July 19, 1913] Nkw Anonackak 1725 



deciduous, axillary or more frequently in the axils of the 

 leaf scars; pedicel very slender, olivaceus puberulent, sub- 

 tended at the base by a whorl of small similarly hairy 

 bracts, bearing from above the middle a minute bract. 

 Calyx united at the base, finely olivaceus pubescent on the 

 back in the dry state, greenish when fresh, quite rigid, 2 

 mm. wide, less in length, ovately rounded; petals very 

 unequal, the 3 outer ones similar to the 3 calyx lobes but 

 by 2 mm. longer, pubescent on the back and glabrous on 

 the inner surface, reflexed in anthesis; the inner 3 petals 

 leathery; olivaceus puberulent on both sides, slenderly 

 clawed, only the distal portion expanded into a 5 ram. 

 wide and only one half as high lamina, the sides subau- 

 riculately extended, very bluntly pointed-, in the bud state 

 well overarching the sex organs, the claw is 4 to 5 mm. 

 long and expanded toward the distal end; receptacle flatly 

 conical, short ciliate, only 1 to 2 mm. across; flowers 

 apparently all staminate, pale yellow, broadly cuneate, im- 

 bricate, not very numerous, angularly compressed, less than 

 1 mm. long, widest across the thickened truncate apical 

 plate, the lateral anther cells relatively broad and much 

 paler in color or subhyaline. 



Type specimen number 13286, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

 baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, July, 

 1912. 



Discovered in red compact moist ground along a forested 

 ridge at 1500 feet altitude. Its Manobo name is "Papaon." 



0. cumingiana Vid., in fact not distinguishable by the 

 foliage but the flowers are quite different. 



OXYMITRA Blm. 



Oxymitra auriculata Elm. n. sp. 



A tough woody climber; stem looping and twining, about 

 1.5 cm. thick, wiry, subterete, the whitish wood covered 

 with smooth dark brown or nearly black bark; the main 

 branches long, the free portions hanging; the twigs relatively 

 short, usually curved, twisted or looped at the base, the 

 young tips fulvus or testaceus pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, 

 descending when old, flat or slightly recurved at he obtuse- 



