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Leaflets of Philippine Botany 



[Vol. VIII, Art. Ill 



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

 ember, 1912. 



Discovered in wet gravelly earth among bowlders along 

 a deeply shaded streamlet near the Catangan creek at about 

 3000 feet altitude. According to the Manobo "Cahodon" is 

 the vernacular name. 



Manifestly nearest related to Solarium lagunense Elm. 

 yet distinguished from it in being more glabrous, inflores- 

 cence not cymose and by the distinctly anisophyllous leaves. 



Solarium mindanaense Elm. n. sp. 



Perennial; stem 1 m long, nearly erect, only sparingly 

 rebranched, dark green, subterete, crooked, densely pulveru- 

 lent especially toward the top. Leaves in unequal pairs 

 from the same side, widely scattered, horizontally spreading, 

 gradually tapering toward the recurved acuminate apex, 

 toward the base rather abruptly cuneate or attenuate, mem- 

 branous or subcoriaceous, lighter green below even so in the 

 dry state, soft pubemlent on both sides, exceedingly varia- 

 ble in size, entire, the smaller ones broadly lanceolate, 

 the larger ones ovately elongated, the average 14 cm long 

 by 5.5 cm wide a trifle below the middle; petiole varying 

 from 5 to 15 mm long, puberulent, somewhat flattened and 

 strigose along the upper side; midrib rather broad beneath 

 especially toward the base, very little grooved on the upper 

 side at the same end, curing yellowish brown and pu- 

 berulent; lateral nerves of the normal leaves 4 to 6 on each 

 side, much ascending and curved, quite evident from both 

 sides, cross bars relatively faint. Flowers axillary, usually 

 3-clustered, subtended by a 5 to 7 mm long linear coria- 

 ceous sulphureus pubescent caducous recurved bract; pedicel 

 8 mm long, glabrate or puberulent, subcoriaceous, gradual- 

 ly extended into the calyx; calyx turbinate, 4 to 5 mm 

 long excluding the spur-like segments, puberulent or sub- 

 glabrous, frequently glandular dotted, at the truncate apex 

 with 5 radially spreading points which are the extension 

 of the mid vein; segments also puberulent, terete or sub- 

 terete, 0.5 mm long, green as is the united calyx portion, 

 persistent; corolla 8 mm long, the basal one third gla- 



