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CYRTANDRA ACLADA sp. nov. § Decurrentes. 
Frutex erectus, simplex, usque ad 1 m altus; foliis oppositis, 
aequalibus, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 20 
cm longis, petiolatis, supra olivaceis, glabris, subtus pallidis, 
ad costa nervisque leviter pubescentibus, basi acutis, apice bre- 
viter acuminatis, margine sursum obscure crenulato-denticulatis, 
nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, persipicuis; inflorescentiis caulinis, 
basifloris, brevissime pedunculatis, floribus paucis, subumbellatim 
dispositis vel fasciculatis, 4.5 cm longis, extus villosis. 
An erect unbranched shrub up to 1 m high, the younger parts 
obscurely pubescent. Stems glabrous, pale brownish or grayish, 
up to 7 mm in diameter, the lower part leafiess. Leaves opposite, 
those of each pair equal or subequal, chartaceous to subcoria- 
ceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, the apex distinctly 
acuminate, base equilateral, cuneate, the margins in the upper 
part obscurely crenulate-denticulate, the upper surface dark- 
olivaceous, glabrous, the lower surface pale and obscurely pubes- 
cent on the midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each 
side of the midrib, rather prominent, the reticulations slender, 
lax; petioles 2.5 to 4 cm long, glabrous or nearly so. Inflores- 
cences cauline, at the very base of the stem, sometimes from 
the roots, shortly peduncled, subumbellate, rather few-fiowered 
or the umbels sometimes reduced to sessile fascicles. Flowers 
few, 4.5 cm long, their pedicels up to 1 cm long, the bracts few, 
10 to 12 mm long, membranaceous, deciduous, linear-lanceolate. 
Calyx about 24 mm long, more or less pubescent, slender, cylin- 
dric, the lobes lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 6 to 8 mm long. 
Corolla white, sparingly pilose externally with long weak hairs, 
the lower 2 cm narrow, then widened. Filaments 6 mm long, 
glabrous; anthers 2 mm Jong. Disk cylindric, glabrous, 2.5 mm 
long, somewhat crenate. Ovary lanceolate, glabrous, about 
1 cm long; style pubescent in the upper two-thirds, about 14 mm 
long; stigma oblique. Fruits cylindric, glabrous, 2 to 2.5 cm 
long, 5 mm in diameter. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Malangas and Mount Tubuan, 
Bur. Sci. 36616 (type), 36907 Ramos & Edafio, October, 1919. 
On damp forested slopes at low and medium altitudes. 
A species belonging in the group with Cyrtandra radiciflora 
C. B. Clarke, but with different inflorescences, larger flowers, 
much longer calyces, glabrous ovaries, etc. Among the Phil- 
ippine species it is apparently most closely allied to Cyrtandra 
tecomiflora Krinzl., but has very different vegetative characters. 
