"^ Lbaflkts op Philippine Botany [Vol. V, Art. 93 



thick oblongish adnate coriaceous back brown hirsutulose, 

 extended into 2 divergent glabrous laminae; these laminae are 

 2 to 3 mm. long, rounded at the entire apex, oblongish, 

 the 2 pairs frequently somewhat united at apex; stamens 5, 

 sessile, alternate, inserted upon the fleshy rim around the 

 throat of the corolla; anther yellowish, subglobose, 0.75 mm. 

 wide and 0.5 mm. long, the 2 cells opening laterally; ovary 

 ellipsoid, 2 mm. long, glabrous, terminated by the thick 

 truncate short columnar stigma. 



Type specimen number 12750, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

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



Discovered in wet stony ground along a wooded creek 

 bank at about 250 feet above sea level. 



Most like some material from Perak and Penang. 



Erycibe terminaliflora Elm. n. sp. 



Scandent and tree climbing; stems terete, flexible, 3 cm. 

 thick, wood soft, dingy or yellowish white, odorless or taste- 

 less, divided into several irregular groups; bark smooth, dull 

 brown, yellowish except the epidermis; branches slender, tough, 

 light gray or brown, smooth or lenticelled, the young portion 

 den.sely fulvus tomentulose. Leaves alternate, ovately elliptic, 

 glabrous above, conduplicate, recurved toward the short acute 

 or obtuse apex, base rounded, paler green on the nether side 

 which in the young state is densely covered with an 

 isabellinus tomentum, glabrous in the old leaves, the normal 

 blades 7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide below the middle, the entire 

 margins slightly involute at least when dry; petiole widely 

 caniculate along the upper side, when young soft brown to- 

 mentose, when old glabrous, about 1 cm, long; midvein stout 

 beneath, flat on the upper surface; lateral nerves obscure, 

 5 to 8 on each side, rather straight, divaricate or ascend- 

 ing, their tips archingly united, a trifle more evident from 

 the upper surface, reticulations about as plain and coarse. 

 Inflorescence erect, fulvus pubescent, slightly fragrant, arising 

 from the uppermost alternating branches, subtended by reduced 

 leaves, lower 5 cm. long, usually curved, rebranched from 

 near the middle; the secondary branchlets relatively short, 

 lower ones likewise subtended by foliaceous bracts; pedicels 5 



