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CYRTANDRA ACLADA sp. nov. § Decurrentes. 



Frutex erectus, simplex, usque ad 1 m altus; foliis oppositis, 

 aequalibus, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, oblongis, usque ad 20 

 cm longis, petiolatis, supra olivaceis, glabris, subtus pallidis, 

 ad costa nervisque leviter pubescentibus, basi acutis, apice bre- 

 viter acuminatis, margine sursum obscure crenulato-denticulatis, 

 nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, persipicuis; inflorescentiis caulinis, 

 basifloris, brevissime pedunculatis, floribus paucis, subumbellatim 

 dispositis vel fasciculatis, 4.5 cm longis, extus villosis. 



An erect unbranched shrub up to 1 m high, the younger parts 

 obscurely pubescent. Stems glabrous, pale brownish or grayish, 

 up to 7 mm in diameter, the lower part leafless. Leaves opposite, 

 those of each pair equal or subequal, chartaceous to subcoria- 

 ceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, the apex distinctly 

 acuminate, base equilateral, cuneate, the margins in the upper 

 part obscurely crenulate-denticulate, the upper surface dark- 

 olivaceous, glabrous, the lower surface pale and obscurely pubes- 

 cent on the midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each 

 side of the midrib, rather prominent, the reticulations slender, 

 lax; petioles 2.5 to 4 cm long, glabrous or nearly so. Inflores- 

 cences cauline, at the very base of the stem, sometimes from 

 the roots, shortly peduncled, subumbellate, rather few-flowered 

 or the umbels sometimes reduced to sessile fascicles. Flowers 

 few, 4.5 cm long, their pedicels up to 1 cm long, the bracts few, 

 10 to 12 mm long, membranaceous, deciduous, linear-lanceolate. 

 Calyx about 24 mm long, more or less pubescent, slender, cylin- 

 dric, the lobes lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 6 to 8 mm long. 

 Corolla white, sparingly pilose externally with long weak hairs, 

 the lower 2 cm narrow, then widened. Filaments 6 mm long, 

 glabrous ; anthers 2 mm long. Disk cylindric, glabrous, 2.5 mm 

 long, somewhat crenate. Ovary lanceolate, glabrous, about 

 1 cm long ; style pubescent in the upper two-thirds, about 14 mm 

 long; stigma oblique. Fruits cylindric, glabrous, 2 to 2.5 cm 

 long, 5 mm in diameter. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas and Mount Tubuan, 

 Bur. Sci. 36616 (type), 36907 Ramos & Edano, October, 1919. 

 On damp forested slopes at low and irredium altitudes. 



A species belonging in the group with Cyrtandra radiciflora 

 C. B. Clarke, but with diflferent inflorescences, larger flowers, 

 much longer calyces, glabrous ovaries, etc. Among the Phil- 

 ippine species it is apparently most closely allied to Cyrtandra 

 tecomiflora Kranzl., but has very different vegetative characters. 



