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ascending, arising from the uppermost leaf axils, pale 

 green, 5 to 10 em. long, densely tawny yellow, stellately 

 pubescent, striate, few branched toward the top only; branches 

 divaricate or ascending, subtended by similarly pubescent 

 bracts, about 1 cm. long only; sepals 4, greenish oblong, 

 valvate in the early state and forming an ovoid to ellipsoid 

 bud 1.25 cm. long, acute to obtuse at apex, coriaceous, dense- 

 ly toraentose on both sides, 4 mm. wide across the middle, 

 broad from the base; petals cremeus, 9 mm. long, 5 in 

 number, occasionally smaller, 2.5 mm. wide above the middle, 

 thickened at the base and densely hairy, also pubescent in 

 the middle region on the back especially toward the base, 

 obovately linear, truncately rounded at apex, veiny; stamens 

 very numerous, scattered among olivaceous hairs around the 

 basal portion of the ovary; filaments setiform, glabrous, 

 ranging from 0.5 to 3.5 mm. long; anthers basifixed, deep 

 brown, broadly reniform, 0.33 mm. wide; ovary large, bristly 

 yellowish hairy compressed, obovoid, at apex short pointed; 

 stigma glabrous, expanded, rugose. Capsule upon 1 cm. long 

 similarly pubescent stalks, nearly 2.5 cm. wide and 2 cm. 

 high, compressed, persistent, widely debiscent, broadly oval, 

 short stipitate at base, broad and truncate at apex with a 

 distinct point, densely light fulvus tomentose, 2-celled, the 

 membrane-like placenta fimbriately edged; seeds many, browe, 

 lenticular, with ciliate hairs around the edge. 



Type specimen number 12514, A. D. E. Elmer, Maga- 

 llanes (Mt. Gitinggiting), Province of Capiz, Sibuyan, May, 

 1910. 



Discovered on a wind swept ridge at 4750 feet altitude, 

 in red clay mixed with stones. 



This also was distributed under Halconia, and is nearest 

 related to T. involucrata {Merr), Elm. and to T. negrosensie 

 Elm. 



