384 ^he Philippine Journal of Science 1919 



acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 12, patulis, dis- 

 tinctis, anastomosantibus ; inflorescentiis usque ad 5 cm longis, 

 paucifloris ; petalis omnibus aequalibus, linearis, basi inflatis, cir- 

 citer 1.6 cm longis, pubescentibus ; carpellis solitariis, glabris. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 

 and branchlets terete, smooth, dark reddish-brown when dry. 

 Leaves subcoriaceous, rather pale when dry, of the same color 

 and shining on both surfaces, oblong-elliptic, 15 to 18 cm long, 

 5 to 5.7 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the acute base and to 

 the shortly blunt-acuminate apex ; lateral nerves about 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, spreading, distinct, anastomosing, the pri- 

 mary reticulations lax; petioles dark-colored and rugose when 

 dry, 5 to 8 mm long. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, up to 5 cm 

 long including the flowers, few-flowered, stout, the peduncle 3 to 



4 mm in diameter, sparingly pubescent, ultimately glabrous, 

 strongly hooked, slightly compressed. Flowers white, their pedi- 

 cels usually about 1 cm long, thickened upward, slightly pubes- 

 cent. Sepals broadly ovate, thickly coriaceous, black when dry, 

 prominently acuminate, about 3.5 mm long, very slightly pubes- 

 cent with widely scattered hairs. Petals all similar, the inflated 

 basal portions broadly ovate, 3.5 to 5 mm in diameter, rather 

 densely pubescent, the linear limb up to 16 mm long, about 1.5 

 mm wide, somewhat pubescent, blunt. Stamens numerous, nearly 

 2 mm long. Carpel solitary, broadly ovoid, narrowed upward, 

 glabrous, somewhat angled, 1-celled, 2-ovuled. Fruit ellipsoid, 

 brown, about 2 cm long. 



Luzon, Zambales Province, Mount Canayayan, near Casti- 

 Uejos, Bur. Sci. 26826 Edano, December, 1916, in forests, altitude 

 about 50 meters. 



A species manifestly in the alliance with Artabotrys suaveolens 

 Blume, but with larger leaves. It is readily distinguished from 

 all described species by its solitary carpels. 



ARTABOTRYS CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, floribus exceptis glaber; foliis oblongis ad 

 oblongo-oblanceolatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, subcoriaceis, in sic- 

 citate pallidis, basi acutis, apice distincte acuminatis, nervis 

 utrinque 12 ad 14, distinctis; floribus solitariis, flavidis, circiter 



5 cm diametro, petalis utrinque dense pubescentibus, interioribus 

 obovatis, circiter 2.5 cm longis et 1.5 cm latis, exterioribus ovatis 

 ad elliptico-ovatis, 3 cm longis et 2 cm latis, obtusis ; carpellis cir- 

 citer 14, pubescentibus, 2 mm longis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous except the flowers. Branches 

 terete, rugose, brownish or reddish-brown. Leaves oblong to 



