1536 Leafi,kt3 of Phimppine Botaky [Vol. V, Art. 83 



0d ridge at about 3000 feet altitude. The local Visayan 

 name is "Baybatuan." 



Critically distinguished from P. philippinensis Merr. by 

 its more acuminately pointed leaves, less conspicuous nerves, 

 shorter flowers and by its much smaller and perfectly globose 

 pubescent fruits. 



Polyosma pulg^arensis Elm. n. sp. 



Shrubby; twigs terete, 5 mm. thick, gray, the young 

 portion blackisk or dull yellowish tomentose. Leaves sublucid 

 above when old, crowded toward the ends, opposite or sub- 

 opposite, rigidly coriaceous; petiole stout, 1 cm. long, similarly 

 tomentose; blade 5 to 7 cm. long by 2.5 to 3.5 cm. wide, elliptic 

 although more tapering at the obtuse base, broadly rounded at the 

 apex and with a mucronate point, entire margins revolute in the 

 dry state, the young leaves densely olivaceous velvety on both 

 sides, the old ones much less so and without the characteristic 

 color; midvein strongly raised beneath, grooved along the upper 

 side, the 5 to 8 lateral divaricate nerves much less con- 

 spicuous and coarsely anastomosing toward their ends, reticu- 

 lations obscure. Spike erect, terminal, solitary, barely exceed- 

 ing the foliage; rachis stout, angled, 5 to 8 cm. long, the 

 basal 2 cm. without flowers and therefore the peduncle pro- 

 per subtended at the base by a series of yellowish shining 

 bracts, umbrinus tomentose; flowers similarly tomentose, irreg- 

 ularly scattered or clustered in rather dense spikes, sessile, 

 each subtended by 3 very small bracts or mere vestiges of 

 them; calyx thick, at least 3 mm. long, densely reddish 

 brown pubescent, terminated by 4 broadly triangular teeth; 

 corolla of an equal number of petals which in the bud state 

 are valvate, nearly 2 mm. wide below the middle or toward 

 the base, densely fuivus on the exterior, grayish white hairy 

 on the inner side, less so toward the base, the upper two 

 thirds barely wider than 1 mm.; stamens 4, alternating 

 with the petals; filaments 4 mm. long, linearly lanceolate, 

 flattened, ciliate hairy; anther narrower, 2.5 mm. long, out- 

 wardly curve! toward the apex, linear, laterally dehiscent; 

 connection large, terminated into a raucro; style strict, 7 mm. 

 long, terete, glabrous toward the base, otherwise with oliva- 

 ceous strigose hairs; stigma subcapitate, pulverulent. 



