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Psychotria longipedunculata Elmer Leafl, Pliilip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1027. 
Represented by 10218; otherwise known only from Sibnyan. 
Psychotria pinnatinervia Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 26. 
Represented by 9295; other distribution Tayabas, Lagnna, with at least closely 
allied forms in Rizal. 
Sarcocephalus pubescens sp. nov. 
Arbuscula: inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, solitariis, biiiis, 
vel ternisj bracteis A\arie positis; novellis, petiolis, ?tipulis, siibtiis foliis 
inflorescentiisqne hirsutis; foliis oppositis, ellipticis vel elliptico-obova- 
tis, basi acutis, apice aciiminatis ; stipulis interpetiolai'ibus, late oblan- 
ceolatis, deciduis. 
Inflorescences solitary, paired, or in threes, axillary or terminal, the 
peduncles 1.5 to 3 cm long, hirsnte especially below the bracts and at 
the apex; bracts not inserted within 3 mm of the base or of the apex 
of the peduncle, but anywhere between, lanceolate to ovate, obtuse or 
shortly acuminate, 4 to 9 mm long, hirsute: heads excluding styles 1.5 
to 2 cm in diameter, the Tinited ovaries alone 4 to 8 mm in diameter; 
calyx-lobes about 5, yellow, 1.5 mm long, thickened and flattened at 
the apex, deciduous; corolla white, tubular, the tube glabrous, 4.5 to 5 
mm long, the 4 ovate lobes about 1 mm long, rounded or truncate; 
stamens 4, the filaments 0.3 mm long, inserted at the sinuses of the 
corolla-lobes, the anthers ovate, nearly 1 mm long, almost entirely ex- 
Berted; style about 9 mm long, the fusiform stigma 1 mm long; ovary 
2-celIed. 
A tree attaining a height of G m, with a trunk 8 cm in diameter, 
the bark of the terete, branches grayish-brown, tlie youngest slioots pur- 
pHsh when dry, and together with the stipules, petioles, and the under 
surface of the leaves fuscous-hirsute: leaves opposite, the ])etioles C, to 
1^ mm long, the lamina submembranaceous, brownish when dry, elliptic 
or elliptic-obovate, 5 to 9.5 cm long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm wide, or some still 
smaller, the base usually rounded but meeting the petiole acutely, the 
apex abruptly contracted into a slender obtuse acumen 6 to 12 mm 
long; lateral veins 7 or 8, reddish, tlie secondary veins numerous and 
fairly conspicuous; stipules interpetiolar, broadly oblanceolate, 15 to 20 
mm long, rounded at the apex, deciduous. 
PoLiLLo, in a meadow about 2 km east of the town, at about 10 m elevation. Bur. 
«ci. 6917 Hohinson (type). Samar, San Juan, For, Bur. 12882 RoscnhUitli, 
local name malhog, the wood used for tables; plant in late flower, with somewhat 
longer and thicker leaves, but otherwise very similar. The species is allied to 
^- hinghunnii Miq., but is separable by the pubescence, shape of the leaves- 
and stipules, and other less conspicuous characters. A still more natural alliance 
may be with 8, hirsutus Hav., of Borneo, which seems to have shorter and dif- 
ferently shaped stipules, larger and thinner leaves, and larger heads of flowers. 
