JANUARY 22, 1912] PALAWAN RUBIACEAE 1345 
eurved, retieulations coarse and equally visible from both sides; 
petioles 1 to 2 em. long, grooved along the upper side, similarly 
pubescent; stipule 5 to 8 mm. long, broad, aeuminately pointed, 
seurfy brown or slightly hispid. Inflorescence terminal, erect, 
1 to 3-clustered, 5 em. long, branched from below the middle, 
subtended by stipular bracts; branches ascending, forming a 
corymbose panicle, all pubescent, the larger ones subtended 
by large bracts; the bracteoles subtending the short pedicels 
minute; calyx 3 mm. long, tubularly ellipsoid, nearly 2 mm. 
thiek, subtended at the base by a pair of short hairy bracts, 
upon very short yet relatively thick pedicels, densely pubescent 
on the outside; calyx teeth obtusely oblong, 1 mm. long, glabrous 
on the inner side; corolla glabrous, the basal one third tubular, 
otherwise divided into 4 oblong segments, white; stamens also 
4, upon the throat and alternating with the segments; filaments 
glabrous, less than 1 mm. long, compressed; anther linear, acute 
at apex, basifixed, sagittate, at least 5 mm. long, 0.75 mm. wide, 
more or less striate, recurved and verticellately spreading; style 
terete, 1 em. long, finely pubescent in the region 1.5 mm. from 
the base, otherwise glabrous, gradually tapering toward the acu- 
minate apex; ovary rim glabrous, well encased by the calyx, 
2-celled, 1-ovuled in each. 
Type specimen 12940, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto Princesa 
(Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, April, 1911. 
Discovered in compact humus covered soil of a densely 
wooded flat at 250 feet. 
. Possibly nearest allied to P. indica polyantha Hook. and to 
P. indica tomentosa Roxb. In the Philippines there are several 
distinct specieswhich ean easily be placed under the descriptions 
of the above named varieties. : 
PETUNGA DC. 
Petunga racemosa (Roxb.) K. Sch. 
Field-note:—Erect shrub; stem terete, 15 feet high, 3 inches 
thick, terete, crooked; wood dingy white, hard, heavy, odorless 
and tasteless; bark reddish brown, finely checked longitudinally; 
branches from above the middle, divaricate, 3 feet long, only 
