444 LEAFLET OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II. Amr. 22 
and glandular, elliptic; the former are united below the middle; 
the latter are also united toward the base, only imbricate, 
not twisted in the bud, slightly exceeding the sepals; stamens 
5, sessilly inserted upon the base of the corolla, opposite the 
petals, subtruncate, angular; style 1 mm. long, terminated by 
a comparatively large umbrella shaped stigma. Different from 
D. effusa Mez, a very close ally. 
Maesa embelioides Elm. n. sp. 
Lax, and a half creeping shrub; stems and branches tough, 
brown, numerously covered with lighter colored lenticels. 
Leaves scattered along the twigs, alternate, submembranous to 
subcoriaceous, broadly lanceolate to oblong, the average blade 
15 cm. long and about one half as wide across the middle, 
flat, apex acute or mostly acuminate, base acute, glabrous, 
paler green beneath, the upper side dull dark green, margins 
obscurely undulate and distantly apiculate or subentire espe- 
cially toward the base; nerves prominent beneath, usually 3 
to 5 on each side, ascendingly curved, sparsely branched 
near their ends, reticulations not evident; petiole glabrous, 
slender, 2 cm. long. Inflorescence spicate, 1 to 3-clustered, 
ascending, about 3 cm. long or shorter, glabrous; pedicels 
divaricate, subtended by small persistent bracts, 3 to 5mm. long, 
ultimately subrecurved; calyx 1.5 mm. long, the 5 rounded seg- 
ments united below the middle, usually subtended by a few mi- 
pute bracts; corolla only slightly exceeding the calyx, glabrous, 
yellowish white, the 5 rounded lobes 0.5 mm. long; stamens 5, 
opposite the corolla segments and inserted at about the middle; 
filaments very short, glabrous; anthers 0.3 mm. long or as 
long as the filaments, oblong or ovate, glabrous; ovary one 
half imbedded; style also glabrous, 0.5 mm. long, thick, termi- 
nating into 5 very short thick lobes; fruits 4 mm. long, a 
trifle less in diameter, smooth, ellipsoid, more pointed toward 
the apex, and usually bearing the withered persistent calyx; 
seeds angular, brown. 
Type specimen 7459, A. D. E. Elmer, Lucban, Province 
of Tayabas, Luzon, May, 1906. 
Along streamlets of deeply shaded canyons near cliffs 
at 2500 feet on Mount Banahao. 
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