*x, c. 1 Merrill: New or Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XI 5 



pubescent, 7 to 10 mm long. Ovary somewhat clavate, about 

 8 mm long, the tube constricted for 4 mm above the ovary, then 

 inflated, the larger portion of the tube about 3 cm long, swollen 

 at the base, then constricted, and again enlarged and somewhat 

 funnel-shaped, the lip narrowly lanceolate, glabrous, gradually 

 narrowed upward to the slenderly acuminate apex, 5 to 6 cm 

 long, about 5 mm wide. 



Leyte, near Da^mi, Bur. Sci. 15201 Ramos, August, 1912, in thickets 

 along streams. 



A species with much the same vegetative characters as Aristoloehia 

 tagala Cham., and A. mindanaensis Warb., the leaves being very similar 

 in all three species. Aristoloehia leytensis is, however, entirely distinct 

 from both the above in its much larger flowers. 



SAXIFRAGACEAE 



CURRANIODENDRON Merrill 



CURRANIODENDRON APOENSE (Elm.) comb. nov. 



Dedea apoensis Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot 3 (1910) 682 (August 8). 

 Curraniodendron dedeaeoides Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 177 (August 19). 



This characteristic species was approximately simultaneously described 

 by Mr. Elmer and by myself, but Mr. Elmer's publication of the species 

 under Dedea antedates my own publication of the new genus and species 

 Curraniodendron dedeaeoides by about ten days. I have reexamined the 

 material and am still of the opinion that the plant is worthy of being 

 considered the type of a distinct genus, although as previously indicated, 

 very similar to, and manifestly closely allied to the New Caledonian genus 

 Dedea Baill. The question for the future monographer to decide is whether 

 or not the resinous, not lepidote vegetative parts, the difference in number 

 in floral parts, and the very decided difference in the number of ovulep 

 constitute sufficiently valid generic differences. 



The species is represented by the following material: Negros, Mount 

 Marapara, For. Bur. ISSSU Curran & Foxworthy. Leyte, Dagami, Bur. 

 Sci. 1528S Ramos. MINDANAO, Mount Apo, Elmer 1152i, 10627. 



POLYOSMA Blume 



POLYOSMA LAGUNEN8IS sp. nov. 



Species P. philippinensis affinis, differt foliis subtus ad nervos 

 adpresse hirsutis, nervis magis numerosis, floribus minoribus. 



A small tree 5 to 8 m high, the older branches terete, light- 

 gray or pale-brownish, the younger branchlets and inflorescences 

 rather densely pubescent with pale-fulvous, short, appressed 

 hairs. Leaves opposite, mostly oblong to obovate-oblong, char- 

 taceous, 8 to 14 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, narrowed above to 

 the abruptly, slenderly, and sharply acuminate apex, the acumen 

 somewhat apiculate, and below to the cuneate base, entire or 



