574 Philippine Journal of Science i»2o 



OMPHALEA Linnaeus 

 OMPHALEA GRANDIFOLIA sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus, baud ramosus, circiter 3 m altus, inflores- 

 centiis parce pubescentibus exceptis glaber; foliis coriaceis, 

 longissime petiolatis, oblongis, 50 ad 60 cm longis, apice breviter 

 acuminatis; nervis utrinque 14 ad 18, perspicuis; inflorescentiis 

 lateralibus, diffusis, multiramosis, usque ad 80 cm longis, ramis 

 irregulariter dispositis, elongatis; floribus 9 fasciculatis, pedi- 

 cellatis, circiter 2 mm longis; fructibus junioribus subglobosis, 

 circiter 3 cm diametro. 



An erect unbranched shrub, about 3 m high, the trunk 4 to 

 8 cm in diameter, glabrous except the somewhat puberulent 

 inflorescences. Leaves coriaceous, shining, oblong, 50 to 60 cm 

 long, 15 to 20 cm wide, the apex shortly acuminate, base acute 

 or obtuse and with two conspicuous glands on the upper surface 

 at the junction with the petiole; lateral nerves 14 to 18 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent as are the reticulations; petioles 

 14 to 28 cm long. Inflorescences lateral, much branched, diffuse, 

 rather rigid, up to 80 cm in length. The primarj^ branches 

 irregularly arranged. Pistillate flowers numerous, fascicled, 

 each fascicle usually subtended by a conspicuous gland. Pedi- 

 cels about 8 mm long. Sepals 5, obtuse, oblong-elliptic to elliptic- 

 ovate, about 2 mm long, membranaceous, slenderly nerved, their 

 margins slightly ciliate. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 3-celled. Im- 

 mature fruit subglobose, about 3 cm in diameter, 3-celled, each 

 cell with a single large seed. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon and Jamindan, Bur. 

 Sci. 30813 (type), 30825 Ramos & Edano, April 23, and May 

 25, 1918, in damp forests along small streams. 



This species is strongly characterized by its very large, long- 

 petioled leaves as well as by its habit, it being described by the 

 collectors as strictly erect and unbranched; the pistillate in- 

 florescences are unusually large. 



OMPHALEA SARGENTII sp. nov. 



P>utex scandens, glaber; foliis oblongis, subcoriaceis, in sic- 

 citate pallidis, nitidis, utrinque concoloribus, circiter 20 cm 

 longis, basi rotundatis ad obtusis, utrinque glandulis solitariis 

 perspicuis instructis, apice obtusis ad brevissime acuminatis vel 

 acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, perspicuis; fructibus globosis, 

 circiter 5 cm diametro, 



A scandent glabrous shrub reaching a length of 20 cm and 



