242 MERRILL. 



Fruit broadly ohloiii;-. somcwliat coiiipi'csscd. 1..^ v\\\ long, about 1 i-iii 

 Avide, poiiiewliat hirsute, strongly reticulate. 



Philippines, without locality, Ciimiiui 1532. Mindoko, Calapan, Merrill .987, 

 J287, January, April, 190.3; rinamalayau, For. Bur. BJiOl Merritt, October, 1906. 

 RoMBLOX, TIaUier, January, 1904. Masbate, Merrill S383, jSTovenibor. 1!)0:5. 

 VvMV, Bur. Sri. 170!) McClrcfior. Ropteniber, 1906 (type). Leyte, Palo. Elmer 

 7108, January. 19()(i. I'ai.awax, liin: .SV/. 72!) Foxirorlhy, Marcli, l!)(Mi. 



The specimen collected by ('un]in<;', cited above, has been referred by Jjailion '' 

 to lodes ovalis Blume, but the Pliilippiiie plants appear to difl'er constantly from 

 typical Javan material (PI. Bogor. Exsicc. no. 27) in their difTerently shaped, 

 more cordate and much more acuminate, thinner leaves, less dense p\ibescence, 

 and very did'erent inflorescence, in fodcs orali.'i the inllorescence being about 20 cjii 

 long, and in /. pliilippiiicn.sis never more llian 7 cm in length and usually nuich 

 .shojter. 



URANDRA Tliwaitcs. 



Urandra luzoniensis >]>. nov. 



Arbor glabra, 12 ad "3!) ni alia; I'oliis alternis, elli})ticis vel obovato- 

 ellipticis, snbeoriaeeis, nitidis, us(|ne ad 1') cm longis, bre\iter ol)tuse((ue 

 aeuTiiinatis, basi attenu;itis: cyniis tci-niininalihus o ad (i cm longis;; 

 Horibus 5-meris, ca. •") mm longis; IVuctibus oblongo-ellipsoidcis, 2 ad 

 2.5 cm longis. 



A tree, glabrous throughout, e\ce])t the inflorescence, 12 to 2!) m 

 high. Branches terete, light-gray, the nltiniate branchlets usually 

 reddish-brown. Leaves alternate, elliptical to obovate-elliptical, sub- 

 coriaceous, shining, paler ])eneath, glabrous, 7 to 15 cm long, 4 to 7.5 

 cm wide, the a])ex shortly and obtusely acuminate, sometimes obtuse, the 

 base gradually nan-owed and somewhat dccurrcnt-acuminate ; nerves 

 about 5 on each side of the midrib, sIcikUm', distinct beneath, ascending,, 

 the reticulations very hix, nearly obsolete; petioles about 1 cm long. 

 Cymes tci-miiial, .'! lo (i cm long, dichotomous, the ])eduiicles 1 to 3 

 cm long, the ullinuvte branches and pedicels more or less ferruginous- 

 hirsute. Calyx siioi't. cup-sha])ed, truncate or obscurely toothed, about 

 1.5 mm long and 1.7 mm in diameter. Petals 5. oblong-oblanceolate, 

 acute, glabrous, 5 mm long, 1.5 nun wide, crested at the apex inside. 

 Stamens 5; filaments 5 mm long, glahrous below, above on the inner 

 side below the anther, and on the back o])posite the anther covered with 

 long weak hairs; anthers ovoid, 1.2 mm long. Ovary ovoid, glal)rous; 

 style conical. Fruit elliptical-oblong, glahrous, black when dry, 2 to 

 2.5 cm long, about 1 cm in diameter, slightly striate, the exocarp coria- 

 ceous, the seed similar in >li:ip(' to the IVuit, 1.5 cm long or less. 



Lizo.N, Province of Uataan. Laniao liivcr. I'ur. liur. 711. IH2G. 2!)-'i!l Honhn. 

 May, September, and Mardi. I'.MilO.'); For. liur. -'iCi. -'n ) Ihtrncs, Marcli. r.tU4 : 

 Province of Kizal, liosoboso, Mrrrill 2(>(i!), .hine, 190.3; For. liur. 2.'iJi5, 2!)80 .\ hern's 

 collector: Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 7077 Klemmc, May, 1907. Mi.NnoRO, 

 For. liur. G2 1 >, Mvrrill. .January. 1907. 



■ DC. I'rodr. 17 ( IS7:i) 2:!. 



