Robinson: Alabastra philippinensia 6!' 



torus globose in fruit, flattened on top in flower ; calyx in bud 

 separated into lobes only at the tip, ultimately 2- or 3-lobed, semi- 

 orbicular, lobes about 2.5 cm. long and 3 cm. wide across middle, 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate : petals dark-red, 6, in two rows,' 

 subequal, imbricate in bud, coriaceous, narrowly to broadly ellip- 

 tic, 3.5-4.4 cm. long, 1.7-2.4 cm. wide, attached by 5-6 cm. of 

 their bases, rounded at the apex : stamens 200-250, 7 mm. long, 

 1 mm. wide, the anther-cells covered at the tip by the connec- 

 tives : carpels about 100, when nearing maturity about 4 cm. 

 long and 8 mm. in diameter, nearly cylindric, apiculate, ferruginous- 

 tomentose, rarely (and then only slightly) constricted, their walls 

 granular; ovules few (12). 



A low bush or sometimes climbing over trees, its stems 1. 5-2 cm. 

 in diameter, with light- to dark-gray bark, scaly becoming striate; 

 erruginous-tomentose on the younger parts, becoming glabrous : 

 leaves 15-32 cm. long, 5-12.5 cm. wide, borne on petioles 3-8 

 mm. long, elliptic-obovate, rounded or acute or sharply acuminate 

 at the apex, cordate at the base, bluish-green above, paler and 

 reddish-veined beneath, glabrous except on the midrib and primary 

 veins of the upper surface; primary veins on each side of the mid- 

 rib 15-20. 



Type collected at Santa Cruz, Province of Davao, Mindanao, 



sented by Williams j 



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very similar in its vegetative aspect to U. scandens, but at 



°nce distinguishable by the entirely different inflorescence and the 

 la »"ger flo 



we rs . 



Uvaria scandens sp. nov. 



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owers hermaphrodite, borne in short cymes or rarely singly, 



upon short, fascicled, warty, suberosc branches from leafless por- 



t ' 0ns of tri e stem, the inflorescence throughout ferruginous-tomen- 



° Se: P^icels at anthesis 8-10 mm. long, bracteoles orbicular- 



J*te, somewhat clasping : torus depressed-hemispheric ; calyx 



divided in bud except at the extreme apex, gradually splitting, 



anH- leavin S onl y a triangular or semilunar opening, until at 



Uresis the 3 or rarely 4 lobes are separated to within 2.5 mm. 



mi df baSC; ca, y x -lobes suborbicular, broadest a little below the 



sub 8 ~ IQ " lm - lon £' 9 -I ° mm - wide: petals imbricate in bud ' 

 mm ec J Ua, > broadly oval or ovate, all ultimately spreading, 13-15 



mm i g ' IO-1 1 mm - wide : stamcns about 5 ooin numbcr » I *7- 1 - 8 



• Jon g, the anther cells covered at the apex by the connective : 



