118 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 
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7 ad 11, subtus valde prominentibus, curvato-adscendentibus, 
reticulis laxis, distinctis; inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibus- 
que, usque ad 12 cm longis, dense multifloris, plus minusve i 
hirsutis, corollae tubo glabro, circiter 2 cm longo. 
A shrub about 2 m high, the leaves blackish when dry. 
Branches terete, dark-colored when dry, more or less pubescent 
with short hairs. Leaves chartaceous to submembranaceous, 
lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, 12 to 28 cm long, 3 to 9 cm 
wide, acuminate, base narrowed, acute, the upper surface nearly 
black, minutely scaberulous, the lower surface somewhat paler 
than the upper, rather densely and softly villous with short hairs ; 
lateral nerves 7 to 11 on each side of the midrib, on the lower 
surface very prominent, curved-ascending, prominently anas- 1 
tomosing, the reticulations very lax; petioles 1 to 3 cm long, 
pubescent; stipules broadly triangular-ovate, about 5 mm long, j 
acuminate. Inflorescence usually terminal, sometimes axillary, 
up to 12 cm long, densely many flowered, the flowers crowded ( 
on the ultimate branchlets, the rachis, branches, bracts, and 
calyces more or less villous or hirsute. Flowers white, 4-merous. 
Calyx ovoid, about 2.2 mm long, densely hirsute with pale hairs, j 
the teeth triangular-ovate, acute, 0.5 mm long. Corolla-tube 
slender, glabrous, 2 cm long, the lobes oblong to oblong-obovate, 
obtuse, glabrous, about 6 mm long, 2 mm wide. Anthers linear, 
5 mm long. Style glabrous, exserted about 2.2 cm. 
Palawan, near Puerto Princesa, Bur. Sci. 326 Bermejos, January, 1906, 
Merrill 759, February, 1903, For. Bur. 3516 Curran, January, 1906, Bur. 
Sci. 782 Foxworthy, April 20, 1906, in forests, sea level to about 300 meters 
altitude. 
This form has been referred to Pavetta indica Linn., from which, how- 
ever, it is abundantly distinct although manifestly belonging in the same 
general group. Characteristic features are its leaves scaberulous on the 
upper surface and shortly villous beneath, its prominent nerves, its densely 
arranged flowers, the calyx small, hirsute, the corolla slender, glabrous, the 
tube about 2 cm long. The species was based on Elmer 129 UO, from Pala- 
wan, but the original description is unsatisfactory. Working from the 
description alone I at first decided that the form above described was 
specifically distinct, but am now of the opinion that the original descrip- 
tion was based on specimens with immature flowers, otherwise, if I am 
correct in referring the above specimens to Pavetta palawanensis, I cannot 
account for the description of the corolla as having the “basal one third 
tubular, otherwise divided into 4 oblong segments.” Neither the length 
of the corolla nor that of the segments is indicated, while the style is 
described as being but 1 cm long. 
PAVETTA SCABERULA sp. nov. 
Frutex 2 ad 3 m altus, subtus foliis ad costa nervisque in- 
florescentiisque dense hirsutus ; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, 
