228 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
Following Boerlage, Meiogyne is recognized as a distinct genus. 
The genus Pseuduvaria of Miquel, considered by Boerlage as a 
section of Mitrephora under the name of Para-Orophea, is re- 
cognized as a valid genus intermediate between Orophea and 
Mitrephora in floral characters but differing from both in being 
diecious. The generic designations new to the Philippine flora 
are Desmos, Dasymaschalon, Papualthia, Griffithianthus, Meio- 
gyne, and Pseuduvaria. Two of the species described by Blanco 
that have previously been considered as doubtful have been de- 
finitely identified and the synonymy has been adjusted. 
UVARIA Linnaeus 
UVARIA LANCIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Frutex ut videtur scandens, partibus junioribus ferrugineopu- 
bescentibus, vetustioribus subglaber; foliis lanceolatis, subcoria- 
ceis, nitidis, acuminatis, basi obtusis vel rotundatis, usque ad 
15 cm longis, nervis utrinque 12 ad 18, prominentibus; floribus 
longe pedicellatis, circiter 1.8 cm diametro, extra-axillaribus sub- 
terminalibusque, paucis; connectivo truncato, vix producto. 
A shrub, apparently scandent, when young distinctly pubes- 
cent with short, stellate, ferruginous hairs, in age becoming 
nearly glabrous. Branches terete, slender, dark-colored when 
dry, somewhat glaucous, the young branchlets ferruginous-pubes- 
cent. Leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate, 10 to 15 cm long, 2.5 
to 4.5 em wide, narrowed upward to the rather prominently 
acuminate apex, the base narrowed, obtuse to rounded, the upper 
surface greenish-olivaceous, shining, when mature entirely glab- 
rous, the lower surface sparingly pubescent; lateral nerves 12 
to 18 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, 
anastomosing, the reticulations lax, not prominent; petioles about 
38 mm long, puberulent. Flowers reddish-brown, extra-axillary 
and subterminal, solitary or in greatly reduced, 2- or 3-flowered 
cymes, all parts ferruginous-pubescent, the pedicels 1.5 to 2 cm 
with a prominent bracteole at about the middle. Sepals broadly 
ovate, united below, pubescent, obtuse, about 5 mm long. Petals 
subequal, spreading, elliptic-ovate, about 8 mm long, 6 mm wide, 
rounded or obtuse, pubescent. Stamens indefinite, about 4 mm 
long, linear-oblong, connective but slightly produced, truncate, 
somewhat oblique. Carpels crowded, linear-oblong, pubescent, 
about 4mm long. Fruits glabrous or nearly so, globose to ellip- 
soid-ovoid, about 1 cm long. 
LuzoN, Province of Zambales, San Antonio, F. C. Gates 5495 (type), 
6647, January and December, 1913, collected by Arizo and Canonizado in 
