AlUUST 18, 19131 FOCR SCoRK OK Xkw JMavts 184' 



nearly twice as wide, tiuic-ate a«ul Ite-oining irrejfiiliirly fiiii- 

 l>ri(;ate, hyaline except the ^^lightly green niitliile region, en- 

 tirely glabrous, the darker green median line extended into 

 a flattened p<»irjt some little di>»tiuice l»el(»w the edge; second- 

 ary involucre sitnihir except much narrower; the 5 t(» <S 

 Howers in each group subtended by a series of imbricating 

 hyaline and unequal bra<tteoles; perianth ."egment^ 4, well en- 

 veloping the staniinate flt)wers, hya;iue, elliptic or ohlongi.-h, 

 2 mm. long, united at the base,' pointed from near the 

 apical dorsal side; stamens 4, the ri nnn. long filament 

 barely visi!)le; anthers 1 rafn. long, obi )ng, lobed especially 

 at the basifixed base: pistillate flowers not seen. 



Type specimen number lS20o, A. D. E. Elmer, Puerto 

 Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Palawan, May, 191 1. 



Growing in a humid densely forested stream depressicm 

 at 2000 feet altitu<le. 



VERBENACEAE 

 Clerodendron curranii Elm. n. sp. 



Erect and slender slirub or treelike; stent 5 to 8 cm. 

 thick, rt to 8 m. high, only sparingly bratjched from below 

 the middle; wood very soft, white, tasteless, with a slight 

 greenish or foetid odor, pitn large and white; bark veiy 

 smooth, brown and grayi-h white mottled, green l>eneath 

 the epidermis; branches crooked, sparingly rebranched, ascend- 

 ing, the slender ultimate ones greenish and angular, densely 

 avellaneus tomentose. Leaves (ip|>osite, scattered, the blades 

 descending, soft membranous, a tn'Me paier green beneath, 

 the upper ones reduced, 2.25 dm. long without the jjetioles, 

 16 cm. wide across the basal one h;df, velutinoas put«scent 

 on the upper surface, Foftly pubescent beneath, bro dly 

 rounded and conlate at ba.'se, usually gr.tdtially tapering to 

 the acute or ;icaniin.tte ap'X, entire or irregularly dentate 

 along the sides toward the apex, curing yeiiowi-h brow»» on 

 both sides; midvein straight and stouter than the 4 to 8 

 lateral asceniing pairs, the lia-al or stronger of the iutetal 

 pairs with as many sul)Iate?al ones from the lower outer side 

 ordy, cross bars also promir.ent, reticulations obscure; petiole 



