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obscurely winged, equalling the sheath, persistent, slightly 

 thickened at the top; corolla or perianth exerted, recurved 

 in the later state, 3.5 mm long, constricted at the base 

 into a short pedicel-like stalk; lobes 4 or 5, united toward 

 the base, imbricate, glabrous, unequal, obscurely veined, 

 ovately elongated or oblongish, apex acute or narrowly 

 obtuse, larger in the older flowers; ovary obovoid, 0.75 

 mm long; styles 2, fleshy, they as well as the ovary gla- 

 brous, gradually tapering toward the minute capitate stigmas; 

 stamens about 5 or only 4, inserted below the middle of the 

 corolla, the fertile ones alternating with glands at the point 

 of insertion, chiefly alternating with the segments; filaments 

 erect, glabrous, 1.5 mm long, gradually thickened from the 

 apex toward the base; anther subbasifixed, notched at both 

 ends especially at the base, ovately oval, 0.25 mm across. 

 Old flowers or young fruits much recurved, the perianth 

 segments enlarged and deeper red; ovary large, compressed 

 and elliptic from the side view; styles elongated and recurv- 

 ed toward the stigmatic ends. 



Type specimen number 10754 A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya 

 (Mt. Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 



Discovered in rich soil of open glens of dense forests 

 at 3750 feet elevation. The Bagobos call it "Carecut." A 

 handsome species with deep purple red flowers. 



PROTEACEAE 



Helicia integrifolia Elm. n. sp. 



A small sized and suberect tree; stem crooked, irregu- 

 lar, 2.5 dm thick, 7 m high or higher, branched from the 

 middle; wood soft, radially marked, only the very thin 

 sapwood white, otherwise nearly fulvus brown mottled, lateri- 

 cius beneath the epidermis; branches relatively short, as- 

 cending and crookedly rebranched, ridged, the ultimate ones 

 glabrous and obscurely compressed at the point of the leaf at- 

 tachment. Leaves ascending from the base, recurved toward 

 the distal end, chartaceous, folded upon the darker green 

 upper side, the young ones pale green and purplish tinged, 

 curing unequally brown on the 2 surfaces, glabrous, the 



