17, 3 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 317 



to ovate-elliptic, rounded, about 7 mm long. Capsules slender, 

 up to 20 cm long, about 3 mm in diameter, glabrous. 



Panay, Mount Bulilao, Mount Salibongbong, and Libacao, 

 Bur. Sci. 35720 (type), 35392, 35535, 35588, 35676 Martelino 

 & Edano, June, 1919, in forests along streams, ascending to an 

 altitude of 600 meters. 



In general this species resembles, and is manifesty allied to, 

 Trichosporum truncatum Elm. and T. bakeri Merr. ; but the 

 calyx is half as long as in the latter, while it differs from the 

 former in several characters. 



RUBIACEAE 

 TIMONIUS de CandoUe 

 TIMONIUS ROTUNDUS sp. nov. 



Arbor glabra, circiter 5 m alta; foliis crasse coriaceis, late 

 elliptico-ovatis, nitidis, apice late rotundatis, basi subtruncatis 

 ad acutis, nervis utrinque 4 vel 5, valde perspicuis; infructes- 

 centiis axillaribus, pendunculatis, usque ad 10 cm longis, dicho- 

 tome ramosis, ramis primariis usque ad 7 cm longis; fructibus 

 sessilibus, depresso-globosis, glabris, 5 ad 8 mm diametro. 



A small glabrous tree, about 5 m high, the branchlets about 

 6 mm in diameter, marked with large petiolar scars. Leaves 

 thickly coriaceous, broadly elliptic-ovate, brownish-olivaceous 

 and shining when dry, the apex broadly rounded, base subtrun- 

 cate to acute; lateral nerves 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, 

 very prominent, the reticulations fine, dense ; petioles about 4 cm 

 long ; stipules oblong-elliptic, rounded, about 2 cm long, deciduous. 

 Infructescences axillary, peduncled, up to 10 cm long, dichoto- 

 mously branched, the peduncles about 3 cm long, the primary 

 branches up to 7 cm in length, the secondary ones when present 

 shorter. Fruits sessile, arranged on one side of the primary or 

 secondary branches, depressed-globose, pale when dry, 5 to 8 mm 

 in diameter. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35176 Ramos & Pascasio, May 17, 1919, 

 in forests at low altitudes. 



A species apparently belonging in the group with Timonius 

 obovatus Elm. but with very differently shaped, much larger 

 leaves. 



TIMONIUS PANAYENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor dioica, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque ferru- 

 gineo pubescens; foliis variabilis, 12 ad 28 cm longis, coriaceis, 

 oblongis ad ovato-ellipticis vel obovato-ellipticis, breviter acum- 

 inatis, basi acutis, subtus leviter pubescens, nervis utrinque 



