NEW OK XOTKWOKTIIY rillLll'l'LXK I'LANTS, VI. 241 



xV tree 10 to 1"3 in hii,''!). tlie l)raiiclu's terete, nearly blaek, the 

 1)ranelilets f^oiiiewlial f()m])res^e(l, yellowisli-iiTay, pulverulent. Leaves 

 obovate-ellipi ical 1o oblonn-elliptJeal, papyraceous, about 20 cm long, 

 S to 10 em A\'i(l('. sligiitly shining, gbibrous, paler beneath, the apex 

 short-acuminate, the base rouiKb'd oi' subacute, margins entire; nerves 

 8 to 10 on each side of the midi-ib, prominent beneath, somewhat ascend- 

 ing, parallel, the j'eticulations obscure, very lax; petioles puberulent, 

 about 1 em long. Cymes axillaiy, solitary, 1 ta 2 cm long, puberulent, 

 rather congested, sometimes branched from the base, but more often 

 branched above only, the branches short. Flowers yellowish or cream- 

 colored, sessile, fascicled at the ends. of the branchlets. Calyx puberu- 

 lent, shallow, about 2 mm in diameter, truncate or very obscurely toothed. 

 I'etals 5, free, valvate, oblong, about 2 mm long, 1 mm wide, acute, 

 ])uberulent outside, glabrous and witli an oljscure keel within. Stamens 

 5; iilaments very short, about 0.5 mm long; anthers 1.2 mm long, 

 deeply cleft at the base. Ovary glabrous, oblong. Fruit narrowly oblong, 

 glabrous, 2 to 2.5 cm long, al)out 7 mm thick, compressed, triangular 

 in cross-section, sulcate on one side, the other two sides with a rib 

 or keel. 



MiNDORO, Pinamalayaii, in the mountains, altitiulf 100 ni. Far. Bur. Ofllli, DHL') 

 Merritt, April 2, 1908. 



lODES Blume. 



lodes philippinensis sp. nov. 



lodes ovalis Vidal Plian. Cnniing. Philip. (1885) 103; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 85, non Blume. 



Eamis ramulis infioi'escentiis foliisque plus minus ferrugineo-pubes- 

 centibus; foliis' ovatis vel oblong-ovatis, membranaceis, usque ad 12 cm 

 longis, basi late cordatis, apice acuminatis; floribus breviter pedicellatis, 

 ca. 8 mm longis, plus minus hirsutis. 



Scandent, the branches, l)ranchlets, leaves, and inflorescence more or 

 less softly ferruginous-pubescent, the stems yellowish- to reddish-brown, 

 the ultimate branchlets very densely pubescent. Leaves opposite, ovate 

 to ol)long-ovate, rather strongly acuminate, base broad, cordate, mem- 

 branaceous, pubescent on both surfaces, more densely so on the nerves and 

 especially on the under surface, 5 to 12 cm long, 3 to 8 cm wide; nerves 

 about 6 on each side of the midrib, very prominent beneath, the reticula- 

 tions lax, distinct; petioles densely pubescent, 1 cm long or less. Cymes 

 axillary and terminating the short lateral branches, pubescent, few- 

 flowered, the peduncles short or elongated. Pedicels about 1 mm long, 

 the calyx ovoid, 2 mm long, more or less hirsute, deeply 5-lobed, the 

 lobes oblong-lanceolate, 1 mm long, acuminate. Corolla-tube cylin- 

 drical, more or less hirsute, about 7 mm long, the lobes 5, ovate-lanceolate, 

 strongly acuminate, reflexed, al)out 3 mm long, 1 mm wide. Anthers 

 about 1 mm long. Ovai-y narrowly obovoid, glabrous, about 1 mm long. 



