July 19, 1913] New Anonaceab 1741 



cm. wide above the middle, frequently much smaller and 

 occasionally larger, margins entire and slightly involute in 

 the dry state, curing is;ibellinus, oblanceolately oblong, apex 

 gradually acuminate, the basal one half subpandurate, at the 

 base auriculately cordate and 2 to 4 cm. wide; midvein 

 prominently raised beneath, flat, on' the upper side in the 

 early state brown pulverulent; lateral nerves 16 to 26 pairs 

 according to size of the blade, ascendingly curved, also con- 

 spicuous, tips barely united, the basal ones short and rather 

 faint, occasionally secondary ones are scattered in between 

 the larger ones, reticulations minute and very obscure; peti- 

 ole at first fuligineus canescent, very thick and glabroias 

 ultimately, scarcely longer than 5 mm. Flower pendant, 

 axillary, with a faint rather pleasant odor, succulent and 

 rigid; the short pedicel whitish, glabrate at least when old, 

 subtended by small bracts; calyx glabrous, subpefsistent; 

 segments nearly free, 3, ovate, flattened, 1.5 cm. long by 

 1 cm. wide toward the base, ochraceus, spreading; petals 

 erect, rigid, nearly equal in shape and size, imbricately 

 twisted to the right, varying from 3 to 5 cm. long or long- 

 er, from 5 to 10 mm. wide above the middle, oblanceolate, 

 very smooth and leathery, edges rather sharp, usually some- 

 what narrowed below the middle, a trifle expanded at the 

 base, tips obtuse or rounded, miniatus; anthers less than 2 

 mm. long, flattened, the crustaceous apex dull yellow, an- 

 ther sacs on the dorsal side, connective ridged on the ven- 

 tral side; receptacle densely hairy; pistils upon the apical 

 portion of the receptacle, exceeding the stamens, contiguous; 

 the styles hairy, the stigmatic portion thick glabrous and con- 

 fluent; young infrutescence 2.5 cm. across, purple red, nu- 

 merously seeded, the individual fruits are subglobose and 

 upon similarly colored short pedicels. 



Type specimen number 12718, A. D. E. Elmer, Brooks 

 Point (Addison Peak), Palawan, March, 1911. 



Collected in moist rich soil of shruberries or light woods 

 between the cogon field and the forested swampy belt near 

 the coast. 



Similar to but not the same as U. rubra Merr. from 

 Balabac. 



