388 ^^^6 Philippine Journal of Science 1919 



finite, about 1 mm long. Carpels about 8, oblong, appressed- 

 hirsute, about 1 mm long; ovules about 4. 



Luzon, Cagayan Province, near Tuguegarao, Bur. Sci. 22733 

 Castillo, April 15, 1915, in thickets at low altitudes; Penablanca, 

 Adduru 1^3, sterile, June, 1917. 



This species is well characterized by its lanceolate, elongated 

 exterior petals and its long-clawed interior ones, the limbs of 

 the latter being broadly ovate-hastate. 



OXYMITRA Hooker f. and Thomson 

 OXYMITRA MULTINERVIA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, partibus vetustioribus glaber vel subglaber; 

 foliis ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate 

 brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, utrinque late rotundatis 

 vel apice leviter retusis; nervis utrinque circiter 22, subtus 

 valde prominulis; fructibus ellipsoideis ad obovoideis, . 1 ad 1.5 

 cm longis, glabris. 



A scandent shrub, in age nearly glabrous. Branches terete, 

 brownish, nearly smooth, glabrous, the branchlets sparingly pu- 

 bescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, brown 

 when dry, shining, the lower surface a little paler than the 

 upper, not at all glaucous, 13 to 20 cm long, 8 to 12 cm wide, 

 broadly rounded at both base and apex, the lower surface very 

 sparingly pubescent along the midrib and nerves ; lateral nerves 

 about 22 on each side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower 

 surface, the reticulations subparallel, distinct; petioles 1 to 1.5 

 cm long. Fruits dark-brown when dry, glabrous, hard, ellipsoid 

 to obovoid, 1 to 1.5 cm long, their pedicels 8 to 12 mm in length. 



Catanduanes, on forested slopes back of Calolbong, Bur. Sci. 

 801^56 Ramos, December 10, 1917. 



This species somewhat resembles Oxymitra longiflora Merr. 

 and the very closely allied and perhaps identical 0. obtusifolia 

 Elm., but is readily distinguished by its much more numerous 

 lateral nerves. 



OXYMITRA PLATYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens partibus junioribus parce ferrugineo-pubes- 

 centibus; foliis obovatis ad ellipticis, usque ad 20 longis et 12 

 cm latis, basi cordatis, interdum leviter inaequilateralibus, apice 

 late rotundatis, truncatis, vel obscure brevissime apiculatis, ner- 

 vis utrinque circiter 13, subtus valde prominentibus, supra, costa 

 exceptis, glabris, subtus ad costa nervisque leviter pubescentibus ; 

 fructibus numerosis, pedicillatis, subglabris, ovoideo-globosis, 

 circiter 8 mm diametro, obscure apiculatis. 



