LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
VoL 1. Manila, P. I., April 11, 1907. Art. 9. 
A NEW TRIGONOSTEMUM 
BY 
OTTO STAPF. 
(Royal Gardens, Kew. near London, England.) 
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Trigonostemum philippinense Stapf n. sp.— [Euphor- 
biaceae]; affine T. heteranthe, sed panicula rigidiore, latiore 
magis ramosa, ramis flore femineo terminatis, sepalis eciliatis, 
ovario verrucoso distinctum. 
= 
Arbuscula, 7 m. alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra, 
ramis gracilibus teretibus. Folia oblanceolata, basin versus 
longe attenuata, apice tenuiter acuminate, minute remote 
denticulata, 10-18 em. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, papyracea, nervis 
secundariis utrinque 10-11, obliquis tenuibus; petioli 2-4 
em. longi, graciles. Inflorescentia terminalis, paniculata, 
pedunculo corciter 6 cm. longo suffulta, 10 em. longa, 6 cm. 
lata, adpresse pubescens, ramis 5-3 cm. longis a medio vel 
superiores fere a basi ramulosis, ramulis inferne flores mas- 
culos solitarios vel fascieulatos, gerentibus et flore femineo 
terminatis; bracteae minutae; pedicelli masculi fere capilares 
ad 4 mm. longi; feminei robustiores, stricti, apice paulo in- 
crassati, ad 12 mm, longi. Flos masculus: sepala 4, inae- 
qualia, elliptica vel rotundato-elliptica, obtusa, 1.5 mm. longa 
parce adpresse pilosula, eciliata; petala 4, oblongo-elliptica, 
basi breviter contracta, 3 mm. longa, aurea; disci glandulae 4, 
obcordato-cuneatae; stamens 3, 1 mm. longa; antherae columnae, 
