March 27, 1915] Two Hundrkd Twenty Six New Spkcies— II 2801 



opposite, widely spreading but only sparingly rebranched, 

 subtended by persistent bracts; pedicels verticellate toward 

 the ends of the larger branches and few to severally clus- 

 tered toward the distal ends of the ultimate branches, 3 

 to 6 cm in length, slender, straw brown on the dry speci- 

 mens, also subtended by minute persistent bracteoles, 

 subterete and finely striate, almost straight, nearly glabrous, 

 thickened toward the distal end; receptacle conical, ciliate 

 pubescent; achene compressed, reddish brown, cinereously 

 hairy, 5 mm long, elongated and pointed at both ends with 

 a 5 to 8 cm long silky coma which forms a globose mass 

 of gracefully interlaced soft hairy tails. 



Type specimen number 12734, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

 baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Sept- 

 ember, 1912. 



Climbing along small trees and then sprawling over 

 their tops along a wooded ridge at 3500 feet altitude of 

 Duros peak. Named after Anton D. Elmer our son. Called 

 "Obanon" by the Manobos. 



Its relation seems to be with Naravelia uncinata Cham. 



RHAMNACEAE 



Qouania microcarpa subglabra Elm. n. var. 



A scandent shrub; stem flexible; wood greenish; twigs 

 green, terete, slender, somewhat drooping, the young por- 

 tion olivaceus puberulent. Leaves chiefly descending, con- 

 duplicate on the upper dark green and lucid side especially so 

 toward the recurved acute to acuminate apex, much paler green 

 or subglaucous beneath, broadly or truncately rounded at 

 the subentire base, otherwise minutely serrate or apiculately 

 dentate, glabrous except the nerves beneath, much varying 

 in size, ovately elongated, the average blades 8 cm long 

 by 4 cm wide toward the base, alternatingly scattered along 

 the twigs, curing unequally brown on the sides; midvein 

 olivaceus strigoee on the nether leaf surface, glabrous and 

 minutely caniculate on the upper side; lateral nerves about 

 5 pairs, much ascending, tips extended along the edges. 



