90 MERRILL. 
2-lobed, the lobes ovoid, about 7 mm long, each lobe 1- or 2-celled, 
each cell containing a single seed. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Mount Tonglon, For, Bur. 5022 Curran 
(type), August, 1906, a small tree with white flowers near the summit of 
the mountain, altitude probably about 2,000 m: Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, 
Vanoverhergh 1S72, August, 1911, altitude 1,250 m. 
A species with somewhat the aspect of Grewia viultifiora Juss., and G. 
laevigata Vahl, but quite different from both in its pubescence. 
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MALVACEAE, 
SIDA L. 
Srda puberula sp. nov. 
Species S. corylifolise Wall, affinis, differt omnibus partibus 
plus minusve cinereo-stellato-puberulis, aristis carpellorum bre- 
vioribus, pubescentibus, non reflexo-villosis. 
An erect branched shrub about 3 m high (fide Vanoverhergh). 
Branches terete, cinereous-puberulent. Leaves oblong-ovate, 
firmly chartaceous, base somewhat cordate, apex acute or slightly 
acuminate, the margins crenate-denticulate, 3 to 8 cm long, 2 to 
4.5 cm wide, the upper surface stellate-puberulent with scattered 
hairs, the lower surface much paler and densely cinerous-stellate- 
puberulent; basal nerves 2 pairs, the outer pair much shorter 
• than the inner, the inner pair reaching to about the middle of 
the leaf, the lateral nerves above the basal- ones about 4 on each 
side of the midrib, the reticulations few, lax; petioles densely 
cinereous-stellate-puberulent, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long; stipules seta- 
ceous, about 4 mm long. Flowers orange-yellow, rather large, 
axillary, solitary, mostly somewhat crowded near the ends of 
the branches, the peduncles stellate-puberulent, reaching a length 
of 5 cm, somewhat geniculate near the apex. Calyx about 1.5 
cm long, 2 cm in diameter, the lobes ovate, acuminate, 8 to 9 
mm long, outside stellate-puberulent, inside puberulent with 
simple hairs. Petals obliquely and very broadly obovate, about 
2 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, each with from 15 to 20 slender nerves. 
Staminal-tube cylindric, densely pubescent, about 8 mm long, 
3 mm in diameter; stamens very numerous, the anthers about 
1 mm long, 2 mm wide. Styles 9, united for the lower 7 mm, 
the free portions exserted, about 1.5 cm long. Carpels 9, in- 
cluding the awns about 7 cm long, slightly reticulate on all three 
faces, glabrous except for the two, pubescent, terminal, 1.5 to 2 
mm long awns. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Bauco, wet hillsides, altitude about 1,350 m, 
Vanoverhergh S5S, September 14, 1910. 
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