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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1915 
foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis vel Ieviter coriaceis, usque j 
ad 11 cm longis, acuminatis, basi acutis, supra nitidis, subtus 
Ieviter glaucescentibus; nervis lateralibus utrinque, 9 ad 12, 
tenuibus ; floribus flavidis, solitariis, pedicellatis, lanceolatis, ! 
longe acuminatis, usque ad 6.5 cm longis, extus parcissime pu- 
bescentibus; fructibus ellipsoideis vel cylindraceis, circiter 12 
mm longis, seminibus solitariis. 
A small tree about 10 m high, glabrous except the flowers. 
Branches and branchlets slender, terete, dark reddish-brown 
when dry. Leaves oblong, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 8 to 11 
cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, the apex acuminate, base acute, the upper 
surface smooth, shining, rather pale, the lower surface somewhat 
glaucous; lateral nerves 9 to 12 on each side of the midrib, very 
slender, not prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax ; 
petioles 4 to 8 mm long. Flowers yellow, solitary, up to 6.5 cm 
long, lanceolate, acuminate, the pedicels 1 to 2 cm long, opposed i 
to the ultimate leaf on the branchlets. Calyx about 8 mm in 
diameter, the lobes broadly triangular-ovate, subacute, somewhat j 
united below, glabrous or with very few, short, scattered, fer- 
ruginous hairs. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, united 
by their margins, the corolla falling as a whole, up to 7 cm long ! 
and 1.5 cm wide, narrowed upward to the long-acuminate apex, 
glabrous or with very few, short, scattered, ferruginous hairs. 
Stamens indefinite, 1.8 mm long, crowded on the sides of the 
torus, the connectives broad, truncate. Carpels very many, 
densely arranged on the elongated torus, narrowly oblong, slight- 
ly pubescent, curved, narrowed upward, 2.5 mm long, including 
the curved, 1 mm long style. Ovules solitary. Fruits ellipsoid, 
about 12 mm long, 6 to 7 mm in diameter, dark-colored when dry, 
glabrous or nearly so, not at all moniliform, apex blunt; seeds 
conforming to the fruit in outline, solitary. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Benguet, Baguio, Merrill 9703 (type), May, 1914, 
in flower, Elmer 6016, March, 1904, in fruit, in thickets about limestone 
cliffs, altitude about 1,300 meters. 
A species manifestly allied to Dasymaschalon clusiflormn Merr., from 
which it differs in its narrower leaves, and especially in its slenderer, long- 
acuminate flowers, the petals gradually narrowed upward in the upper 
one-half, glabrous or with but few, scattered, short, ferruginous hairs, not 
at all uniformly cinereous-pubescent externally as in D. clusiflorum Merr. 
DASYMASCHALON SCANDENS sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber (floribus ignotis), ramis ramulisque 
tenuibus teretibus; foliis oblongis, chartaceis usque ad 11 cm 
longis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice acu- 
minatis, nitidis, supra olivaceis, subtus subglaucescentibus, nervis 
