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Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26505 Rcmios 

 & Edano, September 6, 1916, in the mossy forest, altitude 300 meters. 



A species allied to Rubies cumingii O. Kuntze, from which it is distin- 

 guished at once, among other characters, by its sharply acuminate leaves. 

 Ruhua cumdngii O. Kuntze is figured by Focke, a photogravure of the type 

 specimen. Species Ruborum Bibl. Bot. 17 (1910) 59, fig. 21. 



CONNARACEAE 



CONNARUS Linnaeus 

 CONNARUS SUBFOVEOLATUS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis 

 glaber; foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis ovatis ad subellipticis, usque 

 ad 13 cm longis, in siccitate pallidis, nitidis, utrinque jejune 

 foveolatis, basi obtusis, apice subabrupte et prominente acumi- 

 natis, nervis utrinque 4, adscendentibus, perspicuis; paniculis 

 axillaribus et terminalibus, usque ad 12 cm longis, ferrugineo- 

 pubescentibus ; floribus circiter 3 mm longis, petalis in siccitate 

 verruculosis, glabris, perspicue rubro-glandulosis ; carpellis soli- 

 tariis, subglobosis, pubescentibus. 



A scandent shrub attaining a length of about 6 m, glabrous 

 except the branchlets and inflorescences, the branches terete, 

 brown, about 4 mm in diameter, lenticellate, the young branch- 

 lets sparingly pubescent. Leaves 3-foliolate, the petiole and 

 rachis 6 to 7 cm long. Leaflets firmly chartaceous, ovate to 

 subelliptic, 9 to 13 cm long, 4.5 to 6.5 cm wide, pale and shining 

 when dry, both surfaces manifestly and densely foveolate, the 

 pits shallow, base obtuse, sometimes minutely peltate, the apex 

 rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, the acumen blunt 

 and 8 to 12 mm long; lateral nerves 4 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent, curved-ascending, anastomosing; petiolules 

 3 to 5 mm long. Panicles axillary and terminal, up to 12 cm 

 in length, rather lax, densely ferruginous-pubescent with short 

 simple hairs. Flowers brownish-pink, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm 

 long. Sepals oblong, obtuse, pubescent, 2 mm long. Petals 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, 3 to 3.5 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, verru- 

 culose when dry, glabrous, prominently glandular with reddish 

 glands. Carpels solitary, subglobose, pubescent; styles 3 mm 

 long, glabrous. 



Luzon, Apayao Subprovince, Ngagan, Bur. Sci. 28240 Fenix, May 8, 

 1917, in damp forests. 



A species strongly characterized by its trifoliolate leaves and the 

 densely and shallowly foveolate leaflets. 



