1210 LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. IV, Arr. 66 
below the middle; twigs ascending, terete, only the green young 
portion glabrous and angled; wood sappy white, moderately 
soft without odor or taste; bark yellowish gray, finely checked. 
Leaves rigidly coriaceous, very deep dull green above, glabrous, 
entire margins sharply edged, elliptically oblong or obovately 
oblong, 10 em. long, one half as wide across the middle or a trifle 
above it, abruptly coming to a sharp acute point, base obtuse 
or broadly cuneate, curing very dull brown on both sides; mid- 
vein thick toward the base, with only 2 primary lateral pairs 
of veins, the basal pair arising 5 mm. from the base and extending 
nearly to the apex of the lamina, the upper pair 2 em. from the 
base and usually united with the midvein at the base of the apical 
point, cross bars very faint and only visible from the upper side 
in the dry state at least; petiole very thick and rigid, flattened, 
5 mm. long, glabrous; axillary hairs persistent, about as long, 
yellowish brown. Inflorescence ascending, rigid, terminal, 5 
to 8 cm. long, sparingly branched from the middle; peduncle 
angular and winged, reddish, strict, branches similar, brighter 
red; pedicels 1 cm. long, articulate, pink; calyx reddish, nearly 
1 em. long, suburceolate, the truncate rim slightly expanded; 
petals pink, broadly elliptic, 1 em. long at least, 5; stamens 
10, smooth and glabrous, inserted upon the calyx rim, incurved 
in the bud state; filaments flattened, also red; anthers as long, 
basifixed, tapering from the light yellow basal portion, otherwise 
purplish blue, dorsal spur straight and scarcely 1 mm. long, the 
ventral pair ascendingly curved and a trifle longer; style sim- 
ilarly red, terete, 7 mm. long, nearly straight, minutely striate, 
with a small capitate stigma; young fruit of a deep rich red. 
Type specimen 11406, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), | 
District of Davao, Mindanao, August, 1909. 
Discovered in moist fertile soil of very dark humid wooded 
ravines along the Ceriban creek at 6750 of mount Apo or near 
Baclayan, the camping place of this mountain. The vernacular 5 
Bagobo name is ‘‘Tiwalos-tatana.”’ m | 
This is exactly 309 De Vore and Hoover from the same 
mountain, and in my opinion is different from the type of M. 
apoensis C. B. Rob., based upon 2569 Williams. The leaves 
of our specimens are much smaller and are of a different shape. 
There are also floral differences. 
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