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5380 The Philippine Journal of Science 
A species readily distinguished by its leaves being furfuraceous-papil- 
lulose on the lower surface, the papillae scattered, small, not at all 
setaceous. 
SAURAUIA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus plus minusve pubescentibus setosis- 
que; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongo-obovatis, usque 
‘ad 27 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, obtusis, vel anguste 
rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 13, supra parce breviter ad- 
presse setosis, subtus submolliter hirsutis; floribus axillaribus, 
circiter 8 cm diametro, solitariis fasciculatisque, pedicellatis, 
sepalis exterioribus late ovatis, dense longe setosis, interioribus 
petaloideis, quam exterioribus multo angustioribus; stylis liberis, 
3 vel 4. 
A shrub 2 to 3 m high, the branches brown, terete, densely 
appressed setose and pubescent, the setae somewhat ciliate as 
are those on the pedicels and sepals. Leaves oblong-obovate, 
16 to 27 cm long, 6 to 9 cm wide, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 
the apex slenderly acuminate, somewhat narrowed below to the 
acute, obtuse, or narrowly rounded base, the margins apiculate- 
serrulate, the upper surface brown when dry, shining, with scat- 
tered, appressed, thickened setae less than 1 mm long, the lower 
surface paler, uniformly and rather densely subappressed softly 
hirsute; lateral nerves about 13 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent; petioles 1 to 2.5 cm long, densely pubescent and setose, 
the setae somewhat ciliate, appressed. Flowers axillary, soli- 
tary or fascicled, their pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm long, densely hirsute 
and setose. Outer three sepals broadly ovate, rounded, about 
1 cm long, thickly and densely setose, the setae themselves more 
or less ciliate, more or less spreading, 2 to 4 mm long, pale- 
brownish, the two inner sepals very different, petaloid, narrowly 
oblong, as long as the outer ones but much narrower, about 3.5 
mm wide, obtuse, glabrous, or the median portion below slightly 
setose. Corolla white or pink, about 3 cm in diameter, the 
lobes oblong, subtruncate-rounded, retuse, not narrowed at the 
apex, about 10 mm long and 6 mm wide. Stamens about 20, 
the filaments and the anthers each about 2.5 mm long. Ovary 
glabrous; styles 3 or 4, quite free, about 3 mm long. 
Samar, Yabong and Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 17484 Ramos (type), 
Phil. Pl. 1693 Ramos, March and April, 1914, in damp forests along small 
streams. 
The species is well characterized by its fascicled or solitary, rather 
long pedicelled flowers, and its very dissimilar sepals, the inner two very 
narrow, glabrous or nearly so, the outer three broadly ovate and densely 
setose, the setae themselves more or less ciliate. 
