Skptbmber 12, 1913] Rubiaceae from Mount Urdaneta 1905 



subbasifixed ; ovary glabrous, one half superior, rugosely lobed; 

 style short, strict, the clavate stigraatic portion lobed; mature 

 drupe ovoid, flavus, at least 1 cm. long, yellowish gray 

 hairy, bearing the rather large calyx rim; ovary about 7- 

 celled or very much as in Urophyllum; seeds very numerous, 

 brown, lenticular or short ellipsoid, 0.5 mm. across, pitted. 



Type specimen number 13561, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 

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

 ust, 1912. 



Inhabiting moist stony ground of a steep forested incline 

 upon Duros peak at 3000 feet altitude. It was however 

 more abundant at 1000 feet higher elevation on Cawilanan 

 peak. "Siganog" in Manobo. 



Critically distinguished from typical W. sablanense {Elm.) 

 Merr. by its smaller, fewer nerved leaves whose petioles are 

 likewise relatively shorter. Our fruits are appressed pubescent 

 and there are minor differences in the flowers. 



XANTHOPHYTUM Reinw. 

 Xanthophytum fruticulosum Reinw. 



Field-note: — A low suberect and unbranched subfrutescent 

 plant; stem dnll green or brownish, crooked, 1 to 2 feet high; 

 roots rigid and crookedly rebranched; leaves opposite, descend- 

 ing, thinly coriaceous, flat, dull green above, much lighter 

 green beneath, midrib yellowish; infrutescence in dense clus- 

 ters, green, from similarly colored descending short axillary 

 stalks; calyx green, corolla white, fruits yellowish. 



Represented by number 13720, Elmer, Cabadbaran (Mt. 

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



Gathered in moist humus covered soil of densely forest- 

 ed steep slopes in the depression between Duros. and Cawi- 

 lanan peaks at 3500 feet altitude. It is called "Lood-lood" 

 by the Ma no bos. 



