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villosis; foliis longe petiolatis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 

 usque ad 13 cm longis, acutis, serratis, basi obtusis ad rotundatis, 

 nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, subtus valde prominentibus ; floribus 

 circiter 2 cm longis, calycibus valde inflatis, 5-lobatis, lobis ovatis, 

 4 ad 5 mm longis. 



A subscandent shrub, very prominently villous with dense, 

 long, soft, brown or ferruginous hairs. Branches pale-gray, 

 terete, about 7 mm in diameter, the younger parts very densely 

 villous as are the petioles, inflorescences, flowers, and midrib and 

 nerves on the lower surface of the leaves. Leaves oblong to 

 oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.3 to 6 cm wide, 

 those of each pair somewhat unequal in size, the upper surface 

 nearly black when dry, glabrous or nearly so, the lower brownish 

 in color, densely villous on the midrib, nerves, and somewhat 

 so on the reticulations, the apex acute, base obtuse to rounded, 

 margins distantly serrate ; petioles of the larger leaf of each pair 

 up to 6 cm in length, of the smaller one 2 to 3 cm. Flowers 

 axillary* apparently fascicled; pedicels, calyx, and corolla ex- 

 ternally very densely and softly villous ; pedicels 6 to 8 mm long. 

 Calyx inflated, up to 1 cm in diameter, about 1.5 cm long, ovoid, 

 the lobes ovate, acute, 4 to 5 mm long, outside very densely 

 villous. Corolla cylindric, 2 cm long, densely villous, the lobes 

 orbicular-ovate, subequal, spreading or somewhat recurved, 

 about 2 mm long. Anthers 2 mm long. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 

 glabrous ; style elongated, appressed-hirsute. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Kililibong, Bur. Sci. 23318 Ramos, 

 August 18, 1915, on trees at the summit. 



A most characteristic species, readily distinguished from the numerous 

 Philippine forms by its long-petioled leaves, its very dense, brown or 

 ferruginous indumentum, and its inflated calyces. Perhaps allied to 

 Cyrtandra villosis sima Merr., but entirely different from that species. 



RUBIACEAE 



GARDENIA Linnaeus 

 GARDENIA OBSCURINERVIA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber, foliis anguste oblongis, coriaceis, 

 nitidis, acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 14 cm longis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 10, subtus subobsoletis ; floribus axillaribus, 

 fasciculatis, sessilibus, 5-meris, fasciculatis, bracteis ovatis 6 

 ad 7 mm longis persistentibus suffultis, calycibus obovoideis, 

 cylindraceis, circiter 5 mm longis, corolla cylindracea, elongata, 

 tubo circiter 10 cm longo, lobis lanceolatis, 4 ad 5 cm longis. 



A glabrous scandent shrub, the branches stout, rugose when 



