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TIMONiUS GRACILIPES sp. iiov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, partibus junioribus plus minusve 
ciliato-hirsutis ; foliis parvis, subtus pallidioribus, ad costa nerv- 
osque leviter adpresse hirsutis, oblongis vel oblongo-ovatis, usque 
ad 3*5 cm longis, acuminatis ; floribus axillaribus, solitariis, longe 
tenuiter pedicellatis, bracteolis aciculatis, ovario 6-locelIato. 
A shrub about 2 m high, the branches terete, gray or reddish- 
brown, stiff, glabrous, the branchlets numerous, marked with 
numerous, close-set petiolar scars, the younger parts rather prom- 
inently ciliate-hirsute, the hairs pale-brownish. Leaves oppo- 
site, small, subcoriaceous, oblong to oblong-ovate, 2.5 to 3.5 cm 
long, 5 to 12 mm wide, pale when dry, the upper surface gla- 
brous or only very sparingly pubescent, the lower surface paler 
than the upper one, distinctly appressed-hirsute along the midrib 
and the lateral nerves, the apex distinctly acuminate, the base 
acute or obtuse, the margins plane or very slightly recurved; 
lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, ascending, 
straight, the ultimate reticulations netted, rather close; petioles 
ciliate-hirsute, 3 mm long or less; stipules lanceolate, as long as 
the petioles, ferruginous-hirsute, deciduous. Flowers in the 
upper axils, solitary, long-pedicelled, the pedicels slender, spar- 
ingly hirsute, at anthesis 1 to 1.5 cm long, increasing in length 
and 2 cm long in fruit, with two acicular, 2 to 2.5 mm long brac- 
teoles at the apex immediately below the flower. Calyx-tube 
about 2 mm long, the teeth 4, slightly pubescent, linear, as long 
as the tube. Corolla about 2 mm long. Ovary about 6-celled; 
style 4-cleft. Fruit ellipsoid, about 4 mm long, slightly hirsute. 
Cebu, Buacao, in thickets on dry hills, Biur. Sci. 11110 Ramos, March, 
1912. 
A very distinct species, characterized by its small leaves and its solitary, 
long- and slenderly pedicelled flowers. 
UNCARIA Schreber 
UNCARIA PERROTTETII (A. Rich.) comb. nov. 
Sabicea perrottetii A. Rich, in Mem. Rub. (1830) 148; Mem. Soc. Hist. 
Nat. Paris 5 tl834) 228. 
Ouroupartia perrottetii Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 1 (1879) 227. 
Uncaria ferrea F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 105, non DC. 
Uncaria hookeri Vid. Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 118, 177, Rev. 
PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 149; Havil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 33 
(1897) 86, pL -4, /. lS-18; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 37. 
Luzon, without definite locality, Cumhig 1128 (cotype of Uncaria hookeri 
Vid.), Loher 6321: Province of Ilocos Norte, Mount Piao, For, Bur. 12^81 
Merrill & Darling, November, 1908: Province of Pampanga, Mount Abu, 
