2630 LEAFLETS oF PHILIPPINE BOTANY (Vor. VII, Arr. 114 
of mount Urdaneta at 6500 feet elevation. ‘‘Minamol’’ in 
Manobo, 
From Diplycosia trinervia Elm. it differs mainly in its 
glabrous or nearly glabrous not setose character; from Diply- 
cosia merrittii Merr. in having thinner more elongated tri- 
nervous leaves; and from Diplycosia calelanensis Elm. by 
the slender or longer pedicels and distinctly pointed,,leaves. 
ó Vaccinium agusanense Elm. n. sp. 
An epiphytic shrub; stems few, widely scattering, crook- 
ed, only sparingly rebranched, 2 cm thick and terete at the 
base; wood tough and hard, dingy white; bark smooth, light 
gray on the stem, deep brown on the branchlets; young 
twigs reddish brown when dry and glabrous. Leaves con- 
duplicate, copious, alternate, usually with buds in their ax- 
ils, the terminal ones somewhat reduced, the basal lamina 
1 dm long by 4 cm wide a trifle below the middle, the en- 
tire edges subinvolute in the dry state, glabrous, lucid on 
` the upper side, curing brown, the slender acuminate apex 
recurved and frequently subfalcate, broadly obtuse or round- 
ed at the base, ovately oblong, the smallest ones broadly 
lanceolate; veins 3 to 5, the middle one most prominent 
beneath and caniculate above, the lateral ones arising within 
1.5 cm of the base, occasionally the upper one arising from 
near the middle, all subparallel, cross bars and reticulations 
few and faint; petiole 5 to 8 mm long; spike glabrous, 
stout, turning black while drying. Young infrutescence from 
the terminal leaf axils, ascending, 7 to 10 cm long; spike 
glabrous, ridged and light brown in the dry state; pedicels 
similar, 1 cm long, alternatingly scattered from the base, 
recurved, articulated at the base and leaving large notched 
scars after falling; calyx saucer shaped or discoid, 1.5 mm 
deep and 4 mm wide across the truncate rim, hard, ob- 
scurely rugose, puberulent especially around the rim; corolla 
yellowish tinged, subcoriaceous, glabrous, united, broad and 
truncate at the base, narrower and only 2 mm thick across 
the truncate apex which is irregularly toothed, around the 
side more or less rugose, falling as a whole; stamens 10, 
inserted above e middle of the ovary and strongly bent 
