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7. U. philippinensis n. sp. Scandent shrubs, with ang- 
ular branches; young twigs reddish brown, sparsely pubes- 
cent with similarly colored hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate to 
elliptie, apex abruptly acuminate. base rounded or obtuse, mem- 
branous, sparsely strigose on both sides especially along the 6 to 
8 pairs of dark brown colored nerves, soon becoming nearly gla- 
brous, 3 to 4 em. wide, 7 to 11 em. long including the 5 mm. 
long pubeseent petiole; stipule subpersistent, brown, mem- 
branous, finely pubescent, rather broad, 8 mm. long, divided 
nearly to the base. Peduncles 4 em. long, opposite and axil- 
lary, reddish brown pubescent, much compressed toward the 
base, articulate and subtended by a whorl of bracts at the 
middle; the upper peduncles usually inwardly curved and 
flower bearing; the lower peduncles breaking at the arti- 
culations and strongly recurved; bracts brown, scarious, nearly 
1 em. long, pubescent, its 3 to 6 lanceolate segments free 
or united below the middle; heads 3 em. in diameter when 
in full flower, without an involucre; calyx silkily pubes- 
cent with whitish adpressed hairs, fusiform, its tube and 
segments less pubescent on the outside; the 5 calyx lobes 
oblong, abruptly pointed, inner face glabrous, each alterna- 
ting with a minute point from the base; corolla early fal- 
ling, yellowish white, 16 mm. long, slender at the base and 
gradually tapering toward the top, wholly glabrous; its 5 
lobes thickened, lateral edges recurved, 2 mm. long, 1 mm. 
wide, apex rounded; stamens 5, sessily inserted upon the 
throat, alternating with the segments; anthers acute at each 
end, 1 mm. long; style much exceeding the corolla lobes, 
slender, glabrous, bearing a clavate stigma; fruiting head 2 
to 3 cm. in diameter; capsule short stipitate, 14 mm. long, 
1.5 mm. in diameter, about 10 costate, glabrous when 
mature, the lower half slenderly tapering, the apex obtuse, 
septicidally 2-valved; seeds numerous, brown, orbicular, 
each end provided with slender hyaline wings. 
Type specimen with flowers 322, R. C. McGregor, Baco 
River, Mindoro, April to May, 1905; fruiting specimen 762, 
H. N. Whitford, Province of Tayabas (Infanta), Luzon, 
September, 1904. 
