LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY 
EDITED BY A. D. E. ELMER, A. M. 
Vol. IV. Manila, P. I., March 18, 1912. Art. 73. " 
NEW APOCYNACEAE 
By 
A. D. E, Elmer 
AGANOSMA G. Don. 
Aganosma apoensis Elm. n. sp. 
Seandent and forming tangled hanging bushes; stem 8 mm. 
thick, flexible, terete, freely rebranched, the ultimate ones cover- 
ed with fine umber colored hairs, inclined to twine. Leaves well 
scattered, in whorls of 3, subcoriaceous, shining and deeper 
green on the upper glabrous surface, flat, recurved toward the 
obtuse apex which terminates into a sharp mucronate point, the 
entire margins subinvolute in the dry state, beneath soft umber 
brown pubescent, also obtuse at the base, oblong or the smaller 
ones obovate, drying dark brown, the larger blades 7 cm. long 
by 3 em. wide across the middle, those toward the ends of the 
twigs much reduced, occasionally one in the whorl smaller; mid- 
vein densely pubescent beneath, sparsely so along the upper side; 
lateral nerves 5 to 7 pairs, divaricate, tips strongly curved and 
usually united, reticulations fine and quite obscure; petiole 1 
to 2 em. long or less, similarly brown pubescent. Inflorescence 
terminal or from the upper leaf axils, from 5 to 10 cm. long; 
longer peduncle 5 em. long, densely olivaceus pubescent, sub- 
tended at the base by a whorl of foliaceous leaves; branches 
chiefly toward the distal end, verticellate, erect, subtended by 
very unequal oblanceolate pubescent bracts, the ultimate ones 
