September 12, 1913] Rdbiaceae from Mocnt Urdaneta 1871 



narrowest across the middle, tube rather inflated especially at 

 the base, glabrous except the hairy throat and upper side of 

 the petals; lobes 5, lanceolately oblong, only one half as 

 long as the tube; stamens 6, inserted near the throat and 

 alternating with the segments; free portion of filament short, 

 flattened, ciliate; anther 1 mm. long, basifixed, equally 

 rounded or emarginate at both ends, pale yellow. Berry ob- 

 ovoidly globose, 8 mm. across when fresh, 3 mm. smaller in 

 the dry state, glabrous, cyaneus when mature, bearing the 

 persistent calyx segments, meat juicy and white; the 5 deep 

 brown colored stone seeds 3 mm. long, smooth, more pointed 

 toward the base, apex rounded, somewhat unequal in size. 



Type specimen number 13790, A. D. E. Elmer ^ Cabad- 

 baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Sept- 

 ember, 1912. 



Collected on the summit of mount Urdaneta (Masay in Ma- 

 nobo) in wet cold mossy wind swept woods at 6500 feet altitude. 

 The natives or Manobos call it "Malabod." 



By its fruits related to L. tashiroi Mats. 



Lasianthus obliquinervius Merr. 



Field-note: — Low and erect undershrub; stem 0.5 inch 

 thick, terete, quite rigid, 1 to 3 feet high, branched toward 

 the top only; wood dingy white, without odor or taste, soft 

 the relatively large pith similarly colored; bark smooth, yellow- 

 ish brown, the middle portion green, the inner side wood 

 colored; branches divaricate, green, unbranched, the upper ones 

 shorter; leaves chartaceous, horizontal or descending, flat but 

 tips strongly recurved, smooth and lucid above, lighter be- 

 neath; young fruit green, when mature black, ellipsoidly 

 elongated and at least 0.5 inch long. 



Represented by number 14007, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 

 Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, October, 1912. 



Found in rich black soil of a densely jungled wood 

 depression at 3000 feet altitude of Giwantanan. "Nalimatou" 

 is the Manobo name. 



Lasianthus submembranifolius Elm. n. sp. 



Laxly branched shrub; branchlets terete, glabrous even the 

 young portion, slender though not numerous. Leaves opposite, 



