XII, C, 3 Merrill: Philippine Rubiaceae, III 171 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Grumilea rubiginosa (Elm.) 
Merr., from which it is distinguished by its smaller, fewer-nerved leaves 
and its much shorter inflorescences. In Grumilea rubiginosa the panicles 
are long-peduncled, while in the present species they are usually branched 
from the base. 
GRUMILEA FUSCA sp. nov. 
_ Frutex erectus, circiter 1 m altus, ramulis petiolis foliis ad 
costa nervisque et inflorescentiis prominente fusco-pubescenti- 
bus; foliis in siccitate brunneis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 18 
cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, apice acutis ad 
leviter obtusis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 13 ad 15, subtus 
valde prominentibus; inflorescentiis confertis, rubiginoso- 
pubescentibus, calycis dentibus lanceolatis, acuminatis; fruc- 
tibus obovoideis, glabris, in siccitate leviter rugosis; seminibus 
1 vel 2, albumine valde ruminato. 
An erect, simple or sparingly branched shrub 0.7 to 1 m high, 
the stems terete, brown, glabrous, about 8 mm in diameter, 
the young branchlets densely brownish-rubiginous-pubescent, 
_ the hairs somewhat crisped, spreading. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 
brown when dry, shining, chartaceous, 12 to 18 cm long, 5 to 
8 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute or somewhat obtuse 
apex and to the acute base, the upper surface entirely glabrous, 
the lower prominently brown-pubescent on the midrib and 
lateral nerves; the latter 13 to 15 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, curved, obscurely anas- 
tomosing close to the margin, the reticulations prominent; 
petioles densely pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long; stipules densely pu- 
bescent, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apiculate-acuminate. Young 
inflorescence dense, sessile, subcapitate, the flowers crowded. 
Calyx rubiginous-pubescent, subsessile, the tube short, the lobes 
lanceolate, acuminate, 1 to 1.2 mm long. Corolla-lobes oblong- 
ovate, acuminate, 3 mm long. Panicle in fruit 4 cm long, 
branched from the base, densely pubescent, the indumentum 
brown rubiginous. Fruits dark red when fresh, dark brown 
when dry, obovoid, about 8 mm long, not at all longitudinally 
ridged or sulcate but somewhat rugose when dry, 1- or 2-seeded, 
when 1-seeded slightly inequilateral, the seeds plano-convex, 
very prominently ruminate throughout. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26232 Ramos 
& Edano, August 14, 1916 (type): Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, 
Bur. Sci. 26600 Ramos & Edano, August 25, 1916, altitude 200 to 300 
meters. 
This species is well characterized by its oblong-elliptic leaves, which 
are brown when dry, its characteristic indumentum, and its prominently 
