1 20 MERRILL. 



narrowly oblong, obtuse, about 5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, glandular- 

 punctate, puberulous on the back. Stamens 10, unequal, the longer 5 

 filaments puberulous, 2.5 mm long, the shorter 5 glabrous, 1 mm long. 

 Carpel 1, obliquely ovoid, densely pubescent; style 4 mm long, slightly 



puberulent. 



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 Balabac, Bur. 8ci. 520 Manguhat, March-April, 1906. 



A species at once recognizable by its dense brown-stellate-plumose indumentum. 



3. Connarus bracteatus sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens, foliis juuioribus paniculisque plus minus ferrugineo- 

 tdmentosis; foliis alternis, imparipinnatis, circiter 15 cm longis, foliolis 

 5 vel 7, oblongis, submembranaceis, breviter acuminatis; paniculis termi- 

 nalibus, foliis multo longioribus, usque ad 40 cm longis, pubescentibus ; 

 floribus in ramulis densissime racemoso-dispositis ; bracteis linearibus, 

 usque ad 1 cm longis; petalis utrinque pubescentibus; staminibus 10, 

 inaequalibus ; carpellis densissime pubescentibus. 



A scandent shrub, the young branches, leaves and the inflorescence 

 more or less ferruginous-tomentose. Branches brown, somewhat lenticel- 

 late, terete. Leaves alternate, odd-pinnate, about 15 cm long; leaflets 

 5 or 7, oblong, 6 to 10 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, submembranaceous, 

 slightly tomentose when 3''0ung, base acute, apex shortly acuminate, 

 shining, brown ; nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, distinct, faintly 

 anastomosing, the reticulations rather dense; petiolules densely pubes- 

 cent, 5 to 8 mm long. Panicles terminal, very large, at least 40 cm 

 long, ferruginous-pubescent, pyramidal, the lower branches sometimes 

 20 cm in length. Flowers densely racemosely disposed on the ultimate 

 branchlets, each subtended by a narrow, linear, cylindric, pubescent bract, 

 and by one or tw^o similar but shorter bracteoles. Pedicels 2 to 3 mm 

 long, the bracteoles 2, about the same length, the bracts frequently 1 cm 

 in length and exceeding the flowers. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 3.5 to 4 mm long, glandular-punctate, densely pubescent outside, slightly 

 so within. Petals oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, strongly glandular-punc- 

 tate, slightly puberulent on both surfaces, 6 mm long, 2 mm wide. 

 Stamens 10, unequal, the five longer filaments slightly glandular-puber- 

 ulent, 3 mm long, the five shorter glabrous, 1 mm long. Carpel 1, ovoid, 

 densely pubescent; style pubescent, 1.5 mm long. Follicle unknown. 



Luzon, Province of Cagayan, ,San Vicente, For. Bur. 11308 Klemme, April, 

 1908, in dense level forests at about 5 m altitude. 



A species at once recognizable by its large panicles and prominent bracts and 

 bracteoles. Allied to Connarus ncurocalyx Planch. 



4. Connarus culionensis sp. nov. 



Frutex erectus vel scandens, ramulis, pctiolis, paniculisque densissime 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis; foliis brevibus, circiter 10 cm longis, imparipin- 

 natis, foliolis 5 vel 7, oblongis, subcoriaoeis. acutis vel obscure acuminatis; 



