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perspicuis, margine distanter serratis; floribus axillaribus, fas- 

 ciculatis, 2 cm longis, corollae tubo infra angustato, aequaliter 

 5-lobato, lobis circiter 2 mm longis; ovario glabro. 



A shrub, apparently scandent, the young branchlets usually 

 densely villous with brown or ferruginous hairs, the older parts 

 entirely glabrous. Leaves opposite, equal, coriaceous or subco- 

 riaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 7 to 10 cm long, 3.5 to 5 cm 

 wide, dark-olivaceous and smooth above when dry, the lower 

 surface paler, glabrous, apex shortly acuminate, base acute to 

 decurrent-acuminate, the margins distantly serrate; lateral 

 nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the 

 lower surface, the reticulations lax, distinct; petioles at first 

 ferruginous-villous, soon becoming entirely glabrous, 3 to 4 cm 

 long. Flowers axillary, pink, about 2 cm long, fascicled, their 

 ferruginous-villous pedicels about 1 cm long or less, subtended 

 by a whorl of small, lanceolate bracts. Calyx about 10 mm long, 

 7 mm in diameter, ovoid or ellipsoid, black when dry, subcoria- 

 ceous, glabrous, the lobes 5, oblong-ovate, acute or slightly acu- 

 minate, 3 to 3.5 mm long. Corolla 2 cm long, the lower 12 mm 

 slender, about 2 mm in diameter, then somewhat enlarged and 

 6 to 7 mm wide when flattened out, slightly pubescent externally 

 or glabrous, the lobes 5, equal, broadly ovate, obtuse, about 2 

 mm long. Disk glabrous, truncate, about 1.5 mm high. Ovary 

 and style glabrous. Fruit soft, fleshy, ellipsoid, about 12 mm 

 long. 



Panay, Antique Province, Culasi, Bur. Sci. S22A1 (type), 

 S2H1 McGregor, May 24, June 20, 1918, in the mossy forest, 

 altitude about 1,000 meters. 



This species is closely allied to Cyrtandra tayabensis Elm., 

 from which it is distinguished by its smaller, fewer-nerved 

 leaves and its entirely glabrous ovaries. 



CYRTANDRA SANTOSII sp. nov. 



Frutex 1 ad 2 m altus, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis 

 et subtus f oliis dense et longe ferruginoso-villosis ; f oliis rigidis, 

 coriaceis, oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, longe petiolatis, 

 acutis ad acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotundatis, margine dis- 

 tanter et obscure serratis, supra laevis, nigrescentibus, vetus- 

 toribus glabris vel subglabris, subtus ferrugineis, ad costa et 

 nervis et reticulis dense et longiter ferrugineo-villosis ; inflores- 

 centiis cymosis, paucifloris, pedunculatis, usque ad 6 cm longis, 

 bracteis oblongis, circiter 2 cm longis; floribus circiter 18 mm 

 longis, extus densissime villosis, calycis lobis longe caudato- 

 acuminatis. 



