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XII, C, 3 Merrill: Philippine Rubiaceae, III 163 
In many respects this species resembles Urophyllum arboreum (Blume) 
Korth. (U. glabrum Wall.), from which it is readily distinguished by its 
very sparse indumentum; its few-flowered umbels; and its much shorter 
stipules. 
GREENIOPSIS Merrill 
GREENIOPSIS DISCOLOR sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, foliis subtus densissime minuteque 
albido-lanosis et paniculis brunneo-pubescentibus exceptis gla- 
bra; foliis confertis, coriaceis, anguste oblongo-obovatis, supra 
brunneis, nitidis, subtus albidis vel griseis, usque ad 12 cm 
longis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, acutis, nervis utrique 15 
ad 18, subtus valde prominentibus, adscendentibus; paniculis 
terminalibus, pedunculatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, multifloris, 
brunneo-pubescentibus; fructibus subellipsoideis, circiter 5 mm 
longis. 
A tree about 5 m high, the panicles brown-pubescent, the 
lower surface of the leaves densely and minutely white-lanate, 
‘otherwise glabrous. Branches terete, brownish. Leaves crowd- 
ed toward the apices of the branchlets, coriaceous, narrowly 
oblong-obovate, 8 to 12 cm long, 83 to 5 cm wide, acuminate, 
gradually narrowed below to the cuneate base, the upper surface 
dark brown and shining when dry, the lower white or grayish; 
lateral nerves 15 to 18 on each side of the midrib, prominent 
beneath; petioles brown, 1 to 2 cm long; stipules lanceolate, acu- 
minate, dark brown, glabrous, 12 to 15 mm long. Panicles ter- 
minal, peduncled, up to 15 cm long, the peduncles 4 cm long or 
less, the branches opposite, the lower ones up to 6 cm long, 
brown-pubescent, many flowered, the flowers scorpoidly arranged 
on the ultimate branchlets. Flowers yellowish-white, 5-merous, 
their pedicels 1 to 3mm long. Calyx urceolate, pubescent, about 
2 mm long, the lobes reniform-ovate, truncate-rounded, less than 
1mm long. Corolla 4 mm long, somewhat funnel-shaped, pubes- 
cent, the lobes 5, reniform, about 1 mm long and 2 mm wide. 
Style slender, 3 mm long; stigma capitate. Anthers oblong, 1.2 
mm long. Capsule subellipsoid, brown when dry, pubescent, 
about 5 mm long. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26448 Ramos 
& Edatio, August 15, 1916, on forested slopes, altitude about 300 meters, 
known to the Balugos as pangalimanan. 
A most characteristic species, at once distinguished from all other known 
forms of the genus by its small leaves, which are dark brown, glabrous, and 
shining on the upper surface, and densely but minutely white-lanate on 
the lower surface. The midribs and lateral nerves on the lower surface 
are dark brown in striking contrast to the pale dense indumentum. 
