332 MERRILL. 



ANODENDRON LOHERi sp. nov. 



Frutex alte scandens glaber; foliis lanceolatis ad anguste 

 elliptico-lanceolatis, utrinque acutis vel leviter acuminatis, usque 

 ad 10 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 9, obscuris; paniculis 

 terminalibus, parvis, pedunculatis, multifloris ; corollae tubo intus 

 villosus, 4 ad 5 mm longus. 



A glabrous scandent shrub reaching a height of 10 m or more, 

 the branches slender, reddish-brown when dry. Leaves lanceo- 

 late to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, narrowed about equally at 

 both ends and acute or slightly acuminate, 5 to 10 cm long, 1.5 

 to 3 cm wide, shining when dry, the lower surface paler than the 

 upper; nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, slender, in- 

 distinct, distant, faintly anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete 

 or nearly so; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Panicles terminal, 

 including the peduncle 4 to 9 cm long, usually many-flowered, 

 trichotomous, the peduncles 2 to 5 cm long. Flowers numerous, 

 cream-colored or yellowish, fragrant, somewhat crowded on the 

 ultimate branchlets of the inflorescence, the bracts ovate, 1.3 to 

 1.7 mm long. Sepals oblong-ovate, acute, imbricate, 2 to 2.5 

 mm long. Corolla-tube cylindric, 4 to 5 mm long, about 2 mm 

 in diameter, villous inside, the lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 falcate, about 6 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, villous on the inner 

 surface, spreading, in bud twisted to the left. Anthers sessile on 

 the bottom of the tube, lanceolate, acuminate, 2 mm long, sur- 

 rounding the stigma and adherent to it. Stigma about 1 mm 

 long, top-shaped. Disk cupular, about 0.5 mm long. Follicles 

 unknown. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Mount Pinatubo, Loher 6i9i (type), Feb- 

 ruary, 1906: Province of Bataan, Lamao River, Mount Mariveles, For. 

 Bur. 2607 Meyer, February, 1905, t or. Bur. 6256 Curran, February, 1907, 

 Whitford s. n., 1905, month not indicated. 



This new species is allied to Anodendron paniculatum A. DC, and to 

 A. candolleanum Wight, and one of the specimens from Bataan Province 

 was identified as the former species ", all duplicates having been distributed 

 as A. paniculatum A, DC. Anodendron loheri differs from A. paniculatum 

 especially in its very much smaller leaves and fewer nerves; it is appa- 

 rently much more closely allied to A. candolleanum Wight, differing not 

 only in its smaller leaves but in the corolle-tube and lobes being pro- 

 minently villous. 



A specimen from Rizal Province, Montalban, For. Bur. 2Jt52 Ahern's 

 collector, distributed as Anodendron paniculatum A. DC, is probably refer- 

 able to A. loheri, but the leaves are a little larger than in the type, and 

 the nerves are decidedly prominent, in fact nearly as prominent as in 

 typical A. paniculatum. 



"This Journal 1 (1906) Suppl. 117. 



