980 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. III, Amr. 54 
acuminate and usually subfalcate toward the apex, the en- 
tire margins involute in the dry state, linear lanceolate; 
petioles glabrous, about 1 cm. long; midvein conspicuous 
beneath, the lateral 8 to 5 pairs very obscure, subparallel, 
all arising below the middle; stipules between the petioles, 
glabrous, less than 1 cm. long, with pectinate segments. 
Inflorescence in small axillary glomerules, upon very short 
stalks; involucral bracts foliaceous, of unequal sizes, prom- 
inently veined, ciliate pubescent along the margins, the 
basal sides provided with glandularly tipped segments; ped- 
icels very short, glabrous; calyx 4 to 5 mm. long, cam- 
panulate, glabrous, green, veiny, the upper two thirds divided 
into 4 oblong obtusely pointed segments which are glabrous 
but with ciliate margins and persistent; corolla conical, 
exceeded by the calyx, splitting into 4 segments nearly 
to the base, 3 mm. long, glabrous, rather thick and rigid, 
triangularly acuminate; stamens also glabrous, subsessile, as 
many as there are corolla segments and inserted upon them 
at the base; anthers 1 mm. long, dorsifixed, oblong, bilobed 
at the base; styles glabrous, relatively short, becoming free 
at the apex, arising from the center of the rather small 
disk; fruit dividing into 2 cocci, ellipsoid, 4 mm. long 
without the calyx segments, glabrous, more or less gran- 
ular, deep purple when mature; seeds coal black, 8 in each 
coccus, irregular, at least 0.5 mm. across. 
Type specimen 12434, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Province of Capiz, Island of Sibuyan, May, 
1910. 
This very distinct species was discovered in red soil 
among rocks of a forested wind swept ridge at 2750 feet. 
METABOLUS Blm. 
Metabolus angustifolius DC. Prod. IV; 430, 1830.  Sclero- 
coccus angustifolius Bartl. l. c. 
In the Philippines known from middle and northern 
Luzon. : 
Metabolus radicans DC. Prod. IV; 435, 1830. Sclero- 
coccus radicans Bartl. l. c. 
