512 
LEAFLETS oF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Art. 24 
connective, base truncate; mature fruits ellipsoid, nearly 1 
cm. long. 
Type specimen 8731, A. D. E. Elmer, Baguio, Province 
of Benguet, Luzon, March, 1907. 
Differs from the common valley pubescent species J. 
populifolium Blm. (J. luzoniense Vid.). The Igorrotes call it 
"Chaesil" and its slender stems are used for tieing pur- 
poses. 
APOCYNACE.E. 
ANODENDRON A. DC. 
Anodendron corymbosum Elm. n. sp. 
Seandent shrub, ultimately sprawling, with milky sap; 
stems inclined to twine, smooth, green, when old brown, 
terete, the younger twigs somewhat flattened. Leaves op- 
posite, subcoriaceous, lighter green beneath, extremely un- 
equal in size, the smaller ones Janceolate and usually toward 
the ends of the branchlets, the few larger ones ovate, the average 
ones 15 em. long by 7.5 cm. wide excluding the glabrous 
8 cm. long deciduous peduncles, apex sharply acuminate, 
base rounded or subemarginate, glabrous, 9 to 18 prominent 
dark brown pairs of nerves. Inflorescence terminal or sub- 
terminal, corymbose, glabrous and subglaucous, 1 dm. across, 
main peduncle 3 to 5 cm. long; the lower secondary ones 
about as long, subtended by small brown bracts, corymbose- 
ly branched above the middle; pedicels 1 to 2 mm. long, 
puberulous, usually 2 to 3-clustered upon the same ultimate 
stalk, several bracteate at the base; calyx glabrous, 2 mm. 
high, widely spreading, the 5 imbricate segments broadly 
oblong and obtuse; corolla twisted, dark purple, the 5 seg- 
ments united at the base into a short tube, the lobes oblong 
and rounded at the apex, twisted to the right, 2 to 3 mm. 
long; stamens included, inserted upon the corolla tube, the 
inner ones connivent over the stigma; fruits not seen. 
Type specimen 8468, A. D. E. Elmer, Baguio, Brovines 
of Benguet, Luzon, March, 1907, 
Forming tangled sprawling masses over copses of hot dry 
rocky places along the Bued river near camp Colgan. 
