xi, c, 4 Men-ill: New Plants from Samai- Igl 



The seventh species of this recently described genus to be found in the 

 Philippines. It is apparently most closely allied to Papualthia loheri Merr., 

 but is readily distinguished by its indumentum. 



OROPHEA Blume 

 OROPHEA LEYTENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, partibus junior ibus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glaber; foliis plerumque oblongis, usque ad 30 cm 

 longis, firme chartaceis, acuminatis, basi subacutis ad rotun- 

 datis, nervis utrinque circiter 15; inflorescentiis axillaribus et 

 e axillis defoliatis, dense ciliato-hirsutis, floribus fasciculatis vel 

 in racemis depauperatis dispositis, pedicellis circiter 1 cm longis ; 

 sepalis reflexis ; petalis interioribus circiter 7 mm longis, breviter 

 unguiculatis, exterioribus 4 ad 5 mm longis, elliptico-ovatis, 

 reflexis; staminibus 5 vel 6; carpellis 6, oblongo-ovatis, hirsutis, 

 sursum angustatis. 



A shrub 3 to 4 m high, the younger branchlets and inflores- 

 cence densely subappressed-villous with pale-brownish hairs, the 

 older parts quite glabrous. Branches reddish-brown, terete, 

 wrinkled when dry. Leaves generally oblong, 20 to 30 cm long, 

 7 to 12 cm wide, firmly chartaceous, pale or pale-brownish when 

 dry, base subacute to rounded, apex generally slenderly acum- 

 inate, the very young leaves more or less appressed-pilose, in 

 age entirely glabrous; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of 

 the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, somewhat ascend- 

 ing, obscurely anastomosing close to the margin ; petioles stout, 

 3 to 5 mm long. Flowers dull-reddish, axillary, or mostly on 

 the branches from the axils of fallen leaves, the inflorescence 

 densely subappressed-pubescent with pale hairs, of simple fas- 

 cicles or of fascicled, greatly reduced, short racemes, the bracts 

 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 to 3.5 mm long, densely 

 ciliate-pubescent, the pedicels usually about 1 cm long, some- 

 times shorter. Sepals reflexed before the flower opens, ovate, 

 about 4 mm long, obtuse to acute, pubescent. Outer three 

 petals ovate to ovate-elliptic, obtuse, reflexed, pubescent, about 

 5 mm long. Inner three petals arched over the stamens and 

 carpels, densely pubescent externally, the claw short, about 2 

 mm long, the limb rhomboid, about 5 mm long and wide, acute 

 to obtuse. Stamens 5, broadly obovoid, about 1.2 mm long. 

 Carpels 6, oblong or oblong-ovoid, narrowed upward, appressed- 

 pubescent, about 1.5 mm long. 



Samar, Catubig River at Cagmanaba, Bur. Sri. 2U6S (type), 21>292 

 Ramos, February 26, 1916, in damp forests at low altitudes. Leyte, 

 Tacloban, Wenzel 1723, April 5, 1916, in forests. 



The Samar specimen being much better than the one from Leyte has 



