298 Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
VERBENACEAE 
CALLICARPA Linnaeus 
CALLICARPA WEBERI sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 8 m alta, ramulis petiolis et inflorescentiis et 
subtus fdliis densissime uniformiter stellato-pubescentibus, in- 
dumento f errugineo vel subferrugineo ; foliis subcoriaceis, ovatis 
ad elliptico-ovatis, integris, usque ad 14 cm longis, basi rotun- 
datis ad acutis, apice obtusis ad breviter acute acuminatis, supra, 
costa exceptis, glabris, eglandulosis, brunneis, subtus unifor- 
miter dense subferrugineo-tomentosis, vetustioribus foveolatis; 
cymis e axillis superioribus, longe pedunculatis, densifloris, caly- 
cibus densissime stellato-tomentosis, corollae tubo extus puberulo 
4 mm longo. 
A tree about 8 m high, the younger parts densely and uni- 
formly ferruginous-pubescent with short stellate hairs, the in- 
dumentum on the older parts and on the lower surfaces of the 
leaves paler but equally dense. Branches terete, the younger 
branchlets obscurely angled. Leaves subcoriaceous, ovate to 
elliptic-ovate, 8 to 14 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, entire, base 
rounded to acute, apex obtuse to shortly and acutely acuminate, 
the upper surface smooth, shining, dark-brown or olivaceous- 
brown, eglandular, glabrous except the midrib and lateral 
nerves, these sometimes minutely stellate-pubescent, the lower 
surface very densely and uniformly stellate-pubescent with short, 
pale to ferruginous hairs, the glands not evident, the older leaves 
distinctly pitted or foveolate beneath; lateral nerves 7 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, curved, the reticulations distinct; 
petioles 1.5 to 5 cm long. Cymes in the upper axils, about 8 cm 
long and up to 6 cm wide, long-peduncled, all parts densely pale- 
or ferruginous-pubescent, dichotomously branched, the purplish 
flowers densely crowded; peduncles about 5 cm long; bracts 
linear, 5 to 6 mm long, the bracteoles similar but much smaller ; 
pedicels about 2 mm long. Calyx cup-shaped, densely stellate- 
pubescent, 2 to 2.3 mm long, truncate, the teeth 4, minute, 
obscure. Corolla-tube puberulent externally, 4 mm long, the 
lobes oblong, obtuse, 1.5 mm long ; stamens 4, the anthers oblong, 
3 mm in length, exserted. 
Bancajlan, between Palawan and Balabac, C. M. Weher, September 26, 
1916, altitude about 6 meters. 
This species is an ally of Callicarpa arborea Roxb. and C. maingayi 
King & Gamble, differing from both, however, in many characters; and of 
the Philippine Callicarpa magna Schauer, differing from the latter in its 
smaller leaves, densely stellate-pubescent calyx, and puberulent corolla. 
