THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



C. Botany 



Vol. XI NOVEMBER, 1916. No. 6 



RELIQUIAE ROBINSONIANAE 



By E. D. Merrill 



(From the Botanical Section of the Biological Laboratory, Bureau of 



Science, Manila, P. I.) 



(Concluded.) 



SAXIFRAGACEAE 



POLYOSMA Blume 

 POLYOSMA BRACHYANTHA sp. nov. 



Arbor usque ad 16 m alta inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 

 alternis, integris, oblongis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, 

 apice prominente acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 17 cm longis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 12, subtus prominentibus ; racemis usque 

 ad 14 cm longis, puberulis, multifloris; floribus 4-meris, 1 cm 

 longis, petalis extus minute adpresse puberulis, intus prominente 

 pilosis. 



A tree attaining a height of 16 m, entirely glabrous except the 

 inflorescence. Branches and branchlets terete, grayish or brown- 

 ish. Leaves alternate, firmly chartaceous, olivaceous and some- 

 what shining when dry, in general oblong, 10 to 17 cm long, 2.5 

 to 5.5 cm wide, entire, subequally narrowed to the acute base and 

 to the prominently acuminate apex, the acumen usually rather 

 slender, often minutely apiculate ; lateral nerves about 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; 

 petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Racemes terminal, solitary, many flow- 

 ered, up to 14 cm in length, minutely but not densely puberulent 

 with short, appressed, rather pale hairs. Flowers white, 4-mer- 

 ous, 1 cm long, their pedicels puberulent, 1 to 2 mm long, the 

 subtending bracts very small, oblong-ovate, less than 1 mm long. 

 Calyx-tube appressed-puberulent, about 2 mm long, the teeth 4, 

 broadly triangular-ovate, acute, short. Petals 8 mm long, about 

 1.4 mm wide, obtuse, externally minutely and sparingly ap- 



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