898 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Arr. 50 
middle, base abruptly obtuse or subrotund, the entire mar- 
gins finely ciliate in the young state; veins 3 from the base, 
parallel, the 2 basal lateral pairs extending nearly to the apex, 
the midvein with a pair of small lateral ones toward the top, 
all brown and finely pubescent in the young state, becom- 
ing glabrous, the cross reticulations faint; petiole 1 to 2 dm. 
long, terete, appressed pubescent; bud bracts 8 mm. long, 
brown, deciduous, rather broad at the base and with a 
setulose point, puberulous along the margins and about the 
base. Inflorescence pistillate, mostly ascending, averaging 
7.5 mm. long, usually solitary from the leaf axil; the 
rachis pale green and very finely grayish puberulent, occa- 
sionally bearing a foliaceous bract, glomerules rather evenly 
scattered and alternatingly arranged; the few subtending bracts 
finely ciliate along the margins, ovately triangular and ter- 
minating into slender points; the floral bracts 0.5 mm. long, 
their margins and basal portion densely covered with whitish 
hairs; achene sessile, dark green, 1 to 1.25 mm. long, flattish, 
ellipsoid, subglabrous except the finely ciliate or fimbriate 
apex; stigma articulate at the apex of the achene, creamy 
white, drying brown, curved or twisted, 3 mm. long, spiculose 
except the very basal smooth portion; perianth apparently 
closely adnate to the seed; staminate flowers not seen. 
Type specimen 10739, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya (Mt. Apo), 
District of Davao, Mindanao, May, 1909. 
Scandent upon small trees or sprawling over thickets 
along the Baruring river at 3500 feet. The profuse well 
interlaced branches bear quite heavy and succulent leaves 
and flowers. ''Ramee" is the Bagobo name. 
The young infrutescence is on the exact plan of that of 
P. repandus Wedd., but otherwise it is a very different species. 
Pipturus mindanaensis Elm. n. sp. 
A rather densely branched and suberect shrub, 1 to 2 m. 
high; twigs slender, fastigiate, ascending, the young portion 
covered with a short and soft pubescence; wood soft, 
greenish white, with a large green pith, odorless and 
tasteless; bark smooth, brown, easily peeling. Leaves alter- 
nate, rugose especially beneath, mostly toward the ends of 
