JANUARY 22, 1912] PALAWAN RUBIACEAE 1349 . 
coarse and obscure; petiole stout, 1 to 2 em. long, glabrous. In- 
frutescence terminal, suberect, usually upon very short and 
thick peduncles, glabrous, green stalks becoming brown when 
dry; main branches 1.5 to 2 em. long, several in a subwhorl, 
corymbosely spreading, strict, di or trichotemously branched 
| above the middle, all the branches subtended by vestiges of 
| bracts, more or less angular or subeompressed ; drupes obovoidly 
ellipsoid, coal black when mature and upon becoming dry, 7.5 
mm. long, obscurely striate, the persistent calyx rim minute, 5 
mm. thick above the middle; pyrenes 2, plano convex, pointed 
toward the base, obscurely 3 to 5-ridged on the back. 
Type specimen 12737, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto Princesa (Mt. 
Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 
In shallow humus covered soil underlaid with gravel stones 
of a slightly wooded flat at 250 feet altitude. 
Ours approaches P. plumeriaefolia Elm., yet distinct from 
number 3875 Forestry Bureau collection. 
Psychotria repens Elm. n. sp. 
A perennial prostrate suffrutescent creeper; stem terete, 
dark green, flexible, creeping below the humus, taking roots at 
the point of branching, only sparingly branched, 7.5 mm. thick, 
the distal ends ascending and leaf bearing, from 2 dm. to 2 m. 
long; branches short and erect orlonger and ascending; roots black- 
ish, fibrously branched, subligneous. Leaves horizontal or as- 
cending from the base, shallowly recurved, coriaceous, deep 
green above with the veins marked by darker green regions, much 
paler green beneath, when dry nearly black on the upper gla- 
brous side, grayish brown on the pulverulent nether surface, 
nearly flat, obovately oblong, 1 dm. long, 4 em. wide above the 
middle, entire, apex short obtuse or acute, cuneately obtuse at 
base; midvein conspicuous beneath and brown scurfy or pul- 
verulent; lateral pairs about 9, ascendingly curved, less pulver- 
ulent, cross bars and reticulations very obscure; petiole 5 mm. 
long, sparsely fuligineusly hairy; stipule 1 em. long, similarly 
hairy, apex divided into 3 or more ciliate lacinae. Inflorescence 
terminal, 2.5 em. long, fulvus pubescent; usually more than 1 
peduncle, subtended by stipular bracts; flowers in small clusters 
toward the end, subtended by bracteoles; calyx sessile, subar- 
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