688 LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. II, Arr. 39 
the back, scarcely exceeding 1 mm. in length; the inner 
ones linear, 4 mm. long, glabrous except the finely ciliate 
margins; flowers about 3 in a head; achene frequently only 
1 maturing in a head, usually 3, about 3 mm. long, 1.25 mm. 
thick, oblong in outline, subterete or flattened on the ventral 
side, truncate at apex, abruptly pointed at the base and 
with a knob-like base; pappus twice as long, copious, equal, 
finely scabrid, creamy white, at the base intermixed with 
Short hyaline bristles. : 
~ Type specimen 10764, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. 
n REOR District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 
Collected in a humid forested flat at 3750 feet. This 
the. Bagobos also call ''Igway". It was repeatedly noticed 
on forested ridges on mount Calelan at a higher elevation. 
Elmer 6695 from mount Mariveles is apparently the same. 
was” doubtfully referred to V. arborea (Wall.) Ham. by 
me and distributed under that name. 
