302 Philippine Journal of Science . 1917 
PREMNA Linnaeus 
PREMNA LEYTENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 3 m altus, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis 
exceptis glaber, ramis teretibus, pallidis; foliis integris, ovatis 
ad oblongo-ovatis, subcoriaceis, in siccitate pallide brunneis, niti- 
dis, usque ad 10 cm longis, prominente acute acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 5; inflorescentiis termina- 
libus, corymbosis, circiter 6 cm longis, laxis, calycis obscure bila- 
biatis lobis altero bidentato altero integro. 
A shrub about 3 m high, the younger parts and the inflores- 
cence more or less pubescent. Branches terete, pale-gray, 
glabrous. Leaves entire, ovate to oblong-ovate, subcoriaceous, 
when dry pale-brownish, somewhat shining, 6 to 10 cm long, 
3 to 4 cm wide, narrowed upward to the prominently and sharply 
acuminate apex, the base rounded, entirely glabrous, or the lower 
surface slightly bearded in the axils; lateral nerves 5 on each 
side of the midrib, very prominent, curved-anastomoSing, the 
reticulations lax ; petioles 1 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, 
corymbose, distinctly ferruginous-pubescent with short hairs, up 
to 6 cm long and 10 cm wide, the primary branches few, spread- 
ing, the lower ones up to 5 cm long, the bracts linear, about 3 
mm long, the bracteoles similar but smaller. Calyx cup-shaped, 
slightly ferruginous-pubescent, about 2 mm long, distinctly 2- 
lipped, one lip emarginate or broadly 2-toothed, the other entire. 
Corolla-tube somewhat pubescent externally, the throat bearded, 
about 4 mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, the lower 3-lobed, 
the central lobe somewhat larger than the two lateral ones, all 
rounded. 
Leyte, Tigbao, near Tacloban, Wenzel 136Jt, June '14, 1914, the flowers 
green and white. 
A species in the group with Premna integrifolia Linn, f., but its leaves 
quite different in shape, prominently and rather sharply acuminate, and not 
at all olivaceous when dry. 
CLERODENDRON Linnaeus 
CLERODENDRON MABESAE sp. nov. 
Species C. minahassae Miq. affinis, differt florbus multo lon- 
gioribus, corollae tubo circiter 14 cm longo. Arbor parva, cir- 
citer 7 m alta, glabra; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-obovatis, sub- 
membranaceis, usque ad 36 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 10, prominentibus ; inflorescentiis termi- 
nalibus, brevissime pedunculatis ; calycibus circiter 4 cm longis, 
extus glandulosis, plus minusve inflatis, lobis anguste lanceolatis, 
acuminatis, circiter 2 cm longis. 
