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thick and rigid, very finely cinereous on both sides especially 

 dense on the somewhat constricted outer basal portion and 

 on the cushion of the ventral side; the larger 3 petals 2.5 

 cm. long, elliptic, 1.5 cm. across the middle, rounded at 

 the base, that portion on the upper side covering part of 

 the stamens glabrous; the smaller whorl of 3 petals 2 cm. 

 long by 1 cm. wide, prominently constricted and obscurely 

 angular at the base, the ventral basal portion glabrous as are 

 also the sides at the base on the back, apex obtuse; torus 

 flat, the peripheral or stamineal portion glabrous, the cen- 

 tral or pistillate portion densely hairy; anthers contiguous, 

 2.25 mm. long, flattened, the connective much thickened at 

 apex, sacs extending along the dorsal edge to nearly base. 



Type specimen number 12338, A. D. E. Elmer, Magalla- 

 nes (Mt. Giting-giting), Province of Capiz, Sibuyan, April, 1910. 



Sprawling over thickets of a moist alluvial flat along the 

 Sinuban creek at 500 feet altitude. 



Differs mainly from the type in being subglabrous and 

 in the difference of the petals. 



Artabotrys cumin^iana reticulata Elm. n. var. 



Scandent and looping shrub; main branches hanging and 

 repeatedly rebranched, slender but the lateral ones relatively 

 short, very tough; twigs brown and glabrous. Leaves hor- 

 izontal or descending, subcoriaceous, nearly equal green on 

 both sides, turning brown while drying, glabrous, scattered 

 alternatingly, entire, apex acuminate, base broadly obtuse or 

 subrounded, oblong, the normal ones 4 by 12 cm. in size; 

 midrib reddish brown and edged beneath; the lateral 7 to 

 10 nerves ascendingly recurved, their tips united few to sev- 

 eral mm. below the leaf margin, also conspicuous beneath 

 and very evident from above, i-eticulations coarse and a trifle 

 plainer from the upper side; petiole 3 to 5 mm. long, 

 subglabrous. Inflorescence a short recurved flattened hooked 

 branch at the end of the second year old twigs; peduncle 

 2 to 3 cm. long, only toward the distal end with one or 

 two short stout branches; flowers usually few clustered at 

 the brown pubescent thickened end or receptacle of the 

 branches; pedicels averaging 1.5 cm. long, umber brown pub- 



