NEW OR XOTKWOKTHY PHILIPPINE PLANTS, VII. 281 



The Mindanao s|)t'ciniens do not ajiice pert'ectly witli (lalearid filiform is as 

 described by Robert Brown and Mueller-Arfi., l)nt in tlic al)sence of authentic 

 material for comparison, I can do no better, at the present time, tlian refer them 

 here. The chief point of difference seems to be that the petals of the Phili])pin',^ 

 specimens are not stronjjly cucullate. Hooker f." states that the sections founded 

 by ^lueller-Ai'g. on tlie hooded petals are not tenable. The genus is new to the 

 Philippines. 



Java. 



GELONIUM Roxb. 



Gelonium racemulosum sp. nov. 



Arbuscula glabra eireiter 1 m alta ; foliis ()1)longis vel lanceolate- 

 oblongis, pallidis, nitidis, gianduloso-punctatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, 

 versus apicem grosse irregulariter repando-dentatis, basi acutis vel aeu- 

 ininatis; inHorescentiis masculinis oppositifoliis, racemulis Ijinis. pauei- 

 floris, brevibus, petiolo vix longioribus ; sepalis ol)tusis, plus minus 

 cucullatis ; staminibus circiter IG ; I'ruetibus depresso-globosis, cireiter 

 1 cm diametro, plus minus trigonis, loculicide dehiscentibus. 



A shrub or undershrub about 1 m high, glabrous throughout. Branches 

 grayish, slender, the ultimate ones slightly angled. Leaves alternate, 

 glabrous, pale when dry, glandular-punctate, shining, oblong to lanceo- 

 late-oblong, i) to 20 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, chartaceous, the apex 

 acuminate, the apical portion very coarsely and irregularly r^'pand- 

 dentate, otherwise entire, the base acute or slightly acuminate ; nerves 

 about 12 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the reticulations 

 distinct; petioles stout, 3 to 4 mm long. Staminate flowers racemose, 

 leaf-opposed, the racemes in pairs, scarcely as long as the petioles, few- 

 flowered, flowering from the base to the apex, the lower flowers opening 

 first and falling, so that there is usually but two or three flowers on a 

 raceme, the rachis slender, the pedicel-scars prominent. Sepals elliptic 

 or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 3 mm long, 2 mm wide, more or less cucullate, 

 imbricate. Stamens about 16 ; filaments free, 2 mm long ; anthers ol)long, 

 0.8 mm long. Disk-glands small. Rudimentary ovary none. Pistillate 

 flowers unknown, but the calyx, from the fruit, as in the staminate ones. 

 Fruit depressed-globose, glabrous, about 1 cm in diameter, ol)tusely 

 trigonous, 3-celled, loculicidally 3-valved, each cell 1-seeded : styles per- 

 sistent, free, each shortly cleft, the arms very short, recurved. 



MiXDAXAO, District of Zamboanoa, Port Banga, For. Bur. !)260, 9S'i'J Whiiford 

 t(- Hutchinson, January, 1!)()8. in dipterocarp forests 20 to 80 m above sea level. 



A species well characterized by its leaves being coarsely repand in the apical 

 portion, and especially by its paired, short racemes, the staminate flowers of most 

 species of the genus being glomerate. 



■ FI. Brit. Ind. 5 (18S7) Til. 

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