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226 ROBINSON. 
Tetralopha (?) poliUensis sp. nov. 
Suffrntex, raniis j^Gnclulis: inflorcscentiis axillaribus, bracteatis; calyce 
iirceolato^ triincato vel subtruncato, ciliolato; corolla aestivatione valvata, 
sub antliesi plus luinusve alte divisa, lobis 4^ lanceolatis, reeurvis^ intus 
dense lanatis; staminibus 4; ovario biloculari^ 2-ovulato: foliis petiolatis, 
lanceolatis vel elliptico-laneeolatis^ iiigrieantibus, basi acutis^ apice acu- 
minatis. 
In florescences axillary, rarely also terminal, excluding tlie flowers 1 
cm long or more often distinctly shorter, tlie tiowers in one to three 
superimposed whorls with or without a basal peduncle, the internodes, 
when any, 2 to 3 mm long; the nodes involucrate by ovate, acuminate, 
ciliate, united ])i'acts, sometijues also with bracts similar to the leaves but 
much smaller; pcflicels stout, 1 mm long, or almost wanting: calyx ur- 
ceolate, 2.5 to 3 nmi long, 2.5 mm in diameter at the rim, the rim ex- 
tending beyond the ovary, truncate or ver}- ol)Scurely 2- or 4-lobed, cilio- 
late; corolla white, in all 13 to 14 mm long, valvate in bud, at anthesis 
splitting about half -wa}- to the base, the 4 lobes lanceolate, obtuse, recurved, 
their inner surfaces densely white-lanute to below the insertion of the 
stamens; filaments inserted upon the corolla about 5 mm from its base, 
about 2 mm long, the linear-lanceolate anthers 2.5 mm long, their tips 
slightly exserted; disk pulviijate, with 2 sessile stigmas 0.3 to 0.5 mm 
long; ovary at least sometimes 2-celled with 2 collateral ovules in each 
cell, sometimes shelving traces of 4 cells. 
A shrub 3 m hig}i, its branches pendent (from herbarium material would 
be considered scandent), the branches 4-an^led or ncarlv terete, covered 
witJi gray or yellowish-gray bark, vegetative parts entirely glabrous : leaves 
opposite, the petioles 8 to 15 mm long, the lamina subcoriaceous, blackish 
wlien dry, lanceolate or in smaller leaves elliptic-lanceolate, G,d to 13.5 
cm long, 1 to 5 em wide, narroA\-ed to both ends, the base acute, the apex 
formmg an obtnse or subacute acumen 5 to 10 mm long; lateral veins 
7 to 9, the secondary reticulations prominent, especially on the under* 
surface; stipules ovate, obtuse, 1 mm long, connected by a stipular line. 
PoLiLLo, be.side a clearing about 1.5 km soiitl. of tlie tosvn, Bur. Sci, mh 
Kohimon. The generic diffK uUies are connected with the nature of the ovary, 
mechnnicallv as to its actual structure, but also as to whether it is typical 
of the species or rather a reduced state belon^nny to the staminate flower of a 
diclinous form. Externally, it is perfectly represented in the figure of Tetralopha 
motleyt^ Hook, f., internally, it seems to vary, usually having the 2-eelled, 
2-oyuIed condition of that species, but sometimes appearing to be 4-celled. The 
ovules were quite immature. In other words, the species miglit with almost 
equal propriety be placed in Oyvochthodes. A Negros plant is closely allied and 
18 here also described. The remaining Philippine species is T. phiUppinensis 
Elmer, from Sibuvan. => i-f r 
Hook. Tc. PI. pj. l(n.i. 
