574 Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
OMPHALEA Linnaeus 
OMPHALEA GRANDIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, haud ramosus, circiter 3 m altus, inflores- 
centiis parce pubescentibus exceptis glaber; foliis coriaceis, 
longissime petiolatis, oblongis, 50 ad 60 cm longis, apice breviter 
acuminatis; nervis utrinque 14 ad 18, perspicuis; inflorescentiis 
lateralibus, diffusis, multiramosis, usque ad 80 cm longis, ramis 
irregulariter dispositis, elongatis; floribus @ fasciculatis, pedi- 
cellatis, circiter 2 mm longis; fructibus junioribus subglobosis, 
circiter 3 cm diametro. 
An erect unbranched shrub, about 3 m high, the trunk 4 to 
8 cm in diameter, glabrous except the somewhat puberulent 
inflorescences. Leaves coriaceous, shining, oblong, 50 to 60 cm 
long, 15 to 20 cm wide, the apex shortly acuminate, base acute 
or obtuse and with two conspicuous glands on the upper surface 
at the junction with the petiole; lateral nerves 14 to 18 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent as are the reticulations; petioles 
14 to 28cm long. Inflorescences lateral, much branched, diffuse, 
rather rigid, up to 80 cm in length. The primary branches 
irregularly arranged. Pistillate flowers numerous, fascicled, 
each fascicle usually subtended by a conspicuous gland. Pedi- 
cels about 8 mm long. Sepals 5, obtuse, oblong-elliptic to elliptic- 
ovate, about 2 mm long, membranaceous, slenderly nerved, their 
margins slightly ciliate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled. Im- 
mature fruit subglobose, about 3 cm in diameter, 3-celled, each 
cell with a single large seed. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon and Jamindan, Bur. 
Sci. 30813 (type), 30825 Ramos & Edafio, April 23, and May 
25, 1918, in damp forests along small streams. 
This species is strongly characterized by its very large, long- 
petioled leaves as well as by its habit, it being described by the 
collectors as strictly erect and unbranched; the pistillate In- 
florescences are unusually large. 
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OMPHALEA SARGENTII sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis oblongis, subcoriaceis, 
citate pallidis, nitidis, utrinque concoloribus, circiter 20 ©™ 
longis, basi rotundatis ad obtusis, utrinque glandulis solitariié 
perspicuis instructis, apice obtusis ad brevissime acuminatis Vé 
acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, perspicuis; fructibus globosis, 
circiter 5 cm diametro. 
A scandent glabrous shrub reaching a length of 20 cm @ 
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