302 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
PREMNA Linnaeus 
PREMNA LEYTENSIS sp. nov. : 
 Frutex circiter 3 m altus, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis 
exceptis glaber, ramis teretibus, pallidis; foliis integris, ovatis 
ad oblongo-ovatis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate pallide brunneis, niti- 
dis, usque ad 10 cm longis, prominente acute acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 5; inflorescentiis termina- | 
libus, corymbosis, circiter 6 cm longis, laxis, calycis obscure bila- 
biatis lobis altero bidentato altero integro. 
A shrub about 3 m high, the younger parts and the inflores- 
cence. more or less pubescent. Branches terete, pale-gray, 
glabrous. Leaves entire, ovate to oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, 
when dry pale-brownish, somewhat shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 
3 to 4 cm wide, narrowed upward to the prominently and sharply 
acuminate apex, the base rounded, entirely glabrous, or the lower 
surface slightly bearded in the axils; lateral nerves 5 on each 
side of the midrib, very prominent, curved-anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax; petioles 1 to2 cmlong. Inflorescence terminal, 
corymbose, distinctly ferruginous-pubescent with short hairs, up 
to 6 cm long and 10 cm wide, the primary branches few, spread- 
ing, the lower ones up to 5 cm long, the bracts linear, about 3 
mm long, the bracteoles similar but smaller. Calyx cup-shaped, 
slightly ferruginous-pubescént, about 2 mm long, distinctly 2- 
lipped, one lip emarginate or broadly 2-toothed, the other entire. 
Corolla-tube somewhat pubescent externally, the throat bearded, 
about 4 mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, the lower 3-lobed, 
the central lobe somewhat larger than the two lateral ¢ ones, all 
rounded. 
LEYTE, Tigbao, near Tacloban, Wenzel 1364, June 14, 1914, the flowers 
green and white. - 
A species in the group with Premna jntegrifolia Linn. f., but its leaves 
quite different in shape, prominently and rather sharply acuminate, and not 
at all olivaceous* when dry. 
CLERODENDRON Linnaeus 
CLERODENDRON MABESAE sp. nov. 
Species C. minahassae Mig. affinis, differt florbus multo lon- 
gioribus, corollae tubo circiter 14 em longo. Arbor parva, cir- 
citer 7 m alta, glabra; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-obovatis, sub- 
membranaceis, usque ad 386 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 10, prominentibus; inflorescentiis termi- 
nalibus, brevissime pedunculatis; calycibus circiter 4 cm longis, 
extus glandulosis, plus minusve inflatis, lobis BaRUENS lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, circiter 2 cm longis. 
