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MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, near Tankulan, Bur. Sci. 
39187 Ramos & Edaiio July 5, 1920. On trees in damp forests 
at an altitude of about 900 meters. 
A very strongly marked species and recognizable by its indu- 
mentum and its long, lanceolate, slender, acuminate, equilateral, 
and coarsely and regularly toothed leaves. 
POLYCHROA FERRUGINEA gp. nov. 
Frutex vel suffrutex scandens, ramosus, usque ad 50 cm altus, 
partibus junioribus et subtus foliis ferrugineo-pubescentibus; 
foliis membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, 8 ad 
14 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi inaequilateralibus, mar- 
gine grosse crenatis vel crenato-serratis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 
10, perspicuis; cymis axillaribus, circiter 1 cm longis, sublaxis; 
floribus @ 5-meris, sepalis oblongis, 3 mm longis, cucullatis, 
omnibus corniculatis, accrescentibus, sub fructu 6 mm longis; 
staminoideis valde incrassatis. 
A slender, scandent, more or less branched, somewhat woody 
vine up to 50 cm long, the stems brown, glabrous or nearly So, 
terete, the younger parts ferruginous-pubescent with crisped 
hairs, more or less angled or compressed. Leaves alternate, 
membranaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 8 to 14 cm 
long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the apex slenderly acuminate, the base 
distinctly inequilateral, obtuse, the margins rather coarsely 
crenate or crenate-serrate, the upper surface olivaceous, shin- 
ing, usually with numerous short scattered cystoliths, the lower ° 
surface brownish and ferruginous-pubescent with crisped hairs 
on the midrib and lateral nerves, the indumentum less con- 
spicuous on the surface; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of 
the midrib, rather prominent on the lower surface, slightly 
curved, the reticulations not prominent; petioles pubescent, 5 
to 7 mm long. Cymes axillary, solitary, about 1 cm long, 1 to 
1.5 cm wide, shortly peduncled, rather lax, glabrous or slightly 
pubescent. Female flowers 5-merous, the sepals oblong, 3 mm 
long, more or less cucullate, all extended into a slender, 3 mm 
long, acuminate spur, the total length approximating 6 mm in 
fruit. Achene subellipsoid, about 2 mm long. Staminodes in 
fruit oblong, much thickened, 4-angled, truncate, about 1 mm 
long. 
MINDANAO, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sei. 
38781 Ramos & Edafo, July 27, 1920. In forests, altitude about 
1,000 meters. 
