xiii, c, 5 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants 303 
brownish when dry, about 8 mm long, externally very slightly 
pubescent. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Bosoboso, Montalban, and Tanay, For. Bur. 309 4 
(type), 3391 Ahern’s collector, Merrill 2652, 2329, Bur. Sci. 2135 Ramos, 
Loher 6172: Bulacan Province, Angat, Bur. Sci. 22302 Ramos. Apparently 
referable here are Phil. PI. 1589 Ramos, from Camarines Province; Merrill 
9647, from Benguet Subprovince; For. Bur. 20189 Aguilar, from Tayabas 
Province; and For. Bur. 14872 Darling, from Nueva Vizcaya Province, 
Luzon. 
A species not strikingly different from Vavaea amicorum Benth., dis- 
tinguished, however, by its prominent indumentum, which is composed of 
subferruginous, spreading, ciliate-pilose hairs. 
VAVAEA HETEROPHYLLA sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 12 m alta, partibus junioribus et inflorescentiis 
exceptis glabra; foliis confertis, majoribus obovatis, usque ad 
15 cm Iongis, apice latissime rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 
8, minoribus oblongis ad obovatis, 2 ad 6 cm Iongis, omnibus 
breviter petiolatis; inflorescentiis in axillis superioribus, longe 
pedunculatis, cymosis, circiter 10 cm Iongis; petalis 1 cm Iongis; 
filamentis plerumque 12, intus densissime villosis, tubo glabro, 
2 mm longo. 
A tree about 12 m high, the younger parts and inflorescences 
more or less pubescent. Branches reddish-brown, rugose, 6 to 
8 mm in diameter, glabrous, the branchlets somewhat cinereous- 
pubescent. Leaves crowded at the apices of the branchlets, very 
diverse in size, the larger ones broadly obovate, 8 to 15 cm long 
with about 8 pairs of primary nerves, apex broadly rounded, 
gradually narrowed below to the acute or subacute base, the 
smaller ones oblong to obovate, 2 to 6 cm long, all chartaceous, 
pale to brownish when dry, glabrous or the younger ones some- 
what pubescent along the midrib on both surfaces, the lower 
surface somewhat puncticulate ; petioles pubescent, 4 mm long 
or less. Cymes in the uppermost axils, long-peduncled, 9 to 11 
cm long, more or less pubescent, many-flowered, each cyme 
about 4 cm in diameter. Flowers pinkish-white, fragrant. 
Calyx pubescent, about 4 mm in diameter, usually 5-angled or 
toothed. Petals 5, oblong, puberulent, about 10 mm long, 3 to 
4 mm wide. Staminal-tube glabrous, about 2 mm high, the 
filaments usually 12, 2.5 to 3 mm long, the alternate ones slightly 
shorter than the others, densely villous inside. Ovary and style 
pubescent, the latter 5 to 5.5 mm long; stigma capitate. 
Luzon, Camarines Province, Paracale, Casalongan, For. Bur. 27062 
Magistrado, May 12, 1917, on forested slopes, altitude about 20 meters, 
with the local name pinganpingan. 
This species is well characterized by its short-petioled, chartaceous 
