X, c. 5 Merrill: Philippine Plants, XII 323 



diametro, floribus 4-meris, sub fructu globosis, circiter 10 cm 

 diametro, fructibus obovoideis vel oblongo-obovoideis, circiter 3.5 

 cm longis, apice abrupte rotundatis, depressis, abrupte brevissime 

 apiculatis, densissime retrorse hirsutis. 



A scandent shrub apparently of large size, the fruit-bearing 

 branches up to 1.5 cm in diameter, pale brownish, prominently 

 wrinkled when dry. Leaves ovate, coriaceous, pale, 12 to 16 cm 

 long, 7 to 10 cm wide, entire, the upper surface glabrous, shining, 

 the lower surface paler, glabrous, apex acuminate, base prom- 

 inently cordate; basal nerves 5, the lateral ones about 4 pairs 

 (or 3 above the base), very prominent, looped-anastomosing near 

 the margins, the reticulations very distinct; petioles 5 to 7 cm 

 long, very slightly hirsute. Female heads, just after an thesis, 

 in pairs, apparently from the axils of fallen leaves, brown, 

 globose, about 2 cm in diameter, their peduncles brown-hirsute, 

 up to 4 cm in length. Flowers 4-merous, the calyx 4 to 5 mm 

 long, lobes broadly ovate, acute or somewhat acuminate, up to 1.5 

 mm long, externally densely appressed-hirsute. Ovaries densely 

 hirsute, when slightly developed (6 to 8 mm long) distinctly 3- 

 or 4-toothed at the apex, the base narrowed. Heads in fruit (im- 

 mature) globose, 8 to 10 cm in diameter, brown, the drupes very 

 numerous, obovoid to oblong-obovoid, about 3.5 cm long, the apex 

 up to 2 cm in diameter, angular by mutual pressure, gradually 

 narrowed from the apex to the base, the apex itself abruptly 

 rounded, usually distinctly depressed, and with a short, stout, 

 blunt apiculus 2 mm long or less, all parts very densely hirsute 

 with stiff, brown, appressed, reflexed hairs. 



BiLlRAN, Bur. Sci. 18832 McGregor, June 28, 1914, in forests. 



This species is manifestly allied to Phytocrene blancoi (Azaola) Merr., 

 which in turn is doubtfully distinct from Phytocrene macrophylla Blume; 

 it differs, however, in its leaves being glabrous beneath, and in its entirely 

 differently shaped drupes which are not gradually narrowed upward to 

 the tip, but are obovoid or oblong-obovoid, abruptly rounded and depressed, 

 gradually narrowed from the apex to the base. In the shape of its drupes 

 it is equally distinct from Phytocrene dasycarpa Miq. 



TILIACEAE 



COLUMBIA Persoon 

 COLUMBIA SUBINTEGRA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 35 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 

 ovatis ad oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 17 cm longis, utrin- 

 que glabris, nitidis, concoloribusque, integris vel leviter undulatis, 

 aequilateralibus, basi late rotundatis, apice acuminatis ; paniculis 

 terminalibus, pyramidatis, pubescentibus ; fructibus 2 cm dia- 

 metro, suborbicularis, 5-alatis. 



