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coarsely branched, the coarse reticulationf! still less evident; 

 petiole glabrous at all times, nearly black when dry, less than 

 5 mm. long. Flowers in small groups from the leaf axils 

 or from the axils of the fallen leaves; common stalk very 

 short and bracteate at the base or none; pedicel^ longer than 

 the peduncles, also subtended by bracteoles, all densely cov- 

 ered with short fulvus hairs; calyx flat cup shaped, 3 mm. 

 long, fully as wide, the 3 thick lobe? united toward the base, 

 ovate, similarly pubescent; the outer 3 petals 6 mm. long, 

 thick, finely hairy, broadly lanceolate, apex obtusely rounded, 

 2.6 mm. wide below the middle; the inner 3 a trifle shorter, 

 a.t wide across the truncate or slightly auriculately lobed basal 

 portion, the basal 1 mm. clawed, lese pubescent, the upper 

 side below the middle overlaid with a fold; stamens about 

 30, easily separating from the receptacle, 1 mm. long, cu- 

 neate, much flattened, apex somewhat thickened and laterally 

 expanded, sac8 along the edges, pollen apparently large; pistils 

 3, style 1 mm. long, the angular and granular much enlarged 

 stigma 1 mm. long; fruit upon short stout pedicels less than 

 1.25 cm. long, ellipsoid, hard, greenish brown, yellowish so 

 when dry, with 1 to 3 seeds imbedded in a rather dry 

 thick exocarp. 



Type specimen number 12471, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes 

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



Gathered in moist gravelly soil in woods fronting the 

 Panala river at 750 feet altitude. 



Distinct from Unona dehiscens Blco. The same as »SV. 

 Garcia' s number 11 from Baler, collected in August, 1902. 



