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The Philippine Journal of Science 
1916 
villosis; foliis longe petiolatis, oblongis ad oblongo-ellipticis, 
usque ad 13 cm longis, acutis, serratis, basi obtusis ad rotundatis, 
nervis utrinque 10 ad 12, subtus valde prominentibus ; floribus 
circiter 2 cm longis, calycibus valde inflatis, 5-lobatis, lobis ovatis, 
4 ad 5 mm longis. 
A subscandent shrub, very prominently villous with dense, 
long, soft, brown or ferruginous hairs. Branches pale-gray, 
terete, about 7 mm in diameter, the younger parts very densely 
villous as are the petioles, inflorescences, flowers, and midrib and 
nerves on the lower surface of the leaves. Leaves oblong to 
oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, 9 to 13 cm long, 3.3 to 6 cm wide, 
those of each pair somewhat unequal in size, the upper surface 
nearly black when dry, glabrous or nearly so, the lower brownish 
in color, densely villous on the midrib, nerves, and somewhat 
so on the reticulations, the apex acute, base obtuse to rounded, 
margins distantly serrate ; petioles of the larger leaf of each pair 
up to 6 cm in length, of the smaller one 2 to 3 cm. Flowers 
axillary, apparently fascicled; pedicels, calyx, and corolla ex- 
ternally very densely and softly villous ; pedicels 6 to 8 mm long. 
Calyx inflated, up to 1 cm in diameter, about 1.5 cm long, ovoid, 
the lobes ovate, acute, 4 to 5 mm long, outside very densely 
villous. Corolla cylindric, 2 cm long, densely villous, the lobes 
orbicular-ovate, subequal, spreading or somewhat recurved, 
about 2 mm long. Anthers 2 mm long. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 
glabrous; style elongated, appressed-hirsute. 
Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Kililibong, Bur. Sci. 23318 Ramos, 
August 18, 1915, on trees at the summit. 
A most characteristic species, readily distinguished from the numerous 
Philippine forms by its long-petioled leaves, its very dense, brown or 
ferruginous indumentum, and its inflated calyces. Perhaps allied to 
Cyrtandra villosissivia Merr., but entirely different from that species. 
RUBIACEAE 
GARDENIA Linnaeus 
GARDENIA OBSCURI N ERVI A sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber, foliis anguste oblongis, coriaceis, 
nitidis, acuminatis, basi acutis, usque ad 14 cm longis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 10, subtus subobsoletis ; floribus axillaribus, 
fasciculatis, sessilibus, 5-meris, fasciculatis, bracteis ovatis 6 
ad 7 mm longis persistentibus suffultis, calycibus obovoideis, 
eylindraceis, circiter 5 mm longis, corolla cylindracea, elongata, 
tubo circiter 10 cm longo, lobis lanceolatis, 4 ad 5 cm longis. 
A glabrous scandent shrub, the branches stout, rugose when 
