NEW OK NOTEWORTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VI. 233 
A small tree, the brandies terete, reddisli-brown, glabrous. Leaves 
elliptical, submciiibranaeeoiis, 6 to 11 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, the apex 
broad, rounded, the base acute, shining above, paler beneath, glabrous; 
nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, not prominent; petioles 5 
mm long or less; stipules 7 nun long, lanceolate, acuminate, two-keeled, 
puberulent on the keels. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs^ their 
pedicels 2 mm long. Calyx lobes 1.2 mm long, ovate, acuminate. 
Petals oblong, obtnse, 3.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, the ligule nearly one- 
half as long as the petal. Staniinal tube 1.5 nitu long, the stamens 10, 
the filaments unequal, about 1.5 mm long; anthers 0.4 mm long. Ovary 
glabrous, the style about 3 mm long, cleft into three parts above (short 
styled flowers not seen). Fruit oblong, 8 nun long, 4.5 mm wide. 
JVTiXDANAO, District of Zaniboangii, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9285 Whitford <? 
Hutchinson^ January 2, 1908, growing along the margins of niangnive swamps. 
The second species of the family for the Philippines, 
rvUTACE^. 
LUVUNGA TTam. 
Luvunga philippinensis sp. nov. 
Scandens, inermis; foliolis oblongis vel oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaeeis, 
usque ad 25 cm longis, 10 cm latis; floribus in cymis racemosis paucifloris 
lateralibus dispositis; calycibus cupulatis, truncatis; petalis 3 vel 4, 
oblongis, ca. 1 cm longis, ovario 4-loenlare. 
A scandent shrub without spines, glabrous throughout, the brandies 
gray or brownish. Petioles terete, 9 to 13 cm long, greenish; leaflets 
3, their petiolules stout, 5 mm long or less, 15 to 25 cm long, 6 to 10 
cm wide, subcoriaceous, shining, paler beneath, oblong to oblong-elliptical, 
the apex acuminate, the acumen blunt or retuse, base acute, margins 
entire; nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, irregular, somewhat 
prominent beneath, anastomosing. ' Infloro>conce of small, usually 3- 
flowered, racemose cymes, borne on the branches below the leaves or in 
the leaf-ajcils, 1.5 cm long or less; pedicels 4 to 5 mm long. Flowers 
white, fragrant. Calyx cup-shaped, about 4 mm in diameter, truncate 
or very obscurely 5-toothed, its stipe 2 mm long. Petals 3 or 4, oblong, 
obtuse, imbricate, 9 to 10 mm long, 3.5 to 4.5 mm wide. Stamens 
10, free; filaments stout, swollen, about G mm long; anthers erect, oblong, 
3 mm long. Ovary oblong, 4-celled, quadrangular in cross section, 
about 3 nmi long, 1.2 mm thick, scarcely narrowed into the stout style 
which is about as long as the ovary; stigma capitate. Fruit unknown. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. OlOJf, 9207 Whitforri 
d Hutchinson, December, 1!)07, in forests 30 to 40 m above sea level. The first 
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representative of the gcnns^ to he fonnd in the PJiilippines. 
