248 MERRILL. 
18 cm long, 4 to 5 em wide, the apex gradually narrowed to the slender, 
subcaudate acumen, the base acute, rather pale when dry, shining on both 
surfaces, glabrous on the upper surface, beneath with numerous, pale, 
spreading or somewhat appressed ciliate hairs on the midrib and nerves, 
otherwise glabrous ; nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
curved-ascending, anastomosing near the margin, the primary reticula- 
tions distinct, subparallel; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, glabrous or slightly 
ciliate; stipules membranaceous, oblong, subpersistent, 2 to 2.5 em long, 
rather densely ciliate on the back. Flowers few, avyillary, fascicled, 
apparently sessile. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, about 1.3 cm long, somewhat 
villous, crowned by the ovate, obtuse calyx-lobes which are more or less 
villous and 5 to 6 mm long. 
Necros, Himugaan River, in ravines at an altitude of about 50 m, For. Bur. 
5550 Everett (type), October 25, Oh no fruit green when collected; said to be 
abundant locally; Faraon, For. Bur. 13574 Meyer & Foxworthy, August, 1909. 
A species probably closely allied to 2 ea streptopodium Wall., but with 
quite different leaves and much larger persistent. calyx-lobes. 
VILLARIA Rolfe. 
Villaria acutifolia (Elmer) comb. nov. 
Gardenia acutifolia Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 6. 
MINDANAO, District of Davao, Davao, Copeland 437 (type): Padada, Williams 
2975. 
The original description of this species was based on two specimens, the first 
one cited being Copeland 437, which I assume to be the type of the species. The 
second specimen cited, Ahern 457, “457, Forestry Bureau, collected by J. F. Qua- 
dras,” from Dinagat Island, is also a Villaria, and is probably referable to 
V. philippinensis Rolfe. The original description must be emended as follows: 
Leaves chartaceous, apex acuminate, base rounded or acute. Flowers mostly 
solitary, axillary, rarely in short, 3-flowered, cymes, the inflorescence and calyx 
puberulent (not glabrous), the peduncles in fruit not exceeding 2 em in length, 
each subtended by two lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent bracts, no bracts or 
bracteoles above the base. Calyx puberulent, up to 1.5 em long, sometimes 
4-merous. The flowers were apparently described from immature buds, but the 
dissected material was not preserved, and there are no buds or open flowers left 
on the type sheet. Open flowers on Mr. Williams’ specimen are white, the corolla 
tube cylindric, 4 mm long, the lobes 4 or 5, elliptic, rounded, 4 mm long, 2.5 mm 
wide, the throat pubescent. Anthers 4 mm long, inserted on the throat, not 
exserted; style 2 mm long, glabrous; stigma oblong, 4 mm long, 1.5 mm_ wide, 
felted-pubescent. The description of the fruit must be excluded as it was based 
on Ahern 457, and refers to Villaria philippinensis. 
The species is well characterized by its usually solitary flowers, the pedicels 
bibracteate at the base, the inflorescence more or less puberulent, and especially by 
the calyx-lobes exceeding the corolla in length. 
The form deseribed by Mr. Elmer, 1. ¢., as Gardenia elliptica is exactly the 
same as Villaria littoralis Vidal. 
