17,6 Merrill: Studies on Philippine Rubiaceae, IV 483 
lower surface, curved, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; 
petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long; stipules oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
about 1.5 cm long, more or less appressed-hirsute on the back. 
Flowers sometimes in axillary fascicles, sometimes in short- 
peduncled, few-fiowered, bracteate cymes, both types occurring 
on the same branches; bracts when present oblong to lanceolate, 
6 to 12 mm long, more or less hirsute; pedicels somewhat hirsute, 
3 to 5 mm long. Calyx ovoid, somewhat hirsute, obscurely 
toothed, about 4 mm long. Corolla-tube about 3 mm long, the 
lobes 6, oblong, recurved, glabrous, 3.5 mm long, the throat 
bearded, stamens 6, the anthers about 1 mm long. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31421 Ramos & 
Edafio (type), May 22, 1918, in forests along small streams. 
Nos. 30819 and 31105 of the same collectors from the same local- 
ity apparently represent the same species, although the last two 
differ in a few details from the type. 
UROPHYLLUM QUADRIBRACTEOLATUM sp. nov. 
Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus, molliter villosis; foliis chartaceis vel 
membranaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 10 ad 15 cm longis, 
apice subcaudato-acuminatis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 12, perspicuis, 
supra, costa exceptis, glabra; floribus solitariis, pedicellatis 1 
ad 2 mm longis, bracteolis 4 verticillatis lineari-oblongis instruc- 
tis, calycis dense villosis, circiter 6 mm longis, corollae lobis 6, 
extus villosis. 
‘An erect shrub, 2 to 3 m high, the branches, branchlets, flowers 
and leaves on the lower surface softly villous, the internodes 5 
to 10 cm long. Leaves chartaceous or membranaceous, oblong 
to oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 15 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, the 
upper surface glabrous except for the slightly pubescent midrib, 
grayish when dry, base acute, apex slenderly subcaudate- 
acuminate; lateral nerves 9 to 12 on each side of the midrib, 
somewhat ascending, curved, not anastomosing except toward 
the apex, prominent on the lower surface, the reticulations dis- 
tinct; petioles 7 to 12 mm long, rather densely pubescent; 
stipules linear-oblong, pubescent, about 1 cm long. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, their pedicels densely pubescent, 1 to 2 mm 
long, bearing a whorl of four, linear-oblong, pubescent, 4 to 5 
mm long bracteoles, the pedicel extended about 1 mm above the 
bracteole. Calyx 6 mm long, densely villous, 4-lobed, the lobes 
ovoid, obtuse, 2.5 mm long. Corolla-tube 0.4 mm long, the lobes 
6, lanceolate,’ acuminate, villous, about 2.5 mm long, throat 
bearded. Stamens 6. Style 2 mm long, 6-cleft. 
