17. t Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 313 



SlARGAO, Bur. Sci. 35011 Ramos & Pascasio, May 27, 1919, 

 in dry forests at low altitudes. 



In the genus, if correctly placed, this species is easily recog- 

 nized by its short corolla-tube and its slender corolla-lobes. 



VERBENACEAE 

 CALLICARPA Linnaeus 

 CALLICARPA LONGIVILLOSA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis et petiolis densissime et longe ferrugineo- 

 villosis; foliis chartaceis, oblongo-ovatis, 18 ad 25 cm longis, 

 integris vel subintegris, apice tenuiter longissime caudato-acu- 

 minatis, basi acutis, utrinque plus minusve stellato-tomentosis, 

 nervis utrinque 10 ad 12; cymis axillaribus, longe pedunculatis, 

 usque ad 10 cm diametro, bracteis linearis, 5 ad 7 mm longis; 

 calycis dense stellato-tomentosis, obscure 4-dentatis, 2 mm longis. 



A tree, about 5 m high. The branches and petioles densely 

 villous with long, spreading, ferruginous hairs. Leaves char- 

 taceous, oblong-ovate, entire, 18 to 25 cm long, 8 to 10 cm wide, 

 narrowed upward to the very slender, caudate acumen, the 

 latter up to 5 cm in length, base acute, usually inequilateral, 

 both surfaces more or less stellate-pubescent and with elongated 

 simple hairs on the midrib and nerves, the indumentum dense 

 only on the midrib and nerves; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each 

 side of the midrib, distinct as are the reticulations on the lower 

 surface; petioles about 4 cm long. Cymes axillary, long-pe- 

 duncled, about 12 cm long including the peduncle and up to 

 10 cm in diameter, dichotomous, stellate-pubescent and villous, 

 the bracts linear, 5 to 7 mm long. Flowers violet, 4-merous. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, densely stellate-pubescent, obscurely 4-toothed, 

 about 2 mm long and wide. Corolla puberulent, the tube cylin- 

 dric, 3 mm long and the lobes broadly oblong, rounded, 1.3 mm 

 long. Stamens exserted, the anthers about 2 mm in length. 



Mindanao, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 3^538 Ramos & Pas- 

 casio, April 19, 1919, in forests along streams at low altitudes. 



The prominent characteristics of this species are its densely 

 ferruginous-villous branches, branchlets, and petioles, similar 

 simple hairs being intermixed with the stellate indumentum on 

 other parts of the plant; its very slenderly acuminate, entire 

 leaves; and its long-peduncled inflorescences. 



CALLICARPA FASCICULI FLORA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, partibus junioribus villosis, ramis et 

 foliis et inflorescentiis stellato-tomentosis; foliis oblongis ad 



