ALAHASTUA PIIILTPPINENSIA, II. 215 
CALLICARPA Linn. 
Calitcarpa ovata s]). nov. 
Frutcx ; floribus cyniosis, breviter ped icellatis^ i)arvis, tetrameris ; 
staminibus stylisqiio exsortis; foliis ovatis^ Ijreviter petiolatis, ovatis vel 
junioribus ollij)tieis^ margino serratis^ basi truneatis, apioe acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque 8-10. 
Inflorescence cyniose, l.o-2 c-ni long, the peduncles 5-11 mm long, the 
various forkings inclined to one anotlier at angles exceeding a riglit angle, 
the nltimate pedicels 2-4 mm long, the bractlets lintnir to oblanceolate, 
i).T-0.8 mm long, the rachises and outer surface of the eal\x ferruginoiis- 
stellate-tonientosc or ferniginous-stellate-})ul)e5^cent; calyx ol)liquely cam- 
panulate, 0.9-1.2 mm long, shallowly divided into 4 somewhat unequal 
lobes but not 2-lipped; corolla pink, 2.3-2.5 nan long, divided for one- 
haif to one-third of its lengtli into 4 equal broadly ovate rounded lobes 
1 mm wide; stamens 4, filaments inserted about 0.5 mm from the base of 
the corolla and alternate with its lobes, spirally coiled when dry, when 
extended 2.7-3 mm long, anthers ellipsoid, 0.7 mm long; ovary sessile, 
subglobose, 0.5 mm in diameter, the style 5-6 mm long, caducous, at the 
apex expanded into a small obscurely 4-notched stigma; drupe subglobose, 
2.5 mm in diameter, glabrous, containing 4 pyrenes, each pyrene 2 mm 
long, 1.3 mm in diameter, 1-celled, 1-seeded ; seed ellipsoid, 1.3 mm long, 
0.8 mm in diameter. * 
A slender shrub about 2 m high, the ultimate branches densely fer- 
ruginous-stellate-tomentose, gradually becoming smoother and ulti- 
mately glabrous, bark grayish, thickly hut lightly striate; leaves opposite, 
borne on tomentose petioles 3-5 mm long, the lamina membranaceous, 
ovate or the youngest elliptic, 5.5-10 cm long, 3-G cm wide, truncate 
at tlie base, acutely or obtusely acuminate at the apex, the margins 
serrate except at the base, the veins of all orders on the under surface 
densely stellate-tomentose, those of the upper surface slightly so; prinuiry 
veins on each side of the midrib 8-10. 
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Type collected at an t'levation of 180 ni, near Darong, District of Oavao, 
Mindanao, by R. S. Williams, no. 2.577, in dowt'i- and fruit, April !), 100.5. 
PREMNA Linn. 
Premna benguetensis s'p. nov. 
►escentibu 
dispositis, viridcpcentibus, bilabiatis; calycis corollaetpie lobis 5; stami- 
pyr^nis 
4-locularibus; stylo 4 nun longo, ai)ice brevissime furcato; foliis op- 
positis, siccis atro-viridibus, ellipticis, apice acuminatis; venis lateralibus 
utrinque 5-7, subtus luteis ferrugineo-pubescentibusque, conspicuis. 
