Sedi dbi 
682 LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Arr. 39 
long, 7.5 em. wide above the middle, entire, apex acute to € 
acuminate, slenderly tapering toward the abruptly rounded base; ‘| 
midvein conspicuously raised and smooth beneath, short fulvous 
hairy along the upper side; lateral ones about 10 on each side, 
pinnate, with arcuate tips which are reticulately united, the 
cross bars quite evident; petiole 5 to 8 mm. long, very thick, 
densely covered with a fulvous tomentum; stipule 1 cm. long, 
linear, sharply acuminate, dry, brown, usually hairy, subper- 
sistent. Inflorescence terminal, erect; spike about 1 dm. long, 
similarly pubescent, the short lateral branches subtended by 
similar bracts. Flowers 15 mm. long, broadly tubular, upon 
short pedicels, fulvous hairy on the outside, with 5 recurved 
segments 5 mm. long. 
Type specimen 11204, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. 
Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, July, 1909. 
An undershrub in rich moist alluvial soil of deep dense 
woods along the Sibulan river at 2500 feet. Rare! 
SAXIFRAGACEAL 
Dedea apoense Elm. n. sp. 
Small erect tree, 7 m. high, 2 dm. thick; branches from 
the middle, divaricate, fine and relatively short, forming an 
elongated crown; twigs rather numerous, with ascending young 
tips which are usually pulverulent; wood soft, sappy white, 
odorless and tasteless; bark smooth, brown. Leaves alternat- 
ingly crowded toward the ends of the branchlets, also num- 
erous, ascending, rigidly coriaceous, folded upon the upper 
dull green glabrous surface, much lighter green upon the 
lower glandular and slightly palverulent side, entire margins 
involute in the dry state, the average blade 7.5 cm. long, 
2.5 cm. wide across the middle, frequently much smaller, 
oblong or the smallest ones oblanceolate, obtuse at apex, ob- 
tuse or rather cuneate at base, drying brown; midvein brown, 
depressed on the upper side, conspicuously raised on the lower 
side clear to the apex, the 9 to 11 pinnate lateral pairs 
quite obscure; petiole 1 to 1.5 cm. long, yellowish pulverulent. 
Inflorescent spike arising from the leaf axils, usually sol- 
itary, ascending, scarcely exceeding the foliage; rachis greenish, 
