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irregulariter serratis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, plus minusve 
ferrugineo-furfuraceo-villosis vel hirsutis ; floribus numerosis, 5- 
meris. 
A shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence, the 
branches terete, gray, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves crowded 
at the apices of the branches or of the simple (?) stem, coria- 
ceous, exceedingly variable in form; larger leaves palmately 3- 
or 5-lobed, up to 35 cm long, the lobes reaching to the middle or 
lower two-thirds of the leaf, 5 to 11 cm wide, acuminate, coarsely 
and irregularly serrate, the sinuses rounded ; other leaves on the 
same branchlets not at all lobed, elliptic to oblong-ovate, acumi- 
nate, coarsely and irregularly serrate, 15 to 30 cm long, 7 to 17 cm 
wide, the nerves prominent, more or less ascending; petioles 5 
to 25 cm long, base with several crestlike ridges. Inflorescence 
terminal, crowded, furfuraceous-villous or hirsute with few to 
many short, brown hairs, the primary branches numerous, 2 to 3 
cm long, each subtended by lanceolate, furfuraceous, and some- 
what pectinate-ciliate bracts 2 to 2.5 cm long ; central sterile head 
1 to 2 cm in diameter, sessile or very shortly peduncled, the sterile 
fruits globose, fleshy, glabrous, purple when fresh, black when 
dry, 3 to 5 mm in diameter, the pedicels about as long as the 
fruits; each primary branch with two lateral branches bearing 
globose heads of perfect flowers, these lateral branches 2 to 3 cm 
long, the heads globose, dense, about 1.5 cm in diameter. 
Flowers many, densely disposed, 5-merous, yellowish, their ped- 
icels stout, somewhat pubescent, 2 mm long. Calyx 2 mm long 
and wide, glabrous, truncate. Corolla 3.5 to 4 mm long, with 5, 
ovate, acute or obtuse, 1 to 1.2 mm long teeth; filaments 4 to 5 
mm long ; anthers about 1.7 mm long. Ovary 5-celled. Bracteoles 
numerous, brown-hirsute, broadly ovate, obtuse, 2 to 2.5 mm long. 
Entire inflorescence up to 15 cm in diameter. 
Mindanao, Bukidnon Subprovince, Sumilao, Bur. Sci. 15727 Fenix 
(type), August 2, 1913, steep slopes near streams; Mount Dilirig, Bur. 
Sci. 21447 Escritor, July 30, 1913: Butuan Subprovince, Weber 1099, July 
14, 1911, at Talacogon, distributed as B. serratifolium Elm. 
A species characterized by its exceedingly variable leaves, these small 
to large, and entire to deeply 5-lobed. The variation somewhat parallels 
that of Boerlagiodendron heterophyllum Merr., but the species are very 
different from each other. 
MYRSINACEAE 
ARDISIA Swartz 
ARDISIA ZAMBALENSIS nom. nov. 
Ardisia biflora Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 212, non 
King & Gamble, 1905. 
