NEW OU NOTEWORTHY PHILIIM'INE PLANTS, VI. 255 



distant, tlu' sc'r(in(lar\- oiu's neai'ly as jn'ominent. anastomosing and 

 rorniing looped submarginal nerves; petiolules 1 to '^.5 cm long. In- 

 llorescence terminal, the raeliis 2 or 3 em long, rather stout, the branches 

 4 to (), crowded, ascending, 2i) to oO cm long, ghihrous, each sul)tended 

 by a persistent, coriaceous, lanceolate, acuminate bract 2 to 3 cm long, 

 the bracts when young densely flocculose. Fb)wers numerous, 5-merous, 

 borne in 3- to (i-tlowered umbels which are arranged along the primary 

 l)ranches, the peduncles 3 to 4. mm long, each subtended Ijy a small lan- 

 ceolate bracteole, the pedicels about as long as the peduncles. Calyx 

 disciform, al)out 1..") mm in diameter. Ovary 5-celled. Fruit 3.5 mm 

 long, oblong-ovoid, the ridges o, not prominent. 



Palawan, Iwahig, Bur. Sci. 196, Dl.j Foxicortluj, April and May, 190(5. 



A species allied to Schefflera caudata (Vid.) ]Merr., .S'. clemeniis Merr., and »S'. 

 loiuiifrutcsceiis Elm., but readily distinguishable from all by the shape and venation 

 of its leaflets, and various other characters. 



ERICACE.I^:. 



RHODODENDRON Linn. 



Rhododendron curranii sp. nov. 



Arbuscula 2 ad 2.5 m alta, ramis raniulis foliisque glabris; foliis 

 coriaceis oblongo-ol)Ovatis vel oblongo-oldanceolatis, acutis vel obtusis, 

 basi sensim angustatis ; pedicellis dense hirsuto-pilosis ; floribus 2.5 ad 

 3 cm longis, pTirpureo-coccineis ; staminil)us 10, filamentis in parte infe- 

 riore plus minus hirsutis: ovario dense piloso. 



A shrub 3 to 2.5 m high, the branches light-gray or brownish, glab- 

 rous, slender, terete, the ultimate ones 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter. Leaves 

 whorled, 4 to 6 or 7 at each node, coriaceous, ol)long-obovate to oblong- 

 o])lanceolate, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, paler beneath and 

 with scattered small glands, 2.5 to 5.5 cm long, 0.5 to 2 cm wide, apex 

 blunt or acute, gradually narrowed towards the cuneate or somewhat 

 decurrent Ijase, the margins slightly revolute ; nerves obscure, about 4 on 

 each side of the midrib; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Flowers crimson- 

 purplish, in terminal sessile fascicles, three or four flowers at the apex 

 of each branchlet, the bracts smooth, indu-icate, deciduous; pedicels 

 densely hirsute-pilose, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Calyx an obscurely toothed ring 

 about 4 mm in diameter. Corolla 2.5 to 3 cm long, slightly pubescent on 

 the outside, the tul)e rather broad, the lobes orbicular-obovoid, rounded 

 or refuse, 1.3 mm long, L5 mm wide. Stamens 10; filaments 1.5 to 

 1.8 cm long, 5-celled, slightly enlarged and hirsute below, glabrous above. 

 Ovary oblong, 5-celled, densely pilose, 5 mm long; style glabrous, about 

 9 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales. Mount Tapulao, For. Bur. 8061 Curran, Decem- 

 ber, 1907, in thickets on ridges at 2.000 m alt., also from the same locality 

 Bur. >Sfci. .',988 Ramos, December, 1907. 

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