286 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
MINDANAO, Lanao District, near Camp Keithley, For. Bur. 
3918 Hutchinson (type), March 9, 1906, Clemens 426, March, 
1906, For. Bur. 25172 Alvarez, March, 1916. In thickets and 
forests, altitude 700 to 1,000 meters. 
A species strongly characterized by its glabrous, or nearly 
glabrous, oblanceolate leaves, and by its dense, fascicled, cauline 
inflorescences. 
SAURAUIA LANAENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis petiolisque adpresse setosis, foliis subtus 
ad costa nervisque adpresse-setulosis; foliis oblanceolatis, 11 ad 
20 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, deorsum angustatis, basi cu- 
neatis, margine spinulosis, supra glabris, laevis, nervis utrinque 
10 ad 12, perspicuis, reticulis distinctis; cymis axillaribus, pauci- 
floris quam petiolo brevioribus, plus minusve setosis; floribus 
parvis, sepalis leviter subadpresse-setosis, circiter 3 mm longis; 
ovario glabro; stylis 4, liberis. 
A shrub or small tree, 3 to 5 m high, the branchlets appressed- 
setose with short, brown, lanceolate scales, the petioles and mid- 
rib on the lower surface with similar scales. Leaves charta- 
ceous, oblanceolate, 11 to 20 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, the apex 
slenderly acuminate, narrowed to the cuneate base, the margins 
somewhat spinulose, the upper surface smooth, olivaceous, gla- 
brous, the lower surface paler, appressed-setose with short scales 
on the midrib and lateral nerves; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 
side of the midrib, distinct, anastomosing, the reticulations 
evident; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescences of very short, 
axillary, solitary or fascicled, few-flowered cymes usually 1 cm 
or less in length, the rachis and pedicels setose. Flowers white, 
small, the sepals elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, about 3 mm long 
and 2 mm wide, with few, slender, subappressed setae up to 1 mm 
in length. Petals narrowly oblong-obovate, about 5 mm long, 2.5 
mm wide, the apex somewhat inequilaterally retuse. Anthers 
about 1.2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; styles 4, free, 2 
to 2.5 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Lanao District, Camp Keithley, Mrs. Clemens 868, 
collected at various times on the forested slopes of Sacred Moun- 
tain, altitude about 800 meters: Misamis Province, Mount Ma- 
lindang, For. Bur. 4683 Mearns & Hutchinson, May, 1906, in 
forests, altitude about 700 meters. 
Among the Philippine forms this species is well characterized 
by its oblanceolate, slenderly acuminate leaves, and its short, 
few-flowered, axillary cymes, and small flowers. 
