NIOW OK XOTIOWOKTIIY rillLll'IMNK I'lANTS, VL 25] 



5 to 7 ]iim tliick, densely covered with pedicel- and l)ract-scars, setose; 

 pedicels about 5 mm long, the l)racteoles numerous, exceeding the flowers, 

 about 18 mm long, spatiilate, the limb elliptical-ovate, obtuse, 6 mm 

 long, 5 mm wide. (Vilyx 4 mm in diameter, truncate. Petals 5, in- 

 equilaterally obovatc, apex oblique-subtrnncate, retuse-apiculate, 7 to 

 8 mm long, 5 mm wide. Stamens 10, sid)e(|nal : filaments and anthers 4 

 mm long. Fi-uit ovoid, black, glabrous, about 1 cni in diametei', crowned 

 by tlie persistent calyx. 



NwiROS, Cadiz Niievo, For. Bur. 'i.Li.i I'Jrcrcll, Fchniaiy, ]!»()(;. Minuaxao, 

 Province of tSurigao, liolxhr J'.H), A\)v\\, ]'.)()(). 



A species quite difVereiii from any in tlic genus, cliaracieii/.ed by its congested, 

 cylindrical inflorescence. According to Everett tlie inlloresceiice is rvd and tlie 

 (lowers liave an oU'ensive odm- wlicn fresli. 



Med in ilia congesta sp. ii<n\ 



liamis teretibus, glal)ris; ramulis. foliis subtus, paniculisque plus 

 minus dense setosis; foliis oppositis 3-nerviis. oldongo-ellipticis, acutis 

 vel breviter acuminatis, coriaceis, ca. 12 cm longis, sessilibus; inflores- 

 centiis ca. 18 cm longis, longe pedunculatis, peduneulis gracilibus, den- 

 sissime setosis; floribus 4-meris, congestis, valde bracteatis, prope ad apices 

 I'amulorum mnbellatis. 



A shrup, the branches light-gray, terete, glabrous, tlie l)ranchlets 

 slightly setose, the nodes very densely setose with subulate chaffy scales 

 1 cm long or less. Leaves oi)posite, coriaceous, pale, shining, oblong- 

 elliptical, 10 to 14 cju long, 4 to (i.o cm wide, margins somewhat revolute, 

 sessile or subsessile, the base somewhat clasping, strongly 3-nerved, rarely 

 with a supplementary pair of faint nuii'ginal nerves, tlie a})ex acute or 

 short-acuminate, gial)rous above, l)eneatli witb numerous long setose hairs, 

 especially on the nerves. Inflorescence axillary (?), the peduncle very 

 densely setose, about 12 cm long, slender, the flowers crowded at the 

 apex, forming an oblong, rather dense head, 6 cm long and 3 cm thick, 

 its branches about 1 cm long, densely setose, each bearing at its apex two 

 or three, obovoid, slightly setose bracts about 12 mm long, and 5 to 7 

 short-pedicelled flowers, each flower subtended by three narrowly obo- 

 void 1 cm long bracteoles, the pedicels densely setose, about 3 mm long. 

 Calyx urceolate, the tube ovoid, 2 mm long, the liud) produced, 2 mm 

 long, somewhat spreading, truncate, with 4 nerves corresponding to teeth. 

 Petals 4, about 10 mm long, 5.5 mm wide, narrowly inequilaterally obo- 

 void, apex obtuse, oblique. Stamens 4 ; anthers 5 mm long. 



MiNDORO, Mount Sablayan, For. Btir. 91ii() MerriH, March, 1908, in forests 

 on exposed ridges at 1,000 m alt. 



A species well characterized by it« long-pedunculale, dense inflorescence which 

 is densely setose, 4-merous, 3 bracteolate flowers, and sessile, strojigly 3-nerved, 

 opposite leaves. 



