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ly 4-rngose besides the edges, very much compressed at the 

 narrowed base, 9 mm. long by 6 mm. wide across the mid- 

 dle or above it, truncate at apex. 



Type specimen number 13486, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

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

 ust, 1912. 



Found in damp earth of the jungled woods near the 

 summit of Dui-os peak at 3750 feet altitude. "Pasnohan" 

 is the Manobo name. 



Very similar to P. pilosella Elm. except the different 

 calyx upon the sessile fruits which are subtended by bracts, 



Psychotria loheri Elm. 



Field-note: — Tree-like shrub; stem several inches thick, 

 15 feet high, crooked, terete, branched from below the mid- 

 dle; wood rather soft, sappy white, quite without odor or 

 taste; bark smooth, grayish; main branches few, ascending, 

 numerously rebranched at top; twigs lax, greenish gray; leaves 

 coriaceous, horizontal, flat, dull green above, very much 

 lighter beneath; infrutescence ascending, the green stalks bear- 

 ing melleus colored fruits which are pyriform or obovoid. 



Represented by number 14162, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 

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



Gathered on wet humus covered stony soil of the deep- 

 ly forested lagoon region at 5000 feet altitude. "AUbatbat" 

 is the native or Manobo name. 



Psychotria luzoniensis Vil. 



Field-note; — Laxly branched shrub; stem few inches thick, 

 10 to 15 feet high, subterete, branched from the middle; 

 wood whitish, rather soft, odorless and tasteless; bark smooth, 

 dull brown; twigs lax, curved, tips usually ascending; inflor- 

 escent stalks pale green, calyx brownish, corolla white; fruits 

 short ellipsoid or obovoid, aurantiacus; leaves subcoriaceous, 

 ascending but strongly recurved toward the apex, paler green 

 beneath. 



Represented by numbers 13740 and 14230, Elmer, Cabadbaran 

 (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, September, 1912. 



