— ef 
Avausr 5, 1910] MYyRSINACEAE FROM MouNT Apo 
Ardisia apoensis Elm. n. sp. 
A low suffrutescent perennial; stem flexible, crooked, 
3 dm. long, occasionally branched, young portion densely 
brown scurfy, arising from the long coarse wiry roots; bark 
thin, grayish brown, in the dry state wrinkled. Leaves hor- 
izontal, thinly coriaceous, velvety deep green above, the middle 
portion and along the larger lateral veins whitish, nearly 
flat, beneath much paler and provided with minute clusters 
of brown scurfy scales, lanceolate, the larger ones 8 cm. 
long, about 2 cm. wide across the middie, acuminate, base 
attenuate, margins entire, alternatingly scattered along the 
stems and branches but usually more crowded toward the apex; 
midvein prominent, the lateral nerves obscure; petiole 5 to 
10 mm. long, densely brown scurfy in the young state, be- 
coming nearly glabrous. Infrutescence arising from the upper 
leaf axils, all its stalks green; slender peduncles ascending, 
1 to 2 em. long, scurfy brown; pedicels similar in vesti- 
ture, slightly thinner, only 1 em. long, divaricately spread- 
ing, a trifle thickened toward the apex, few to several, at 
the base subtended by a few small bracts; calyx united at the 
base, 5-segmented; segments triangularly acute, 1.25 mm. 
long, 0.75 mm. wide at the base, the middle dorsal portion 
and the margins more or less finely scurfy; fruit globose 
except the somewhat flattened base, vermillion red, varying 
from 5 to 8 mm. in diameter, longitudinally striate at least 
in the dry state, bearing the persistent setulose 3 mm. long 
style; seed solitary, globose except for the flattened or sunken 
base. 
Type specimen 11890, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of D»vao, Mindanao, September, 1909. 
Collected in rich humus covered soil on a densely for- 
ested ridge at 4000 feet, south of Mount Apo, on the trail 
from Todaya to Talon. Very rare and pretty! The Bagobos 
call it ‘‘Cari-cari’’. 
Apparently nearest to A. mindanaensis Mez, but the pe- 
dicels in our specimens are more than twice as long, the 
leaves have very characteristic grayish white middle zones. 
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