PHILIPPINE PLANTS, IX. 335 



PARSONSIA R. Br. 

 PARSONSIA OBLANCIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, glaber; foliis oblanceolatis ad anguste 

 oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, apice acuminatis, basi 

 angustatis, acutis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10; cymis terminalibus, 

 pedunculatis, multifloris, floribus circiter 1 cm longis, filamentis 

 inter se spiraliter dextrorsum contortis. 



A scandent, glabrous, woody vine, the branches pale-brown or 

 somewhat grayish, very minutely pustulate, the younger ones 

 dark-brown. Leaves chartaceous, oblanceolate to narrowly 

 oblong-obovate, 7 to 12 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, slightly 

 shining when dry, the lower surface paler than the upper one, 

 apex shortly but sharply acuminate, base narrowed, acute ; nerves 

 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, distant, anastomosing, the 

 reticulations very lax, faint or often nearly obsolete; petioles 

 1 to 1.5 cm long. Cymes terminal, many-flowered, 5 to 6 cm 

 long, sometimes slightly pubescent, usually trichotomous, the 

 peduncle 1.5 cm long or less, the branches again trichotomous, 

 the flowers crowded on the ultimate branchlets. Bracteoles 

 oblong-ovate, acute, 1 to 1.5 mm long, the pedicels 5 to 8 mm 

 long. Sepals oblong, acute or obtuse, about 3 mm long, slightly 

 imbricate in bud. Corolla-tube about 3.5 mm long and 3 mm 

 in diameter in the middle, more or less inflated, glabrous on 

 both sides, the throat glabrous, not bearded, the lobes oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, 6 to 7 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, base 

 a little wider. Filaments about 5 mm long, somewhat villous, 

 strongly twisted about the style ; anthers lanceolate, 4 mm long. 



Luzon, Province of Zambales, Candelaria, Bur. Sci. 4723 Ramos, 

 December 7, 1907. 



A species manifestly allied to Parsonsia confusa Merr., and P. cumin- 

 giana A. DC, of the Philippines, and P. spiralis Wall., of India and 

 Malaya, but quite different in vegetative characters. It is probably most 

 closely allied to P. cumingiana A. DC, but is at once distinguished from 

 that species by its oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, more numerously 

 veined leaves; from P. confusa it differs in its leaf characters and its 

 glabrous or nearly glabrous inflorescence. 



VALLARIS Burm. 



VALLARIS ANGUSTIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, 6 ad 10 m alta, glabra ; foliis lanceolatis, coriaceis 

 vel subcoriaceis, utrinque angustatis acuminatisque, usque ad 8 

 cm longis, 0.7 ad 1.5 cm latis; floribus axillaribus, fasciculatis, 

 circiter 13 mm diametro, corollae tubo apice constricto. 



