Mancn 27, 1915] Two HuNpRED Twenty Six New Spxrcizrs—I 2615 
cuneate, quite often appearing slightly inequilateral especial- 
ly toward the base, subovate to obovately elongated, the 
smaller ones subelliptic, exceedingly variable in size, the 
larger lamina 1 dm long by 4 cm wide a trifle above the 
middle, young ones densely beset with purplish hairs, ser- 
rately denticulate and ciliate along the edges, deep brown 
beneath and nearly black above in the dry state; petiole 
varying from 5 to 10 mm in length, densely red or pur- 
plish bristly hairy; midrib frequently a trifle curved, also 
densely covered beneath with reddish colored bristly hairs, 
rather conspicuous beneath, plane above; lateral nerves 5 
to 8 pairs, ascendingly curved, tips anastomosing, conspicuous 
beneath and similarly hairy, cross bars and reticulations 
comparatively faint. Flowers 1 to 3-clustered from the up- 
permost leaf axils, ordorless, upon descendingly curved slender 
pedicels; pedicels averaging 1.25 cm long, densely beset with 
purplish colored spicule-like hairs or scales; calyx segments 
5, a trifle united at the base; the outer 2 or 3 segments 
ovate, 8 mm long, 5 mm wide below the middle, obtuse 
at the apex, on the dorsal side provided with seta-like 
hairs, smooth on the inner side, all deep brown in the dry 
state, margins more or less curved or folded upon the up- 
per surface; the inner 2 or 3 segments a trifle longer and 
oblong in shape, subtruncate at the apex, smooth except 
the outer exposed portion whicb bears a few bristles toward 
the base; petals 5, contiguous or united at the base only, 
caducous, glabrous, white, 8 mm long, 2.5 to 3.5 mm wide, 
widest toward the truncately rounded or irregularly notched 
apex; stamens many, inserted around the basal portion of 
the corolla and- falling with it; filaments 1.5 mm long, 
subterete, glabrous; anther as long, strongly curved at the 
middle, dorsifixed, linearly oblong, end blunt, introrse, 
laterally * dehiscent; ovary conically ovoid, marked with 
eystoliths, 2 mm across; style 4 mm long, united; stigma 
capitate, scarcely thicker than the style; fruit a 5 mm 
thick” « berry, 3-celled; seeds numerous, 1 mm long, tri- 
angular or trapezoid from the side view, deep brown, minute- 
ly pitted. 
Type specimen number 13821, A. D. E. Elmer, Cabad- 
baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, Sept- 
