Avaust 8, 1910) A DECADE or New PLANTS 679 
tally spreading, dull green on the minutely stellate pubes- 
cent upper surface, much lighter green or glaucescent on the 
lower glandular and more densely stellate pubescent side, 
alternate, the blades diverse in size, drying brown, broadly 
ovate in shape, peltate, some of the larger ones 3 dm. long, 
2.5 dm. wide below the -middle, truncate at the base or 
rounded or occasionally shallowly emarginate, the margins 
with densely pubescent points, apex slenderly caudate; mid- 
vein conspicuous, short brown pubescent, with 10 to 13 lat- 
eral and ascending pairs which terminate into minute points; 
the basal ascending pair with 9 secondary lateral ones on 
the lower side, the backwardly extending nerves about 9; 
cross bars numerous and quite evident; petiole 1.5 to 2 dm. 
long, terete, glaucous green, both glandular and puberulent; 
stipule 2 to 3 em. long, slenderly acuminate, gradually taper- 
ing from the base, densely brown tomentose on both sides, 
deciduous. Panicle scattered along the branchlets, 1.5 to 3 
dm. long; the main branches similar to the petioles, branched 
from below the middle; branchlets relatively short, brown 
tomentose, subtended by minute bracts, all stalks yellowish 
green in the fresh state; pistillate flowers several, sessily 
clustered and subtended by caducous flesh red bracts; bracts 
7.5 mm. long, 5 mm. wide near the base, densely tomen- 
tose, ovate in outline, glandular dotted on the outer strongly 
convex side, 5 to 7, pectinately lobed; fruits covered with 
a glandular powder, 3 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, upon short 
pubescent stalks, 2-celled and 2-seeded for the most part; 
seeds 2 mm. long, rounded at the top, more or less pointed 
at the base. | 
Type specimen 10816, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, June, 1909. 
A handsome low spreading tree on steep wooded flanks 
along the south side of the Baruring river at 3250 feet. 
*Panelid?' is the Bagobo name. Dedicated to Ist Lieut. W. 
H. Noble with whom I had the pleasure of registering in 
the brass:tube on the highest peak of Apo on October 4, 
The fruit at once distinguishes it from the common 
M. tanarivs Muell. Arg. 
