136 MERRILL. 



calvx about 1.5 ciu in (liaiuclcr. Outer lliree petals liroadly ovate or 

 ovate, 4 to 5.5 em lon^", ;i.5 to I cm wide, eoriaeeous, neai'ly <4lal)roiis exeept 

 the basal ])ortion outside, which is pubescent, acute or slightly acumi- 

 nate; inner ibrcc petals 2 mm thick on the mai-L;ins, almost Avoodv, 

 ovate^, acute, conuivent, 1 to 1.5 em long, glabrous within, outsifh' shin- 

 ing and densely gray-pul)escent. Stamens indefinite, 1.5 to 2 mm long. 

 Carpels about 12, oblong, 2.5 mm long, appressed-pubescent; styles about 

 3 mm long, enlarged above, the stigma ohli(|ue, entire. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs. C'loncns lOJ/O, June, 1907. 

 Witliout locality, Cuming 1746, distributed as Goniolhalamus giganteus Hook. f. 

 & Tlioms. 



A species closely allied to (lonioHKihnniis filgdulcun Hook. f. & Tlioins., hut 

 difrerini; in its more niuiicionsly nerved, diirereiitly sliaped leaves, cntiic stigmas, 

 and other characters. 



MELODORUM Hook. f. & Tlionis. 

 Melodorum dementis Merrill sj). nov. 



liamulis foliis i)aniculis llorilMiscjue plus minus ferrugineo-])ubescen- 

 tibus; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, obtusis. iiervis iitrincjue 2(S ad ;!(); Iloribus 

 panieulatis, ca. 11 mm longis. 



Scandent, ])ranehes terete, brown or gi'ay. rather slendei', lenticellate, 

 glabrous, the branchlets somewhat ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves oblong- 

 ellii)tical, coriaceous, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 8.5 cm wide, base and apex 

 rounded, in age shining above and nearly glabrous, the younger ones 

 somewhat pubescent, beneath I'ather densely fcrruginous-ijubescent ; 

 nerves 28 to 30 on each side of the midrib, very prominent beneath, 

 the reticulations distinct; ])etioles slightly ])ubescent, 1 cm long or less. 

 Panicles terminal and axillni-y. densely IV'i-ruginous-pubcsccnt, the flowers 

 faseiculately disposed. Flowers yellow or cream-colored, their 2)edicels 

 1 cm long or less and with a small bracteole. Se])als ])u])escent, trian- 

 gular-ovate, acute or slightly acuminate, about 2 mm long. Petals (i, 

 valvate, the three outer lO to 11 mm long, 5 mm wide below, ferruginous- 

 l)ubescent outside, glabrous within, the base slightly eidarged and con- 

 cave, somewhat nai'rowed above the middle acute or blunt, the tbi'ce 

 inner ones similar but glabrous, slightly shorter and tVom ;) to ;5.5 nun 

 wide. Stamens indefinite. 1 to 1.5 mm long, the connectives oblicpie, 

 overla])ping. Carpels about ]••. \illnus, the style also \ill()us: ovules 5, 

 ])arietal. Fi-uit globose. 1.5 to 2 cm long, deciduously rci-i'uginous-pubes- 

 cent ; seeds iri'egularly compressed, shining. 



Mindanao, Lake Lanao. ('amp Kcitlilrv. Min. ('Iiiiichn n. n.. .Inly. t'.tliT, (type I. 

 also from tiie same locality. l//.v. ('hnniis lOHl. .hiiic. 1!MI7. and witliont iiuiiilifr. 

 Septemher-Oetoher, 1!>07. 



