XII, C, 3 Merrill: Philippine Rubiaceae, III 165 
dunculatis, paucifloris; floribus circiter 4 mm longis; fructibus 
subtruncatis, glabris, 2.5 ad 3 mm longis, 5 ad 6 mm latis. 
An erect, somewhat branched undershrub, 10 to 25 cm high, 
the stems glabrous, woody, brownish-gray, terete, about 3 mm 
in diameter, branched at or from above the base. Branchlets 
appressed brownish-puberulent with short, dirty-brown hairs. 
Leaves membranaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 6.6 cm 
long, 6 to 10 mm wide, apex acute to subobtuse, base narrowed, 
acute, entire, the upper surface dark olivaceous, somewhat shin- 
ing, glabrous or nearly so, the lower surface paler, puberulent 
or short-pubescent on the midrib and lateral nerves; nerves 
6 to 8 on each side of the midrib, slender, curved, not prominent; 
petioles slender, 5 to 10 mm long; stipules 2 to 3 mm long, long 
-and slenderly acuminate from an ovate base. Cymes terminal, 
solitary, few-flowered, slightly branched, puberulent, each with 
from about 5 to 9 flowers. Flowers 5-merous, about 4 mm long. 
Calyx-tube globose, minutely puberulent, 1.5 mm long, the minute 
teeth ovate, acute, 0.2 mm long. Fruit glabrous, compressed, 
subtruncate, 2.5 to 3 mm long, 5 to 6 mm wide. Seeds numerous, 
about 0.3 mm in diameter. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Burgos, Bur. Sci. 27139 (type) 27335 Ra- 
mos, March, 1917, in forests along streams at low altitudes. 
This species is characterized by its erect, woody stems; its oblong to 
oblong-lanceolate leaves, which do not exceed 1 cm in width; and its small, 
few-flowered, slenderly pedicelled cymes. It conforms closely with the 
description of Ophiorrhiza oblongifolia DC., the type of which was from 
Luzon, but is entirely different from de Candolle’s species as currently 
interpreted, while the leaves are not velutinous beneath. 
TIMONIUS de Candolle 
TIMONIUS SAMARENSIS nom. nov. 
Timonius macrophyllus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 246, 
non Valeton, 1909. 
This new name is necessarily for the Samar plant I described as Timo- 
nius macrophyllus, as Valeton* published the same combination for the 
species he considered under the name Timonius amboinensis (Miq.) Boerl., 
in a note following his description. Timonius macrophyllus Valeton was 
based on Greenia macrophylla Teysm. & Binn., this name antedating Poly- 
phragmon amboinicum Migq. by one year. Timonius macrophyllus Valeton 
was overlooked by the compilers of the fourth supplement to Index 
Kewensis. 
PLECTRONIA Linnaeus 
PLECTRONIA ELLIPTICA sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 1 m altus, petiolis inflorescentiis et subtus foliis 
* Bull. Dépt, Agr. Ind. Néerl. 26 (1909) 45. 
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