippine species this hat evidently got the narrowest 
leaves. In the corona-scales it resembles some species of the affinity of 
D. nummularia R. Br. 
18. Dischidia joloensis Schltr. spec. nov. 
Volubilis, scandens, ramosa, ramis filiformibus, flexuosis, teretibus, 
glabris, laxe foliatis; foliis patentibus patulisve, ellipticis vel lanceolato- 
ellipticis, apiculatis, basi cuneatis, utrinque glabris, basi vulgo cuneatis, 
1,8—3 cm longis, medio fere 5—10 mm latis, petiolo 5—8 mm longo; 
inflorescentiis subsessilibus, valde abbreviatis, paucifloris; floribus in genere 
mediocribus, brevissime pedicellatis, purpureis; calycis foliolis ovatis obtusis 
corolla multoties brevioribus; corolla e basi ovoidea subcylindracea, breviter 
5-fida (i. e. sexta parte apicali), dimidio superiore extus minute verruculosa, 
tubo intus sparsim setosa, lobis ovatis, subacutis, medio longitudinaliter 
carinato-incrassatis;  gynostegio sessili cylindraceo-conico, coronam 
dimidio superante; coronae foliolis e basi ligulata apice peltato-incurvis 
et in laminam semilunatam alte bipartitam cum partitionibus deflexis 
oblique ovalibus obtusis expansis; antheris trapezoideis, appendice hyalina 
oblonga, obtusiuscula; polliniis oblique oblongoideis, translatoribus erectis 
quam pollinia triplo brevioribus oblique triangulo-obovatis, retinaculo 
oblongoideo translatoribus paulo breviori infra medium affixis; stigmatis 
capite antheras vix excedente. 
JoJo: Mt. Dajo, c. 600 m alt, E. D. Merrill, no. 5327, flowering in 
Octobre 1906. 
A very distinct species. In its foliage somewhat resembling 
D. pectenioides Pears. but belonging to the section Eu-Dischidia. 
19. Dischidia quinquangularis Schltr., spec. nov. 
Inflorescentiis longipedunculatis, rhachi saepius ramosa incrassata, 
dense multiflora, pedunculo carnoso. c. 10 em longo; floribus illis D. 
Rafflesianae Wall. similibus, sed majoribus, pedicello c. 6 mm longo, 
glabro; calycis foliolis late ovalibus, obtusis, margine minutissime cilio- 
latis, caeterum glabris, c. 1,25 mm longis; corolla urceolari-subglobosa, 
quarta parte apicali 5-fida, c. 4 mm longa, extus toris 5 linearibus 
dimidio superiore leviter incrassatis longitudinalibus ornata, glabra, intus 
tubo supra medium anulo tenui horizontali praedito, lobis incurvalis 
ovalibus obtusis margine leviter incrassatis; gynostegio breviter stipitato, 
cylindraceo 2 mm alto, coronam subduplo excedente; coronae foliolis e 
basi lineari bicruribus, cruribus e ungue lineari erecto-patente in lami- 
nam deflexam oblique rhombeam subacutam dilatatis; antheris oblongis, 
appendice hyalina lanceolato-elliptica acuta; polliniis oblique oblongoideis, 
