September 12, 1913] Rubiaceae from Mount Urdaneta 1895 



throat; stamens 5, alternating witl) the segments and inserted 

 upon the throat; filaments filiform, 2 mm. long, glabrous; 

 anthers one half as L)ng, oblong, with truncate ends, dehiscing 

 along the inner side, connective rather thick and very dark 

 brown; apex of ovary subylabnms and crustaceous, the bifid 

 stigma finely ciliate; fruiting pedicels 3 to 5 mm. long, gla- 

 brate; drupes less than 1 cm. long, snbglobose but truncately 

 obovoid when dry, rather hard, sinning, finally exactly auran- 

 tiacus, ridged, without bract vestiges; pyrenes 2, shallowly 

 concave on the ventral side, tapering at the base, broadly 

 . rounded at apex, with sharp edges, sharply 4-suIcate on the 

 back, 8 mm. long, 2 nnn. less in width above the middle. 



Type specimen number 13605, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

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

 ust, 1912. 



This low sparingly branched and large leaved undershrub 

 inhabits moist fertile soil of dense forests in the depression 

 between Duros and Gawilanan peaks at 3500 feet altitude. 

 The Manobo name is "Magadagad." 



Allied to P. plumeriaefolia Elm. 



RANDIA Linn. 



Randia pubifofia Elm n. sp. 



An erect shrub; stem 5 to 8 cm. thick, 3 to 5 m. high, 

 branched from below the middle; wood moderately soft, taste- 

 Jess and with a greenish odor, dingy white; bark smooth 

 and isabellinus or grayish and checked; branches divaricate, 

 slender, sparingly rebranched, yellowish gray, velvety tomentose 

 for the twigs. Leaves horizontal or descending, flat, opposite 

 and well scattered, submembranous, entire, obovately oblong 

 or merely oblong, the smaller ones subelliptic, apex with a 

 short though sharp point, base broadly obtuse or rounded, 

 curing equally brown on both sides, short velvety pubescent 

 especially on the nether side, the average lamina 15 cm. long 

 and 7 cm. wide across the middle, smaller ones only 

 shorter; midvein prominent beneath toward the base, similar- 

 ly tomentose; lateral nerves 6 to 8 pairs, ascending, 

 tips very faint and scarcely united, with soft hairs, more 

 numerous at the intersection of the faint cross bars; pet- 



