22223 LEAFLET3 OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY [Vor. VII, ArT 109 
on both sides, papyraceous, curing green though duller green 
on the nether side, upper surface dark green in the fresh 
state, entire, acute to obiuse at base, its blade oblong to sub- 
elliptic, the average 8 cm long by 3.25 em wide across the 
middle; petiole yellowish when dry, glabrous and deeply 
caniculate along the upper side, appressed hairy on the lower 
or basal portion but with age becoming glabrous, 5 to 8 mm 
long; midvein also yellowish and ridged beneath, glabrous, dis- 
tinctly channelled along the upper side; lateral nerves 5 to 7 
pairs, faint, the basal pair oblique, the others subdivaricate, 
very sparingly branched, their ends archingly united 3 to 5 
mm from the margin, reticulations obscure. Spikes lateral 
among the foliage, occasionally in their axils, ascending, hor- 
izontal or descending, usually solitary, varying from 5 to 15 
mm in length, more or less angular or subterete, appressed 
pubescent, persistent, unbranched, yellowish green; flowers 
cremeus, alternatingly scattered along the rachis from near 
the base, odorless, caducous; pedicel with the 3 cupular 
bracts less than 2 mm long, subglabrous, the margins of the 
acute bracts finely ciliate, comparatively thick; calyx cam- 
panulate, 1.5 mm long, nearly as wide across the top, the 
two thirds concretely surrounding the ovary, the distal portion 
composed of 5 short and broad persisting segments, glabrous 
or the margins of the sepals very finely ciliate, cremeus or 
more distinctly yellow; corolla falling as a whole, spatulately 
oblong or broadly linear, deep cremeus, at the base subcal- 
lous and more or less united, apex rounded, 1 by 3 mm, 
glabrous, few. parallel veined, when old becoming twistingly 
reflexed; stamens cremeus, inserted upon the base of the 
corolla and falling with it, many, spreading when in full 
anthesis; filaments from 1 to nearly 3 mm long, slender, 
glabrous or subglabrous, continguous; anther 033 mm 
across, basifixed, the base widely notched, emarginate at 
apex, the empty cells widely spreading; ovary imbedded, its 
crown obscurely conical; style 2 to 3 mm long, strict, glabrous, 
constricted near the base, terminated by a thickened much 
darker brown capitate stigma. 
Type specimen number 14039, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 
baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Oc- 
tober, 1912. 
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