2628 LEAFLETS OF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vou. VIL, Arrt. 114 
the distal end, short isabellinus tomentose; pedicels 3 to 5 
mm long or longer, similar in color and hoariness to the 
rachis, recurved, subtended by a shorter ovate subpersistent 
bract which is nearly glabrous on the ventral side; bud 
ovately elongated, 1 cm long, 4.5 mm thick across the base; 
segments 5, leathery, united at the base, lanceolate, valvate 
in the bud state, acuminately pointed, olivaceus tomentose 
on the back. only; petals also 5, erect, 1.25 cm long, yel- 
lowish appressed hairy on the back, cuneately oblong, un- 
equal in width, the middle basal portion coriaceous; the 
margins toward the apex membranous, the wider ones usual- 
ly 3-lobed at the truncate apex, the lobes again dissected 
into linear segments, giving it a fimbriate appearance, when 
young imbricate; stamens numerous, erect, unequal, all unit- 
ed at the base into a cartilaginous ciliated rim; filaments 
of the average ones 1.5 mm long, glabrous, twice as thick 
below the middle; anther very linear, 4 mm long, likewise 
glabrous, transversely slit at the apex, the outer or dorsal 
portion extended into a slender 2 to 3 mm long minutely 
scabrid awn; ovary 5 mm long, about one half as thick, 
ovoidly elongated, densely pubescent, gradually extended into 
the equally long spinescent style which at the base is more 
or less hairy; stigma minute. Fruit pendant, 7.5 mm long, 
4 em thick, hard, smooth, perfectly ellipsoid, at the base 
subtended by the 5 densely fulyus hairy glands, dark green 
and minutely spotted with lighter green or yellowish spots. 
Type specimen number 14059, A. D. E. Elmer, Cubad- 
baran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Mindanao, October, 
1912. ; 
Collected on a densely wooded ridge near the spring be- 
tween Duros and Cawilanan peaks at 3500 feet elevation. 
“Sala” or **Salac”” in Manobo. 
Leaves and flowers similar to Elaeocarpus monocera Cav. 
ERICACEAE 
uy _ Diplycosia urdanetensis Elm. n. sp. 
|... Epiphytie and shrubby; stems few from the same clus- 
ter, mostly descending, 1 m long or longer, rather sparingly 
branched; wood white, rigid and covered with a smooth 
