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March 27, 1915] Two Hundred Twenty Six New Species— II 28G5 



(lark brown bracteoles; perianth 1 ram long, apparently 5- 

 segmented, the basal one third united about the imbedded 

 portion of the ovary, glabrous, nearly black in the dry 

 state, the segments clavate; ovule sessile, brown, ellipsoid, 

 0.75 mm long, bearing a tuft of comparatively long brown 

 stigmatic hairs. 



Type specimen number 13602, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

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

 ust, 1912. 



Discovered this interesting plant upon moss covered bowl- 

 ders on the summit of Duros peak at 4000 feet height. 

 Its Manobo vernacular name is "Ma ray hay." 



Our leaves are larger and more numerously nerved than 

 those of typical Procris pseudostrigosa Elm. and possibly mer- 

 its specific rank rather than a variety of Procris frutescens 

 Blm. 



Procris urdanetensis Elm. n. sp. 



Scandent and subepiphytic shrub; stem very flexible, 

 crooked, 2 cm thick, terete, up to 3 m long, occasionally 

 branched from near the base, usually from below the mid- 

 dle, repeatedly branched toward the top; wood soft, whitish, 

 pith greenish and large, covered with smooth gray or yellowish 

 gray bark; branches spreading or descending, rather long and 

 somewhat drooping, 3 to 5 dm long; the glabrous twig 

 ends green in the natural state, black when dry, appearing 

 obscurely angular. Leaves numerous, alternating, horizon- 

 tal or the lower ones descending, leathery, flat, the acu- 

 minate to caudate apex recurved, lucid and dark green 

 above, much lighter green beneath, variable in size, coarsely 

 and obscurely dentate between the middle and the apex, 

 otherwise entire, glabrous on both sides, ater when dry, 

 inequilateral especially toward the obliquely obtuse or ob- 

 tusely rounded base, the average larger lamina 1 dm long 

 by 3 cm wide across the middle, often much reduced, 

 oblong or the smaller ones broadly lanceolate, with or 

 without cystoliths beneath; petiole 1 cm long, green when 

 fresh nearly black when dry, glabrous, flattened and shal- 

 lowly grooved along the upper side; stipule brown, also 



