2408 LurLETS o¥ PHibIPPixk BoraNy’ (Vor. VII, Amr; 112 
thé twigs densely fulvus. Leaves alternating along the wiry 
branchlets, subchartaceous, dark greén though’ paler’ beneath, 
óvate, apex acute, base broadly rounded or shallowly cordate, 
the entire margins subinvolute when dry, sides unequally dull... A 
greenish brown,’ the average lamina 1 dm long by 6 cm | 
wide below the middle, densely fulvus pubescent -beneath,. . DM ! 
the upper surface ' harsh and hairy along thé midvein; 1 
pétiolé fulvus hirsute, 1 to “1.5 em long, becoming nearly | 
glabrous when old; bud bract short, light fulvus; midrib promi- 
nent béneath and densely -fulvus; lateral” nerves' 3 to 5 
pairs, the basal pair much ascendingly curved, upper . ones - . 
nearly straight and oblique; tips faintly interarching, quite ^ » , 
prominent beneath, the numerous cross bars and reticulations . v 1 
évident on the lower side only. ee 
Receptacles düll green though similarly densely tales. x 
globose, 1.25 cm in diameter, usually i in the leaf scars; peduncle - 
dark fulvus hairy, 5 mm long, stout, subtended by ciliate bract. 
vestiges; umbilicus truncate, slightly raised, the inwardly 
éxtending scales brown and membranous, 2 to 3 mm long, . 
tapering from fhe base to apex; florets pistillate and staminate,. : 
thé latter scatteréd in the region next to, the umbilical. 
scales; stantinate ones 3'mm long, sessile,,, bulgingly curved, i. + 258 
thé upper one third slenderly poiated, enveloped hy a : : 
brown niembranous' shieath-like perianth; anthers 1 or occasion- . m 
ally 2 in each floret, upon a 0. 5 mm long thick brown 
8oméwhat compressed pedicel, 1. 5 mm long, base anticulate, ' 
ovoidly oblong, abruptly contracted at the apex into a sharp a E 
point; pistillate flofet as long as the staminate ones, upon eae 
a 0.5 to 0.75 mim’ long pedicel; the ovary portion ellipsoid 
ot broadly fusiform and extended into a 1 mm long style, 
Stirrdunded by 3 pétianth’ segments which are similar in 
color and texture to those of the male perianth; segments . 
linear to lanceolate or even’ oblongish, nerve-like along the... 
back, sides ventrally folded, terminated into a sharp acumi. \ 
naté point: ' B i 
Type specirien' number 14090, A. D. E. Boner, Cabad- t E 
baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Oct- (0d 
ober, 1912. M a E 
Discovered in the forests about lake Danao. at 4750 feet T i 
altitude and is known to the Manobos as "Sumbay." =. 
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