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maining adiiate in tliis region, linear, 1.5 mm. widt», glandular 

 especially alMwe the middle, apex obtuse, strigose pubescent 

 along the back, smooth on the ventral side toward the base, 

 otherwise conspic'iou-;ly pulverulent, sides usually rolled upon 

 the upper surface; stamens 10; filaments strict, erect, glabrous, 

 4. mm. long or much less in length, united and forming 

 a solid rim about the ovary; anther ovoiilly ellipsoid, 0.75 

 mm. long, versatile, laterally dehi.-^cent; ovary elliptically 

 elongated, densely hairy, 1.5 mm. long; style 4 to 5 mm. 

 long, sparsely hairy, tipped toward the apex, bearing an 

 enlarged capitate stigtna. Fruits or capsule flattish ellipsoid, 

 2.5 cm. long, creased, densely covered with fulvus woolly 

 liairs. 



Type specimen number 12877, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, March, 1911. 



This sprawling shrub was discovered in jungled woods 

 of rather hard sloay sail near a dry stream bed at 250 feet 

 above the sea. 



Quite similar though distinct from C. stellata Merr. and 

 C. cviionensi^ of the same author. 



Connarus palavvanensis Elm. n. sp. 



A climbing and sprawling shrub; stem terete, crooked, 

 5 cm. tbick, bendable, chiefly branched at the top; wood soft, 

 porous, reddish toward the center, bitterish, odorless, nearly 

 white on the outside; bark thick, almost castaneus, densely 

 covered with similarly colored lenticels, yellowish on the inner 

 surface, the middle region molasses red brown; twigs reddish 

 brown lenticelled, the young portion latericius short toraentose 

 but ultimately becoming glabrous. Leaves alternating, de- 

 scending, scattered along the tough branchlets, 1 to 1.5 dm. 

 long or longer, 5-foliate; petiole brown on the dry specimens, 

 5 cm. lo:ig, curved and thickened at the base, glabrate; 

 leaflets chartaceous, strongly foldeil, dark green except the 

 nether side, entire, curing brown, glabrous, the lower ones 

 smaller, the upper or larger blades 8 cm. long by 3 cm. 

 wide, oblong, the smaller leaves ovately oblong, the recurved 

 apex rather abruptly acute to acuminate, their points blunt, 

 basd r undt'd or broadly obtuse; petiole 5 mm. long, the 



