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GOODENOVIACE^. 



SCAEVOLA Linn. 



Scaevola acuminatissima sp. nov. § Enantiophyllum. 



Scandens, glabra, vel inflorescentiis plus minus pubescentibus ; foliis 

 oppositis, ovato-lanceolatis vel late oblongo-lanceolatis, membranaceis, 

 nitidis, leviter distanter denticulatis, basi acutis, apice longissime caudato- 

 acuminatis, usque ad 11 em longis; pedunculis axillaribus, brevibus, 

 saepe trifloris; floribus aurantiacis, 5-meris, cireiter 2.5 cm longis. 



A scandent herbaceous vine, nearly glabrous throughout, the stems 

 brownish, slightly striate, up to 3.5 mm in diameter, the branches and 

 leaves opposite. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to broadly oblong-lanceolate, 

 membranaceous, shining, entirely glabrous, 6 to 11 cm long, 2 to 3 cm 

 wide, the base acute, the apex gradually narrowed into a long, slender, 

 straight or somewhat falcate, caudate acumen, the margins entire or 

 distantly and slightly denticulate: nerves about 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, slender, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 5 mm long 

 or less. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 5 to 10 mm long, more or less 

 appressed-pubescent, the axils of the stems at the insertion of the pedun- 

 cles also usually pubescent, each peduncle bearing 3, rarely 5 flowers, the 

 pedicels 5 mm long or less, the bracts at the apex of the peduncles narrow, 

 up to 4 mm in length. Flowers yellow. (Jalyx-tube oljlong. glabrous or 

 nearly so, in anthesis 2 to 3 mm long, the lobes 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 3.5 mm long, 1 mm wide. Coi'olla 2 to 2.2 cm long, nearly glabrous 

 outside or with very few, scattered, appressed hairs, villous within, the 

 lobes 5, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 6 to 9 mm long, 1.8 

 to 2 mm wide, 3-nerved, the corolla-tube 15-nerved. Filaments slender, 

 glabrous, 8 to 9 mm long ; anthers about 2 mm in length. Style glabrous, 

 13 mm long, the stigma flattened, 2 to 2.5 mm wide, slightly horned at 

 the upper corners, surrounded by a cup 2 to 2.5 mm in diameter which is 

 densely ciliate on the margins. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, about 9 mm long, 

 3.5 mm in diameter, somewhat longitudinally sulcate, black when dry, 

 glabrous. 



:\TiXDORO, Arunay River, For. Bur. 12125 (type). 12133 Merritt, May 8, 1908, 

 in forests at an altitude of about 600 m. 



A species allied to the Philippine Scaevola dajocnsis Merr., of Jolo, 8. min<i- 

 hassae Koord., of Mindanao and Celebes, S. similis Henisl., of Celebes, 8. novo- 

 guineensis K. Schum., of New Guinea, S. oppositifolia Roxb., of Ternate, and 

 .S'. ambomensis Miq., of Amboina. Specimens sent to Kew for comparison were 

 reported as "nearest S. novo-guineensis, differing from it in having larger flowers 

 and an almost glabrous corolla." Among the Philippine species it is manifestly 

 allied to H. dajoensis Merr., but differs in its much larger flowers. 



