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PHILIPPINE PLANTS, IX, 335 
PARSONSIA R. Br. 
PARSONSIA OBLANCIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis oblanceolatis ad anguste 
oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, apice acuminatis, basi 
angustatis, acutis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10; cymis terminalibus, 
pedunculatis, multifloris, floribus circiter 1 cm longis, filamentis 
inter se spiraliter dextrorsum contortis. 
A scandent, glabrous, woody vine, the branches pale-brown or 
somewhat grayish, very minutely pustulate, the younger ones 
dark-brown. Leaves chartaceous, oblanceolate to narrowly 
oblong-obovate, 7 to 12 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, slightly 
shining when dry, the lower surface paler than the upper one, 
apex shortly but sharply acuminate, base narrowed, acute; nerves 
8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distant, anastomosing, the 
reticulations very lax, faint or often nearly obsolete; petioles 
1 to 1,5 cm long. Cymes terminal, many-flowered, 5 to 6 cm 
long, sometimes slightly pubescent, usually trichotomous, the 
peduncle 1.5 cm long or less, the branches again trichotomous, 
the flowers crowded on the ultimate branchlets. Bracteoles 
oblong-ovate, acute, 1 to 1.5 mm long, the pedicels 5 to 8 mm 
long. Sepals oblong, acute or obtuse, about 3 mm long, slightly 
imbricate in bud. Corolla-tube about 3.5 mm long and 3 mm 
in diameter in the middle, more or less inflated, glabrous on 
both sides, the throat glabrous, not bearded, the lobes oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, 6 to 7 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, base 
a little wider. Filaments about 5 mm long, somewhat villous, 
strongly twisted about the style ; anthers lanceolate, 4 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Zambales, Candelaria, Bur. Sci. 4723 Ramos, 
December 7, 1907. 
A species manifestly allied to Parsonaia confusa Merr., and P, cumin- 
giana A. DC, of the Philippines, and P. spiralis Wall., of India and 
Malaya, but quite different in vegetative characters. It is probably most 
closely allied to P. cumingiana A. DC, but is at once distinguished from 
that species by its oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, more numerously 
veined leaves; from P. confusa it differs in its leaf characters and its 
glabrous or nearly glabrous inflorescence. 
VALLARIS Burm. 
VALLARIS ANGUSTIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, 6 ad 10 m alta, glabra; foliis lanceolatis, coriaceis 
vel subcoriaceis, utrinque angustatis acuminatisque, usque ad 8 
cm longis, 0.7 ad 1.5 cm latis; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, 
circiter 13 mm diametro, corollae tubo apice constricto. 
