17.8 Merrill: NotewoHhy Philippine Plants, XVI 323 



or less pubescent with scattered hairs, the apex subacute, the 

 margin with distant, short, blunt teeth, base somewhat inequila- 

 teral, distinctly cordate, at least that of the larger leaves ; lateral 

 nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent ; petioles up 

 to 10 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, the rachis and peduncle 

 up to 8 cm long, pubescent, the bracts narrowly oblong, about 1 

 cm long. Flowers white, not secund, their pedicels about 1.5 

 cm long, gradually merging with the perianth-tube which is up 

 to 3 cm in length, terete or obscurely angled and more or less 

 pubescent. Calyx lobes white, spreading, elliptic, the two larger 

 ones 2 to 2.5 cm long, about 1.5 cm wide, rounded, the three 

 others smaller, usually about half as large as the other two. 

 Petals 5, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, rather thick, 

 rounded, about 10 mm long, 5 to 6 mm wide. 



DiNAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35258 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 

 in forests along small streams at low altitudes. 



A species belonging in the same group with Pentaphragma 

 philippinense Merr., from which it differs especially in its larger 

 leaves, which are cordate at the base. 



