•TusB 10, 1913] PniLippiNB Linocibra 1655 



acute or subcuneate and decurrent at the basal end, the 

 entire margins suhinvolute in the dry state, ovately elliptic 

 to oblongish, the larger blades 13 cm. long by 5 cm. wide, 

 midvein reddish brown and prominent beneath; the 7 to 9 

 lateral pairs of nerves slightly ascending and nearly straight, 

 less conspicuous beneath, barely visible from above, their 

 tips obscurely interaching; petiole grooved above, 1 cm. long or 

 less, blackish brown in the dry specimen, gradually extend- 

 ed into the decurrent leaf base. Inflorescence suberect, 

 spreading, axillary, solitary or few clustered, 1 dm. long or 

 less, the peduncle proper less than one fourth the entire 

 length and subangular, otherwise lax and paniculately branched; 

 branchlets sparingly rebranched, longest at the base, sub- 

 glabrous, subtended by short and obtusely pointed bracts; 

 pedicel thick, very short or none, occasional with large dark 

 reddish brown glands; subtending bracts ovate, subacute at 

 apex, finely ciliate on the margins with fewer glands on the 

 back; calyx 1.5 mm. long, composed of 4 segments, united 

 at the base, glabrous or finely puberulent along the margins, 

 acute, the exterior basal or middle region similarly provided 

 with scattering glands; petals united at the very base only, 

 yellowish, 4, at least 3 mm. long, coriaceous, glabrous, 

 few gland dotted on the back, in bud induplicate, valvate, 

 1.25 mm. wide below the middle, the upper portion oblong 

 and with a truncately rounded or merely truncate apex; 

 stamens 2, at the base of the corolla and alternating with 

 the segment; filaments short and broad; connective thick, 

 slightly apiculate; anther broadly elliptic, 1mm. long; ovary 

 subglobose, glabrous, 1 mm. across, abruptly terminated 

 into a short bifid stigma. Fruit upon very short thick stalks, 

 and obovoidly ellipsoid or subglobose in the fresh state, hard, 

 green, 1-seeded, 3 cm. long by 2 cm. thick. 



Type specimen numbers 12127 in flower and 12810 in 

 fruit, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. Giting-giting), Pro- 

 vince of Capiz, Sibuyan, March, 1910: Puerto Princesa (Mt. 

 Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 



In both cases it was gathered in gravelly soil of wooded 

 river banks at approximately 500 feet altitude. 



Leaves similar to those of L. rubrovenia Elm. but at once 

 distinguished by its inflorescence. 



