SERTULUM BONTOCENSE. 
integris vel subintegris, acuminatis, basi acutis vel subrotun- 
datis, usque ad 13 cm longis, subtus dense minuteque glanduloso- 
punctatis; paniculis terminalibus, bracteis bracteolisque con- 
P fertis, albidis vel purpureis, ovatis, 1 ad 2.5 cm longis, diu per- 
sistentibus; corollae tubo circiter 7 mm longo. 
A tree 4 to 9 m high. Branches terete, brownish, lenticellate, 
the branchlets rather densely pubescent with short appressed 
hairs. Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, entire, or 
rarely with few, scattered, irregular teeth, 8 to 13 cm long, 
4 to 5.5 cm wide, base acute or somewhat rounded, the apex 
acuminate, the acumen often rather slender, blunt, the upper 
surface glabrous except for the somewhat pubescent midrib and 
neives, the lower surface with numerous, minute, shining glands, 
also pubescent on the midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 6 to 8 
on each side of the midrib, prominent, the reticulations rather 
lax; petioles pubescent, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long. Panicles terminal, 
10 to 15 cm long, the branches somewhat spreading, pubescent, 
naked below, each subtended by large bracts, the flowers crowded 
at the apices of the branches, surrounded by numerous bracts 
and bracteoles. Lower bracts 2.5 cm long, the upper ones and 
the bracteoles narrowly ovate or ovate, acuminate, thin, sparingly 
pubescent and glandular, base narrowed, 1 to 1.5 cm long, in 
anthesis w^hite, persistent and pink or purplish in fruit. Flowers 
white. Calyx somewhat longitudinally plicate, the lobes broadly 
ovate, acuminate, 5 to 6 mm long. Corolla-tube cylindric, 7 mm 
long, 2 mm in diameter, nearly glabrous, the lobes narrowly 
elliptic-ovate, obtuse or acute, recurved, 5 to 6 mm long, 2.5 mm 
wide, slightly pubescent. Filaments long-exserted, recurved; 
anthers 1.5 mm long. Style 1.5 cm long. Fruit globose, about 
6 mm -in diameter, loosely enclosed by the persistent calyx, the 
bracts and bracteoles also persistent in fruit. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Malamey, Vanoverhergh 777, August 23, 
1910, in forests, altitude 1,550 m, in flower (type) : Lepanto Subprovince, 
trail to Balbalasan, For. Bur, 5718 Klemme, November 19, 1906, in fruit, 
altitude 1,600 m, locally known as palutan. MiNDORO, Mount Hakon, in 
forests, altitude about 1,800 m, Merrill 5516, November, 1906, fruits fallen. 
A species probably as near Clerodeiidron Ttuicrostegium Schauer as to 
any other species, but entirely different from that form, and not closely 
allied to it. It is well characterized by its rather large, numerous, crowded, 
white or colored bracts and bracteoles which persist until after the fruit 
is matured, its oblong leaves, and its short flow 
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