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Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, near Tankulan, Bur. Sci. 

 89137 Ramos & Edano July 5, 1920. On trees in damp forests 

 at an altitude of about 900 meters. 



A very strongly marked species and recognizable by its indu- 

 mentum and its long, lanceolate, slender, acuminate, equilateral, 

 and coarsely and regularly toothed leaves. 



POLYCHROA FERRUGINEA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel suffrutex scandens, ramosus, usque ad 50 cm altus, 

 partibus junioribus et subtus foliis f errugineo-pubescentibus ; 

 foliis membranaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, 8 ad 

 14 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi inaequilateralibus, mar- 

 gine grosse crenatis vel crenato-serratis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 

 10, perspicuis; cymis axillaribus, circiter 1 cm longis, sublaxis; 

 floribus 9 5-meris, sepalis oblongis, 3 mm longis, cucullatis, 

 omnibus corniculatis, accrescentibus, sub fructu 6 mm longis; 

 staminoideis valde incrassatis. 



A slender, scandent, more or less branched, somewhat woody 

 vine up to 50 cm long, the stems brown, glabrous or nearly so, 

 terete, the younger parts ferruginous-pubescent with crisped 

 hairs, more or less angled or compressed. Leaves alternate, 

 membranaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, 8 to 14 cm 

 long, 3.5 to 5 cm wide, the apex slenderly acuminate, the base 

 distinctly inequilateral, obtuse, the margins rather coarsely 

 crenate or crenate-serrate, the upper surface olivaceous, shin- 

 ing, usually with numerous short scattered cystoliths, the lower 

 surface brownish and ferruginous-pubescent with crisped hairs 

 on the midrib and lateral nerves, the indumentum less con- 

 spicuous on the surface; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of 

 the midrib, rather prominent on the lower surface, slightly 

 curved, the reticulations not prominent; petioles pubescent, 5 

 to 7 mm long. Cymes axillary, solitary, about 1 cm long, 1 to 

 1.5 cm wide, shortly peduncled, rather lax, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent. Female flowers 5-merous, the sepals oblong, 3 mm 

 long, more or less cucullate, all extended into a slender, 3 mm 

 long, acuminate spur, the total length approximating 6 mm in 

 fruit. Achene subellipsoid, about 2 mm long. Staminodes in 

 fruit oblong, much thickened, 4-angled, truncate, about 1 mm 

 long. 



Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Mount Candoon, Bur. Sci. 

 38781 Ramos & Edano, July 27, 1920. In forests, altitude about 

 1,000 meters. 



