1630 Lka.fi,et3 of PHf[,rppiXK BoTANV [Voi,. V, Art. 82 



tiole thick, becoming siihglabrous, 5 min. long, rnfrutepcexice 

 terminal, descending, 1 to 3-branched, the slightly hairy or 

 subglabrous stalks 10 to 1") mm. long ami rather thick; 

 capsule pendant, orange red, l.Z cm. long, fliglitly obovoid 

 or broadly ellipsoid, thick, apex apiculate, bnse short stipi- 

 tate and subtended by the persistent 1 cm. long cnlyx tui»e 

 which is slit open along its ventral side and hearing the 

 crown of 4 obtusely rounded calyx segments, 2 celkd and 

 2-8eeded, 4-lobed with two very deep longitudinal depressions; 

 seeds 7.5 mm. long, ovoidly compressed, pointed at apex, 

 base rounded and set upon a whitish carnnch', smooth. 



Type specimen numl>er 10981, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya 

 (Mt. Apo), District of I^avao, Mindanao, June. 1909. 



Collected in well drained soil of woods along a ridge 

 of the Baracatan creek at 1750 feet altitude. The Bagobos 

 call it "Pamalunyan.^' 



Primarily distinguished from tlie species l)y its pubescent 

 under leaf surfaces, William^s number 2724 from Santa Cruz 

 of the same district is the same. 



Qyrinopsis urdanetense Blm. n. sp. 



Slender erect shrub; stem terete, 3 to 5 cm. thick, 7 

 to 4 in. high, branched toward the top; wood moderately 

 soft, white, odorless and tastele-ss; back grayish white, smooth, 

 green beneath the epidermis, .sappy white on the inner side; 

 branches relativelj* short, rebranched, the twig portion glabrous 

 and terete. Leaves numerous, alternating, scattered along 

 all the brancldets, eiliptically oblong or broadly lanceolate, 

 base acute, apex acuuunately painted, the longer blades 8 

 cm. long by 2.5 cm. wide at the middle, ascending, flat 

 but recurved, much lighter green beneath, curing nearly 

 equally dull greeiv an both sides, subchartaceous, only the 

 young ones strigosely pubescent; the entire margins some- 

 what curved upon the nether side, conspicuously rugose in 

 the dry state; petiole also glabrous or with few hairs, T) 

 mm. long; midvein conspicuous beneath, brownish, glabrous 

 or sparingly strigose; nerves very fine and numerous, divaricate, 

 occasionally more conspicuou- one- interspersed. Flowers 

 usually 2 to 3 clustered, axillary, sui>p<Mid:int, yellowish or 



