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Leaflets of Phii.ippink Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Art. 115 



ly branched above the middle, at the base subtended by 

 bud- like bracts, sparsely ciliate pubescent; pedicels 1 to 2 

 cm long, the lower oue3 occasionally rebranched, divaricate, 

 slender, subglabrous, subtended by setaceous subpersistent 

 bracteoles, the upper ones somewhat shorter; calyx pale green, 

 campanulate, glabrous or pulverulent in the middle exterior 

 region, 4 mm high, 3 mm wide, the 5 segments acutely 

 pointed and about one third the length; corolla yellowish 

 green or creamy white when old, 1.25 cm long, more than 

 the lower one half tubular, glabrous; the 5 lobes oblong, 

 roundly obtuse at the apex, strongly recurved when in bloom; 

 stamens 5, alternating with the segments, barely exceeding 

 the throat; filaments free, subcom pressed, equalling the cor- 

 olla tube, cremeus, smooth, strict; anther 2.5 mm long, 

 linearly oblong, subbasifixed, deep yellow, sagittate at the base, 

 minutely apiculate at the apex; ovary fusiform, olivaceus hairy 

 or soon wearing glabrous, gradually extended into the short, 

 er glabrous style, also cremeus; stigma slightly larger than 

 its neck and lighter in color when dry, green when fresh. 

 Young fruit green, bluntly oblong, 2 cm long by 1.25 cm 

 wide across the middle, creased, 3 to 4 celled; cells with 

 many flattened brown seeds in a slightly mucilaginous fluid. 



Type specimen number 12054, A. D. E. Elmer, Magalla- 

 nes (Mt. Giting-giting), Island of Sibuyan, March, 1910. 



Collected in dry soil of light woods or in secondary 

 forests at 500 feet altitude. Its foliage with twigs are used 

 by the natives as a remedy for stomach ailments. The local 

 Visayan called it "Amomunpon " 



This species is quite similar to Pittospornm odoratum 

 Merr. yet in my opinion specifically distinct by being gla- 

 brous, with subverticellate leaves whose petioles average twice 

 as long and by its more paniculate inflorescence. 



POLYGONACEAE 



Polygonum apoense Elm. n. sp. 



Single or in small tufts; roots ample, wiry; stems vary- 

 ing from 4 to 6 dm high or long, decumbent toward the 

 base or inclined to crawl, the lower joints leafless and us- 

 ually provided with roots, terete, herbaceous, gteen, old 



