248 MERRILL. 



18 cm long, 4 to 5 cm wide, the apex graduallv iiaiiowed to the slender, 

 subcaudate acumen, the base acute, rather pale when dry, shining on both 

 surfaces, glabrous on the upper surface, beneath with numerous, pale, 

 spreading or somewhat appressed ciliate hairs on the midrib and nerves, 

 otlierwise glabrous; nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 curved-ascending, anastomosing near the margin, the primary reticula- 

 tions distinct, subparallel; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long, glabrous or slightly 

 ciliate; stipules membranaceous, oblong, subpersistent, 2 to 2.5 cm long, 

 rather densely ciliate on the back. Flowers few, axillary, fascicled, 

 apparently sessile. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, about 1.3 cm long, somewhat 

 villous,, crowned by tlie ovate, obtuse calyx-lobes whicli are more or less 

 villous and 5 to 6 mm long. 



Negros, Himugaan River, in ravines at an altitude of about 50 ni, For. Bur. 

 5550 Everett (type), October 25, 1906, the fruit green when collected; said to be 

 abundant locally; Faraon, For. Bur. 1357 Jf Meyer d Foxioorthy, August, 1909. 



A species probably closely allied to Urophyllum strcptopodiiim Wall., but with 

 quite different leaves and much larger persistent calyx-lobes. 



VILLARIA*Rolfe. 



Villaria acutifolia (Elmer) comb. nov. 



Gardenia acutifolia Elmer Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) G. 



Mindanao, District of Davao, Davao, Copeland .'/.?7 (type) ; Padada. WilUatns 

 2975. 



The original description of this species was based on two specimens, the first 

 one cited being Copeland .^37, which I assume to be the type of the species. The 

 second specimen cited, Ahem Jt57, "457, Forestry Bureau, collected by J. F. Qua- 

 dras," from Dinagat Island, is also a Villaria, and is probably referable to 

 V. philippinensis Rolfe. The original description must be emended as follows: 

 Leaves chartaceous, ape.x acuminate, base rounded or acute. Flowers mostly 

 solitary, axillary, rarely in short, 3-flowered, cymes, the inflorescence and calyx 

 puberulent (not glabrous), the peduncles in fruit not exceeding 2 cm in length, 

 each subtended by two lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent bracts, no bracts or 

 bracteoles above the base. Calyx puberulent, up to 1.5 cm long, sometimes 

 4-merous. The flowers were apparently described from immature buds, but the 

 dissected material was not preserved, and there are no buds or open flowers left 

 on the type sheet. Open flowers on Mr. Williams' specimen are white, the corolla 

 tube cylindric, 4 mm long, the lobes 4 or 5, elliptic, rounded, 4 mm long, 2.5 mm 

 wide, the throat pubescent. Anthers 4 mm long, inserted on the throat, not 

 exserted; style 2 mm long, glabrous; stigma oblong, 4 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, 

 felted-pubescent. The description of the fruit must be excluded as it was based 

 on .Ahem Ji57, and refers to Villaria philippinen.tis. 



The species is well characterized by its usually solitary flowers, the pedicels 

 bibracteate at the base, the inflorescence more or less puberulent, and especially by 

 the calyx-lobes exceeding the corolla in length. 



The form described by Mr. Elmer, 1. c, as Clardmia ellipiica is exactly the 

 same as Villaria liltoralis Vidal. 



