224 MERRILL. 



5- to 7-nerve(l: inner tlirec petals about 7 mm loii^i, the claw 3 mm loni>\ 

 the blade rhomboidal, 4 mm long, free. Stamens about 12, 1 mm long, 

 miliusoid. Carpels many, pubescent, 1 mm long, the style very short. 

 Fi'uit unknown. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, San Vicente, For. Bur. 105o Klcminc, May, 1!M»7, 

 in dense flat forests slightly above sea level, Caj^., Panyunauin. 



A species resembling Orophea cumingiana and 0. entcrocarpoiilcd in ^rioss char- 

 acters but readily distinguished by its large bracteoles. 



Orophea luzoniensis nom. nov. 



Orophea maculata Merr. in Govt. Lab. Tiibl. (Phili]..) 35 (liMMi) ]li I'liilii). 

 Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. .54, non Scort. 



In publishing the species under the specific name mnndata, the fact was 

 overlooked that the same name liad previously been used for a difTorent species 

 of the same genus. 



UNONA Linn. f. 



Unona rubra sp. nov. 



Arbuscula 1.5 m alta; foliis lanceolatis vel late ol)long<)-()hhino(M)hitis. 

 submembranaceis, acuminatis, basi inaequilateralibus, leviter auricnlato- 

 . cordatis, subtus pallidis, glabris; floribus rubris, axillaribus, solitariis, ca. 

 2 cm lougis. 



A small shrub about 1.5 m high, the branches dark-gray, terete, slender, 

 rather densely pubescent with short spreading hairs, especially the 

 younger ones. Leaves lanceolate to broadly oblanceolate, about 20 cm 

 long, 4 to 6 cm wide, pale, especially beneath, glabrous, submembranaceous, 

 apex shortly acuminate, somewhat narrowed below to the inequilateral 

 base which is auriculate-eordate; nerves about 15 on each side of the 

 midrib, curved-ascending, anastomosing, distinct beneath, the reticula- 

 tions obsolete or nearly so; petioles densely pubescent, about 3 mm 

 long. Flowers few, red, solitary, in the upper axils, their pedicels, about 

 5 mm long, glabrous. Sepals 3, free, ovate, 7 mm long, 5 mm wide, 

 acute, glabrous or with few hairs outside. Petals fleshy, coriaceous, 

 oblong, obtuse or blunt, about 18 mm long, 4 to 5 mm wide, the sides 

 parallel, nearly glabrous. Stamens indefinite, 2 mm long, connectives 

 truncate, overlapping. Carpels about 15, oblong, 1.5 mm long, hirsute, 

 each with 4 parietal ovules; styles ovoid, the stigmas minutely pai)illate. 



I'.Ai.AFiAc. liur. Sci. J/SO Mnniiiihaf. Maicli 1. 1!>0S. in forests. 

 A characteristic species, distinjiiiisliablo by its glabnuis |)alo leaves and solitary 

 axillary red flowers. 



POPOWIA Kiidl. 



Popowia polyandra (Presl) comb. nov. 



Ii(,(a;irn p„h,(i,„lr(i Presl Kel. llaenk. 2 (1835) 77. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, llnrnkc, in Herb. Prague: Province of Batangiis, 

 77L'// (hirran & Merrill, November, 1!)()7. Nmiucs, For. Bur. Ji302, 5229, .3231. 

 1280 Everett, June, 1906, and September, 1907; Gimagaan River, Whitford 1561, 

 May, 1906. Mindanao, District of Zamtioanga, For. Bvr. 0215 Whitford <C- 

 Hutchin.Hon, January, 1908; Lakf l.aiiao. l/;-,s. Glcmcm 1001, April, 1907, and 

 without nundxT July, 1907. 



