480 LEAFLETS oF PurupPPINE BoTANY [Vor. I1, Art 24 
MICROMELUM Blm. 
Micromelum curranii Elm. n. sp. 
Shrub, with rather numerous branchlets; wood hard, cover- 
ed with grayish white mottled bark. Leaves crowded on the 
young twigs, numerous, alternate, ascending, the peduncle short 
yellowish pubescent when young but soon becoming glabrous; 
leaflets alternatingly scattered along therachis, glabrous when 
mature, unequal in size, ovate to broadly lanceolate, submem- 
branous, entire or obscurely apiculate, apex gradually acum- ' 
inate, base obliquely rounded to subacute, drying brown, 
paler beneath, the larger blades 7 cm. long by 2 cm. wide; 
petiole 3 to5 mm. long, when young short yellowish pubes- 
cent but becoming glabrous; nerves 3 to 5 pairs, ascending, 
more prominent beneath, reticulations not visible. Corym- 
bose panicle terminal, 6 cm. wide across the top, about 
as long; peduncles and pedicels strict, suberect, pubescent 
when in flower, becoming glabrous when in fruit, the 
latter about 3 to 5 mm. long; calyx truncate or ob- 
scurely 5-apiculate, rim like or saucer shaped, pubescent 
when young, persistent and glabrous in fruiting state; petals 
5, ligulate, rather thick, glabrous or sparsely pubescent on 
the outer side, 4 mm. long, at least 1 mm. wide, apex 
acute, deciduous; stamens in one series, about 9, inserted 
upon a prominent disk at the base of the ovary, easily de- 
tached; filaments subglabrous, fleshy and more or less flattened, 
pointed at the apex, subequal in length, the longer ones 4 mm. 
in length; anther basifixed, broadly cordate or subelliptic, near- 
ly as wide; style thick, 1 mm. long, bearing a terminal sub- 
capitate stigma, easily detached from the ovary; ovary glab- 
rous, oblong in outline or clavate, blunt at apex, base nar- 
rowed; immature fruits Lem. long, thicker above the mid- 
dle, prominently punctate, lemon color, its | ootyiedons fold- 
ed, dark green. 
Type specimen 8530, A. D. E. "n adele: Province of 
Benguet, Luzon, March, 1907. 
It was found growing in the thickets of liiis thks 
of the pine region at 5250 feet. Named for Mr. H. M. Curran 
who first collected it in flower in August, 1906. 
