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pale brownish, the apex subacute to very shortly and obtusely 

 acuminate, the base subacute, often slightly inequilateral ; lateral 

 nerves 2 ori 3 on each side of the midrib, or sometimes 4 on the 

 broader side of the leaf, prominent, ascending; petioles about 

 3 cm long, pubescent. Racemes in the upper axils, up to 5 cm 

 long, the flowers white, scarcely scorpoid in arrangement, about 

 8 mm long, the bracts spatulate to oblong-oblanceolate or often 

 narrowly obovate, membranaceous, somewhat pubescent, 6 to 8 

 mm long. Pedicels 3 mm long or less. Calyx somewhat pubes- 

 cent, the base cuneate, the lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse, membra- 

 naceous, about equaling the petals. Petals much thickened, 

 oblong-ovate, acuminate, glabrous, about 3 mm long. 



Mindanao, Zamboanga District, Malangas and Mount 

 Tubuan, Bur. Sci. 36834 (type) , 36580 Ramos & Edano, October, 

 1919. Along small streams in forests at low altitudes. 



Among the few Philippine species of this genus the present 

 one is most closely allied to Pentaphragma pulgarense Elm. of 

 Palawan. 



COMPOSITAE 



VERNON I A Schreber 

 VERNONIA BONTOCENSIS sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, ramis leviter pubescentibus, parce lenticel- 

 latis, ramulis dense sordide pubescentibus; foliis membranaceis 

 ad chartaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 5 ad 9 cm longis, 

 atro-olivaceis, integris, acutis vel acuminatis, basi acutis, subtus 

 eglandulosis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, reticulis ultimis cys- 

 tolithif ormis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, capi- 

 tulis paucis (2 ad 5), racemose dispositis; capitulis 14 mm 

 longis, cylindraceis, circiter 8-floris, bracteis interioribus 7 mm 

 longis, margine et apice pubescentibus; acheniis 4 mm longis, 

 perspicue glandulosis. 



A scandent, woody vine, the branches grayish brown, terete, 

 longitudinally striate, slightly pubescent, very sparingly lenticel- 

 late, the ultimate branchlets 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter, densely 

 pubescent with short, dirty brown hairs. Leaves membra- 

 naceous to cl^artaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 5 to 9 cm long, 

 2 to 3.5 cm wide, dark olivaceous, slightly shining, subequally 

 narrowed to the acute or shortly acuminate apex and the cuneate 

 base, the margins entire, the upper surface entirely glabrous, 

 the lower surface sparingly pubescent on the midrib and nerves, 

 eglandular, the ultimate reticulations on the lower surface dis- 

 tinctly cystolith-like ; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the 



