Reece ARES Seine Re 6 
X,C,2. Merrill: Studies on Philippine Rubiaceae, IT 115 
florescences. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, brown and somewhat 
shining when dry, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 6 to 9 cm long, 2 
to 4 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acutely acuminate 
apex and to the acute base, the upper surface quite glabrous, 
the lower minutely pubescent, the midrib and lateral nerves 
with longer, more prominent, appressed hairs; lateral nerves 
6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, slender but distinct, curved- 
ascending, the reticulations obscure; petioles about 5 mm long. 
Inflorescences axillary, solitary or somewhat fascicled, appressed 
fulvous-pubescent, including the flowers 2 cm long or less, sub- 
sessile or shortly peduncled, the peduncles never exceeding 3 
mm in length, dichotomously branched, bearing one central 
flower, each of the two branches usually with 3 flowers, 
all sessile. Flowers white, 5-merous. Calyx cup-shaped, ap- 
pressed pubescent externally, 3.5 to 4 mm’‘long, 2.5 to 3 mm 
in diameter, obscurely 5-toothed, the subtending bracteoles ob- 
long-lanceolate, acuminate, 1.5 to 2 mm long. Corolla-tube 
about 10 mm long, rather slender, externally densely appressed 
fulvous-pubescent, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 5.56 mm long, 2 mm 
wide. Anthers about 4 mm long. 
Samar, Yabong, Phil. Pl. 1698 Ramos, March 16, 1914, in dry thickets. 
The alliance of this species seems to be with Timonius gammilii Elm., 
but it is entirely different in its inflorescence. It is well characterized by 
its somewhat crowded, sessile or very shortly peduncled flowers, the cymes 
usually 7-flowered, with but two branches. 
TIMONIUS FERRUGINEUS sp. nov. 
Arbor 8 ad 10 m alta, ramulis stipulis subtus foliis inflores- 
centiisque dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis oppositis, ob- 
longo-obovatis ad obovatis, usque ad 25 cm longis, coriaceis, 
sessilis, basi angustatis rotundatisque, apice obtusus vel rotun- 
datis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, prominentibus; cymis axillaribus, 
pedunculatis, 2-ramosis, floribus 5-meris, omnibus sessilibus, ca- 
lycis distincte 5-dentatis. 
A tree 8 to 10 m high, most parts rather densely ferruginous- 
pubescent. Branches stout, terete or compressed, more or less 
pubescent. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, oblong-obovate 
to obovate, 20 to 25 cm long, 9 to 15 cm wide, rounded or obtuse, 
base narrowed, abruptly rounded, the upper surface dark-brown 
and shining when dry, the lower much paler; lateral nerves 10 
to 12 on each side of the midrib, very prominent, anastomosing, 
the reticulations subparallel, distinct; stipules ovate, acuminate, 
pubescent, 2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, rather 
many flowered, ferruginous-pubescent, the peduncles 3 to 4 cm 
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