74 Robinson : Alabastra philippinensia 



upper branches ashen ; ultimate branches angled, rusty-tomentose : 

 leaves alternate, or at the extremities of the branches verticillate, 

 the petioles i-i./ cm. long, tomentose ; young leaves elliptic, 

 mature ones bluish-green above, dull-green beneath, 10-13 cm. 

 long, 3.75-4.75 cm. wide, broadest a little above the middle, slightly 

 inequilateral, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, cuneate at the base, acute 

 at the apex, sharply but somewhat coarsely serrate except at the 

 base, serrations callous at the tips, midrib and veins on upper 

 surface canaliculate, tomentose, on lower surface very prominent, 

 appressed-tomentose, reticulations also prominent. 



Type collected on Mount Apo, Mindanao, at an elevation of 

 2,100 m., by R. S. Williams, no. 2^g6, in flower, March 31, 1905. 

 Native (Bogobo) name : Cal yar pe. 



In order to meet the requirements of the Vienna Rules, Latin 

 diagnoses are appended of the species believed to be described 

 herein for the first time. 



Pandanus glauciphylhis : capitulis solitariis, ovatis ; drupis per- 

 multis, unilocularibus, nitidis ; foliis metralibus, subtus glaucis. 



TJialictruin Philippine use : floribus hermaphroditis, cymis pauci- 

 floris, sepalis petaloideis, ellipticis, carpellis stipitatis. 



Anaxagorca radiala : floribus solitariis vel rarius geminis, 

 terminalibus ; carpellis plerisque, radiantibus, stipitatis, seminibus 

 duobus, collateralibus. 



Cyatliocalyx acmninatus : floribus in ramis brevibus non foliis 

 oppositis fasciculatis ; petalis infra arcuatis, staminibus brevibus, 

 antheris connectivo subditis ; carpellis maturis rubris, stipitatis, 

 2— 4-locularibus. 



MitrepJwi'ci Williainsii : floribus in cymis foliis oppositis fasci- 

 culatis, masculinis tantum visis ; petalis valvatis, exterioribus 

 sepalis similibus, interionbus dissimilibus ; staminibus numerosis. 



Uvaria rubra : floribus solitariis, hermaphroditis, petalis simi- 

 libus, imbricatis, ellipticis, rubris ; staminibus carpellisque multis, 

 his cylindraceis, apiculatis. 



Uvaria scandens : floribus hermaphroditis, cymosis vel rarius 



solitariis ; petalis imbricatis, similibus ; staminibus numerosis ; 

 carpellis plerisque. 



Sabia plnlippincusis : floribus parvis, cymosis, terminalibus vel 

 subterminalibus : calycis segmentis, petalis, staminibusque op- 

 positis j'bacca biloculari. 



